2016 Data Dictionary

Dictionary that defines terms found on NTD Reporting Forms and identifies the 2016 Database File in which they are included.  Please note that Data Tables and Time Series files include a Data Dictionary tab. 

Corrections to TEAM Awards with Incorrect Default Template Language

This document is an example of corrections to TEAM awards where incorrect template language was applied. 

Incorrect Line Item Extended Budget Descriptions

The TrAMS Help Desk will make modifications to a specified number of active TEAM awards to correct default template language inserted to TEAM awards when FTA migrated information from TEAM to TrAMS. The default template language you see is: "This is an operating and planning assistance...

Performance-Based Planning Report to Congress

Performance Based Planning involves a strategic approach that uses data to support decisions that help achieve performance goals. This report to Congress, required by MAP-21 legislation, covers the effectiveness of performance-based planning processes of Metropolitan Planning Organizations and...

FTA WMATA Safety Oversight Inspection Reports November 2017

FTA WMATA Safety Oversight Inspection Reports October 2017

TSO Spotlight January 2018 Issue

The January 2018 issue of the Federal Transit Administration’s monthly newsletter about safety and oversight topics, events, training, and guidance that affect the public transportation industry.

FTA Letter to MTA on Securiplex Fire Suppression Systems

This letter, dated August 24, 2015, clarifies that because each of its components is manufactured in the United States, Securiplex's water mist fire suppression system complies with FTA's Buy America requirements.

Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit Project Profile

Metro Transit proposes to construct the METRO Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit project in a nine-mile corridor along I-94.

FTA Drug and Alcohol Regulation Updates January 2018

This special edition of the FTA Drug and Alcohol Regulation Updates newsletter provides information about the effects of recent changes to the Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs (49 CFR Part 40) on transit employers and their safety-sensitive employees....