2013 Annual Database Directly Generated Funds

Contains sum of funds that a transit agency earns from non-governmental sources, categorized by source of funds.

2013 Annual Database Contract Relationship

Contains contract information by NTD Reporter, contractor, mode and type of service (TOS).

2013 Annual Database Capital Use

Sums capital Funds expended by NTD reporter, mode, type of service (TOS), capital use type (existing vs. expanding) and object. 

Keywords: urban, 5307,  full, ssw, small system, administrative buildings, passenger stations, guideway, revenue vehicles, service vehicles, communications, information systems, fare revenue collection equipment, maintenance buildings, fare office, administration, stops, metro stations, buildings, offices, transit vehicles, vehicles, new, track, rail, expenditures, cost

2013 Annual Database Agency UZAs

Contains information by NTD reporter and urbanized area (UZA).  

Keywords: urban, 5307,  full, ssw, small system, urbanized, area, population, square mile, density, primary, secondary, demographic, population statistics, cities, city

2013 Annual Database Agency Mode Service

Contains basic agency service information by NTD reporter, mode and type of service. 

Keywords: urban, 5307,  full, ssw, small system, rail, fixed route, capital use only,  reported separately, vehicles operated in maximum service voms, vehicles available for maximum service, vams, peak service, peak, modes, bus, demand response, commuter, directly operated, purchased service

Metropolitan Transportation Authority - East Side Access

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is constructing a new, direct 3.5-mile commuter rail extension for Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). This extension will run from LIRR’s Main and Port Washington Branch Lines in Long Island and Queens, to Grand Central Terminal (GCT) on Manhattan’s...

Clarification on Joint Procurements and “Piggybacking”

3/8/2013

Dear Colleague:

A recent review by FTA of several large-quantity bus contracts indicated widespread errors in how FTA recipients are conducting joint procurements and the assignment of options (a practice commonly referred to as “piggybacking”) to purchase buses.  This...

Certifications and Disclosure of Lobbying Activities

8/17/2012

Dear Colleague:

It has come to my attention that many recipients of funds administered by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) may not be correctly applying the Federal lobbying disclosure reporting requirements. As a result, recipients may not realize that they may...

FOIA Requests

In recognition of the President’s Coronavirus Guidelines for America and following the Department’s guidance to take all necessary precautions to protect the health and safety of the Department’s workforce, the FOIA team is working remotely and not able to process any...

FOIA Electronic Reading Room

TA's Electronic Reading Room contains categories of documents specifically identified by the Freedom of Information Act