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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
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
TA's Electronic Reading Room contains categories of documents specifically identified by the Freedom of Information Act
Contains basic contact and agency information by NTD reporter.
Keywords: urban, 5307, full, ssw, small system, ntd id, fiscal year end, report due date, agency type, organization type, institutional structure description, mailing address, service area information, duns, fta recipient id, urbanized, area, uza, demographic information, website, report required, transit system, system contact
Step by step guide how to use the National Transite Database and Monthly Reporting Guide.
The NTD Sampling Manual is a guide for NTD reporters from urbanized areas that need to conduct data sampling to develop statistically-valid estimates of passenger miles traveled (PMT) and unlinked passenger miles (UPT) and report them to the NTD. FTA will accept estimates of PMT and UPT if the...