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New Transit COVID-19 Response Program Information Collection Tool<\/h2>\n

Published on: <\/strong>March 5, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

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Today, FTA published a Federal Register Notice<\/a>\u00a0requesting comment on a new, mandatory reporting requirement\u00a0for the\u00a0Transit COVID-19 Recovery Program<\/a>. FTA will use the information reported to inform FTA actions in support of the transit industry\u2019s\u00a0COVID-19 recovery efforts<\/a>\u00a0and implementation of the\u00a0Federal mask requirement for public transportation<\/a>. In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, stakeholders can provide comments on the FRN\u00a0on or before\u00a0March 22, 2021.<\/div>\n
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To reduce the burden on reporters, FTA is launching a new application that will leverage FTA\u2019s existing Transit Integrated Appian Development Platform to capture the information, including information on transit workforce counts, service impacts, and transit worker positives, fatalities, and recoveries. Each month, respondents will report 11 data points associated with these topics.<\/p>\n

All agencies that currently provide transit service and submit reports to the National Transit Database as urbanized area reporters or tribal transit agencies will report directly to the new application. State recipients of Section 5311 grants will report to the new application on behalf of their applicable subrecipients.\u00a0The first deadline for reporting is April 16, 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n

FTA has posted resources on its website, including fact sheets for\u00a0Section 5311 Recipients<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Urban and Tribal Transit Providers<\/a>, and will offer the following training webinars to ensure respondents understand how to report:<\/p>\n