{"id":6260,"date":"2022-01-31T13:02:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T19:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/?p=6260"},"modified":"2022-01-31T13:02:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T19:02:27","slug":"ntd-reporting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/ntd-reporting\/","title":{"rendered":"What is NTD Reporting, Why is it Required, What Changed for 2021?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is NTD Reporting, Why is it Required, What Changed for 2021?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Published on:<\/strong> January 31, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n

The National Transit Database (NTD)<\/a> was formed by Congress in 1974 to act as a federal reporting system for transit agencies who receive FTA funding. In particular, those agencies who receive 5307 funds (Urbanized Area Formula) and 5311 funds (Rural Area Formula) are required to submit NTD reports. An agency\u2019s NTD report is due depending on that agency\u2019s fiscal year end date. The agency\u2019s report is due four months after its fiscal year ends.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The NTD is governed by 49 U.S. Code \u00a75335,<\/a> and reporting consists of four main areas :<\/p>\n

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  1. Financial data<\/li>\n
  2. Service data<\/li>\n
  3. Safety data<\/li>\n
  4. Asset and resource data<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Congress established NTD reporting to track the conditions of the transit systems and to gather statistics. The FTA uses the information and statistics gathered by NTD reporting to apportion funding to urbanized and rural areas. Transit agencies report data on several key metrics including Vehicle Revenue Miles (VRM), Vehicle Revenue Hours (VRH), Passenger Miles Traveled (PMT), Unlinked Passenger Trips (UPT), and Operating Expenses (OE).<\/p>\n

    Current Information<\/strong>
    \nIn November, 2021, NTD released its     2020 Annual Data Publications Guide<\/a>. This annual publication details how to use the NTD data tables and any important changes to NTD data products. NDT data products include:<\/p>\n