National Center for Transit Research » Entries tagged with "National Transit Database"
System for Transit Performance Analysis Using the National Transit Database
Journal of Public Transportation Article in Volume 14, Issue 3 (2011) by Albert Gan, Feng Gui, and Li Tang … Read entire article »
Filed under: Journal of Public Transportation Abstracts
Dynamic Delivery of the National Transit Database Sampling Manual
(Center Identification Number: 77933) The objective of this project is to move the NTD Sampling Manual from its current static delivery format to a dynamic delivery format. Instead of pushing an entire manual of many possible applications to the audience, the dynamic delivery format allows an user to pull the specific content that is relevant to the specific application. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Project Scopes, Research in Progress
A Guidebook for Using Automatic Passenger Counter Data for National Transit Database (NTD) Reporting
(Center Identification Number: 77803) This document provides guidance for transit agencies to use data from their automatic passenger counters (APCs) for reporting to the National Transit Database (NTD). … Read entire article »
Filed under: Final Report Abstracts, FY 2008 Final Reports, Projects, Publications, Research
Development of a National Transit Database (NTD) Tool for Vanpool Services
(Center Identification Number: 77715) The National Transit Database has requirements on how providers of vanpool services collect and report their data on service consumed and service provided. Current practices, however, often deviate from these requirements. Such deviations lead to poor data for policy decision-making and can result in less funding from the Urbanized Area Formula Grant Program. This report describes a spreadsheet template and related guidance to help providers of vanpool services better meet the requirements of the National Transit Database. The spreadsheet template requires four types of input data–general information, route data, sample data, and daily activity data–and processes the input data into summary data items for three forms of the National Transit Database: M-20, S-10, and FFA-10. The report describes the spreadsheet template and how it should be used … Read entire article »
Filed under: Final Report Abstracts, FY 2007 Final Reports, Research
Development of Comprehensive Guidance on Obtaining Service Consumed Data for NTD
(Center Identification Number: 77723) This document proposes The National Transit Database Sampling Manual. It is developed for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to replace its current guidance (circulars 2710.1A and 2710.2A) to transit agencies on how they may estimate service consumed data through random sampling for the National Transit Database (NTD). It covers the following topics for all modes and types of service: How to obtain a 100% count How to estimate passenger miles traveled for intermediate years How to get a sampling plan How to collect sample data How to estimate annual unlinked passenger trips or passenger miles traveled How to determine monthly unlinked passenger trips It also comes with an Excel-based template for transit agencies to develop customized sampling plans with sample data from their own services. The FTA is expected to formally adopt a shortened … Read entire article »
Filed under: Final Report Abstracts, FY 2007 Final Reports, Research
Recent Comments
- winters on Commuter Tax Benefits
"With the cavaet below ... Yes. If you are receiving transportation fringe benefi…" - James Dykes Williams on Commuter Tax Benefits
"Can a van pool use out of pocket expense after thier federal cost issue then com…" - Bikeleague.org Blog » Blog Archive » Society Equity and Bike Sharing Systems on Social Equity and Bikesharing Netconference
"[...] Great presentation; view the webinar or download the presenters’ sli…" - Internet Conference on Bikesharing and Social Equity » Queen City Bike on Social Equity and Bikesharing Netconference
"[...] The National Center For Transportation Research and the Federal Transit Ad…" - Mass transit rebates and pre-tax reimbursements | PwC GreenSpace on Commuter Tax Benefits
"[...] Beginning on January 1, 2012, PwC employees can contribute up to $125 per …"
USDOT Secretary Blog
- An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.