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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

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

The Efficiency of Sampling Techniques for NTD Reporting

Journal of Public Transportation Article in Volume 12, Issue 4 (2009) by Xuehao Chu, University of South  Florida … Read entire article »

Filed under: Journal of Public Transportation Abstracts

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