Beginning in 2023, certain agencies are required to submit one week of service data on a monthly basis to comply with FTA’s Weekly Reference reporting requirement on form WE-20. This data release will therefore present the limited set of key indicators reported by transit agencies on this form and will be updated each month with the most current data.

The resulting dataset provides data users with data shortly after the transit service was provided and consumed, over one month in advance of FTA’s routine update to the Monthly Ridership Time Series dataset. One use of this data is for reference in understanding ridership patterns (e.g., to develop to a full month estimate ahead of when the data reflecting the given month of service is released by FTA at the end of the following month).

Generally, FTA has defined the reference week to be the second or third full week of the month. All sampled agencies will report data referencing the same reference week.

The form collects the following service data points, as described in the metadata below:
• Weekday 5-day UPT total for the reference week;
• Weekday 5-day VRM total for the reference week;
• Weekend 2-day UPT total for either the weekend preceding or following the reference week; and
• Weekend 2-day VRM total for either the weekend preceding or following the reference week.
• Vehicles Operated in Maximum Service (vanpool mode only) for the reference week.

FTA has also derived the change from the prior month for the same agency/mode/type of service/data point. Users should take caution when aggregating this measure and are encouraged to use the dataset export to measure service trends at a higher level (i.e., by reporter or nationally).

For any questions regarding this dataset, please contact the NTD helpdesk at ntdhelp@dot.gov .

Contains ratios describing service and cost for each agency, mode, and type of service.

This is a view of the Weekly Transit Service Reference dataset which produces a monthly estimate for the given transit agency, mode, type of service, month, and data point.

To estimate, first the values for weekday and weekend service for the given data point (e.g., Revenue Miles) are added together. Then a monthly estimate is derived by multiplying by the number of days in the month.

Data collected on the SS-30 form.

Transit agencies report to the NTD security personnel in terms of Full-Time Equivalents (FTE) according to the staffing levels at the beginning of the year. One FTE typically works 40 hours per week. An agency may use any reasonable method to allocate personnel across modes, such as allocating based on modal ridership or on modal annual trips. In certain instances, agencies may base personnel numbers on the prior year’s total hours worked.

This dataset details vehicle types and ages for transit agencies reporting to the National Transit Database in the 2022 report year. Vehicle types describe the vehicles employed in direct operation or support of transit service.

NTD Data Tables organize and summarize data from the 2022 National Transit Database in a manner that is more useful for quick reference and summary analysis. This dataset is based on the 2022 Revenue Vehicle Inventory and Service Vehicle Inventory database files.

Rural reporters that operate in more than one state report their vehicles in only one of their states.

In years 2015-2021, you can find this data in the "Vehicles" data table on NTD Program website, at https://transit.dot.gov/ntd/ntd-data.

If you have any other questions about this table, please contact the NTD Help Desk at NTDHelp@dot.gov.

Contains metrics describing service consumption and service cost for each public transportation agency, by mode and type of service.

This file includes event data reported to the National Transit Database (NTD) for Commuter Rail (CR) and Alaska Railroad (AR) modes, as well as Heavy Rail (HR) service reported for Port Authority Trans Hudson (NTD ID: 20098), Hybrid Rail (YR) service for the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (NTD ID: 00008), Hybrid Rail (YR) service for Denton County Transportation Authority (NTD ID: 60101), and Hybrid Rail (YR) service for Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NTD ID: 60048). Because these services fall under the safety oversight of the Federal Railroad Administration, the agencies are not required to report Safety Events (e.g., collisions, derailments, etc.) to the Federal Transit Administration through the NTD. Security events occurring on transit-owned property for these entities are reported to NTD, but excluded from other files to preserve the integrity of those datasets. They are presented in this file for completeness and should be considered by any user attempting to understand the scope and scale of reportable Security Events reported by public transit operators.

This dataset contains data on transit agency employees as reported to the National Transit Database in Report Year 2022. It is organized by agency, mode, type of service, and Employee Type (Full Time or Part Time Employee).

The NTD Data Tables organize and summarize data from the 2022 National Transit Database in a manner that is more useful for quick reference and summary analysis

This dataset is based on the 2022 annual NTD database file Employees which is published to the NTD at https://transit.dot.gov/ntd/ntd-data.

Only Full Reporters report data on employees, and only for Directly Operated modes. Other reporter types, and Purchased Transportation service, do not appear in this file.

This dataset details operating expenses for each applicable agency, mode, and type of service (TOS), split by expense type reporting to the National Transit Database in the 2022 report year. Expense types include Vehicle Operations, General Administration, and more.

Only Full Reporters report expenses by function and type. Expenses from other reporter types are included under Reduced Reporter Expenses.

NTD Data Tables organize and summarize data from the 2022 National Transit Database in a manner that is more useful for quick reference and summary analysis. This dataset is based on the 2022 Operating Expenses database file.

In years 2015-2021, you can find this data in the "Operating Expenses" data table on NTD Program website, at https://transit.dot.gov/ntd/ntd-data.

If you have any other questions about this table, please contact the NTD Help Desk at NTDHelp@dot.gov.

This dataset details mechanical failures for each applicable agency, mode, and type of service (TOS) reporting to the National Transit Database in the 2022 report year.

Only Full Reporters report breakdowns.

NTD Data Tables organize and summarize data from the 2022 National Transit Database in a manner that is more useful for quick reference and summary analysis. This dataset is based on the 2022 Vehicle Maintenance database file.

In years 2015-2021, you can find this data in the "Breakdowns" data table on NTD Program website, at https://transit.dot.gov/ntd/ntd-data.

If you have any other questions about this table, please contact the NTD Help Desk at NTDHelp@dot.gov.