National Transit Database (NTD)

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration

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Name File Type Size Last Modified
1997.zip application/zip 4.6 MB 10/15/2025 04:48:AM
1998.zip application/zip 4.9 MB 10/15/2025 04:42:AM
1999.zip application/zip 5.2 MB 10/15/2025 04:42:AM
2000.zip application/zip 5.7 MB 10/15/2025 04:42:AM
2001.zip application/zip 6.2 MB 10/15/2025 04:43:AM
2002.zip application/zip 7 MB 10/15/2025 04:43:AM
2003.zip application/zip 6.4 MB 10/15/2025 04:43:AM
2004.zip application/zip 6.8 MB 10/15/2025 04:43:AM
2005.zip application/zip 7.4 MB 10/15/2025 04:44:AM
2006.zip application/zip 7 MB 10/15/2025 04:44:AM

Project Citation: 

United States Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration. National Transit Database (NTD). Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-10-15. https://doi.org/10.3886/E238862V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title National Transit Database (NTD)
Summary:  View help for Summary After data reporting was required by Congress in 1974, the FTA's National Transit Database (NTD) was set up to be the repository of data about the financial, operating and asset conditions of American transit systems. The NTD records the financial, operating, and asset condition of transit systems helping to keep track of the industry and provide public information and statistics. The NTD is designed to support local, state and regional planning efforts and help governments and other decision-makers make multi-year comparisons and perform trend analyses. It contains a wealth of information such as agency funding sources, inventories of vehicles and maintenance facilities, safety event reports, measures of transit service provided and consumed, and data on transit employees. FTA uses NTD data to apportion funding to urbanized and rural areas in the United States. Transit agencies report data on a number of key metrics including Vehicle Revenue Miles (VRM), Vehicle Revenue Hours (VRH), Passenger Miles Traveled (PMT), Unlinked Passenger Trips (UPT), and Operating Expenses (OE). This website provides reference materials to support reporting to the NTD and links to NTD data products. 

Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://www.transit.dot.gov/ntd/ntd-data

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms transportation
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1997 – 2025
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; aggregate data


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