AB
Vehicle Type: Articulated Buses

Accident Repairs of Buildings, Grounds and Equipment (128)
Repairing all damage to buildings, grounds and equipment resulting from collisions with stationary or moving objects, floods and accidentally ignited fires, etc.Reporting Manual Location: F-30

Accident Repairs of Revenue Vehicles (062)
Repairing all damage to revenue vehicles resulting from incidents (e.g., collisions with stationary or moving objects, floods and accidentally ignited fires, etc.).Reporting Manual Location: F-30, R-20

Accident Reporting Time (2.03)
The time allowed an operator to complete and file the forms necessary to report an accident.Reporting Manual Location: F-50

Accounting System
An accounting system consists of the business papers, records, and reports plus the procedures that are used in recording transactions and reporting their effects. An example of an accounting system is the Uniform System of Accounts (USOA).Reporting Manual Location: Declarations

Accrual Accounting
A method of financial accounting where revenues are recorded when earned; the revenue does not have to be received in the same reporting period. Similarly, expenditures are recorded as soon as they result in liabilities for benefits received; the payment of the expenditure does not have to be made in the same reporting period. Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, F-10, F-20, F-30, Declarations, RU Introduction

Active Vehicles
The vehicles available to operate in revenue service, including:

• Spares
• Vehicles temporarily out of service for routine maintenance and minor repairs.

Reporting Manual Location: Internet Reporting, A-30, RU-20

Active Vehicles in Fleet
The vehicles in the year-end fleet that are available to operate in revenue service, including:

• Spares
• Vehicles temporarily out of service for routine maintenance and minor repairs.

Reporting Manual Location: A-30

Actual Passenger Car Hours
The hours that passenger cars travel while in revenue service (actual passenger car revenue hours) plus deadhead hours. Actual passenger car hours include:

• Layover / recovery time

But exclude:

• Hours for charter services
• Operator training, and
• Vehicle maintenance testing.

Reporting Manual Location: S-10

Actual Passenger Car Miles
The miles that passenger cars travel while in revenue service (actual passenger car revenue miles) plus deadhead miles. Actual passenger car miles exclude:

• Hours for charter services
• Operator training, and
• Vehicle maintenance testing.

Reporting Manual Location: S-10

Actual Passenger Car Revenue Hours
The hours that passenger cars travel while in revenue service. Passenger car revenue hours include:

• Layover / recovery time

But exclude:

• Deadhead
• Operator training
• Vehicle maintenance tests, and
• Charter services.

Reporting Manual Location: S-10, MR-20

Actual Passenger Car Revenue Miles
The miles that passenger cars travel while in revenue service. Passenger car revenue miles exclude:

• Deadhead
• Operator training
• Vehicle maintenance tests, and
• Charter services.

Reporting Manual Location: S-10, MR-20

Actual Person Count
Full and part time employees of the transit agency, permanent or temporary, who hold approved and filled positions at the end of the fiscal year. Reporting Manual Location: R-10, S&S-30

Actual Service
The total service operated during each time period. Actual service excludes:

• Missed trips, and
• Service interruptions (e.g., strikes, emergency shutdowns).

Actual service is measured by vehicles in service, in miles and hours. Reporting Manual Location: S-10

Actual Train Hours
The hours that trains travel while in revenue service (actual train revenue hours) plus deadhead hours. Actual train hours include:

• Layover / recovery time

But exclude:

• Hours for charter services
• Operator training, and
• Vehicle maintenance testing.

Reporting Manual Location: S-10

Actual Train Miles
The miles that trains travel while in revenue service (actual train revenue miles) plus deadhead miles. Actual train miles exclude:

• Miles for charter services
• Operator training, and
• Vehicle maintenance testing.

Reporting Manual Location: S-10

Actual Train Revenue Hours
The hours that trains travel while in revenue service. Train revenue hours include:

• Layover / recovery time

But exclude:

• Deadhead
• Training operators prior to revenue service
• Vehicle maintenance tests, and
• Charter services.

Reporting Manual Location: S-10

Actual Train Revenue Miles
The miles that trains travel while in revenue service. Train revenue miles exclude:

• Deadhead
• Training operators prior to revenue service
• Vehicle maintenance vehicle tests, and
• Charter services.

Reporting Manual Location: S-10

Actual Vehicle Hours
The hours that vehicles travel while in revenue service (actual vehicle revenue hours (VRH)) plus deadhead hours. Actual vehicle hours exclude:

• Hours for charter service
• School bus service
• Operator training, and
• Vehicle maintenance testing.

Reporting Manual Location: Internet Reporting, S-10, MR Internet Reporting

Actual Vehicle Miles
The miles that vehicles travel while in revenue service (actual vehicle revenue miles (VRM)) plus deadhead miles. Actual vehicle miles exclude:

• Miles for charter services
• School bus service
• Operator training, and
• Vehicle maintenance testing.

Reporting Manual Location: Internet Reporting, S-10, MR Internet Reporting

Actual Vehicle Revenue Hours (VRH)
The hours that vehicles travel while in revenue service. Vehicle revenue hours (VRH) include:

• Layover / recovery time

But exclude:

• Deadhead
• Operator training
• Maintenance testing, as well as
• School bus and charter services.

Reporting Manual Location: Internet Reporting, S-10, FFA-10, Declarations, MR Internet Reporting, MR-20

Actual Vehicle Revenue Miles (VRM)
The miles that vehicles travel while in revenue service. Vehicle revenue miles (VRM) include:

• Layover / recovery time

But exclude:

• Deadhead
• Operator training and maintenance testing, as well as
• School bus and charter services.

Reporting Manual Location: Internet Reporting, S-10, FFA-10, Declarations, MR Internet Reporting, MR-20

ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Administrative Buildings
Facilities and offices which house the executive management and supporting activities for overall transit operations such as accounting, finance, engineering, legal, safety, security, customer services, scheduling and planning (see General Administration (160) function). They include separate buildings for customer information or ticket sales, which are owned by the transit agency and which are not part of passenger stations. Reporting Manual Location: F-20

Advertising Revenues
The revenue earned from displaying advertising materials on transit agency vehicles and property. The amounts should be net of any fees paid to advertising agencies, which place the advertisement with the transit agency. Reporting Manual Location: F-10

Aerial Tramway (TR)
A transit mode that is an electric system of aerial cables with suspended powerless passenger vehicles. The vehicles are propelled by separate cables attached to the vehicle suspension system and powered by engines or motors at a central location not on-board the vehicle. Reporting Manual Location: B-10, MR-10, S&S Introduction, S&S-10, RU-10

Aerial Tramway (TR) Line Miles
The distance from terminal to terminal following the path of the tramway towers. Reporting Manual Location: A-20

Aerial Tramways (TR)
Vehicle Type: Unpowered passenger vehicles suspended from a system of aerial cables and propelled by separate cables attached to the vehicle suspension system. Engines or motors at a central location, not onboard the vehicle, power the cable system. Reporting Manual Location: A-30, S&S-40

AG
Automated Guideway Transit

AG
Vehicle Type: Automated Guideway Vehicles

Aggravated Assault
An unlawful attack by one person upon another wherein the offender:

• Uses a weapon or displays it in a threatening manner, or
• The victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury.

Reporting Manual Location: S&S-40, S&S-50

Alaska Railroad (AR)
In recognition of the special Federal relationship with the Alaska railroad (AR), a segment of the passenger service portion of the Alaska railroad (AR) is considered to be eligible for certain FTA funding under the Fixed Guideway Modernization program. The service encompasses only those lines operating within the Anchorage, Alaska, urbanized area (UZA) where passenger service is provided and only includes car miles for passenger cars; car miles for freight cars are specifically excluded. Reporting Manual Location: B-10, MR-10, S&S Introduction, S&S-10, RU-10

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)
The legislation defining the responsibilities of and requirements for transportation providers to make transportation accessible to individuals with disabilities. Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, B-10, F-30, F-40, A-10, A-30, S-10, MR Introduction, S&S Introduction, RU-20

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) Accessible Stations
Public transportation passenger facilities, which provide ready access, and do not have physical barriers that prohibit and / or restrict access by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs. Refer to 49 CFR Part 37, Appendix. Reporting Manual Location: A-10

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) Accessible Vehicles with Lifts
Public transportation revenue vehicles, which do not restrict access, are usable, and provide allocated space and / or priority seating for individuals who use wheelchairs, and which are accessible using lifts. Refer to 49 CFR Part 38. Reporting Manual Location: A-30, RU-20

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) Accessible Vehicles with Ramps / Low Floor
Public transportation revenue vehicles, which do not restrict access, are usable, and provide allocated space and / or priority seating for individuals who use wheelchairs, and which are accessible using ramps. Refer to 49 CFR Part 38. Reporting Manual Location: A-30, RU-20

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) Related Unlinked Passenger Trips (UPT)
The number of passengers who board public transportation vehicles for complementary paratransit services (demand response (DR)) associated or attributed to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) compliance requirements. The number of Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) unlinked passenger trips (UPT) should be less than or equal to the total number of unlinked passenger trips. These trips are reported only for demand response (DR) mode. ADA-related service reported to NTD should not include any categorical service (i.e. Services that are not available to the general public such as: Medicaid, Meals-On-Wheels, Head Start, sheltered workshops, independent living centers, etc.). Reporting Manual Location: : S-10

Amortization of Intangibles (513.13)
The amortization of the intangible costs of the transit agency including organization costs, franchises, patents, goodwill and other intangible assets. Reporting Manual Location: F-40

Annual Operating and Administrative Expenses
The recurring costs of providing public transportation service. They include: all employees’ wages and salaries; fringe benefits; operating supplies such as fuel, and oil; contractors’ charges for services; taxes; repair and maintenance services, parts, and supplies; equipment leases and rentals; marketing; lease or rental costs; and insurance. Operating expenses include administrative expenses. Operating costs exclude fixed costs such as depreciation on plant and equipment, costs of providing transportation services not available to the general public, and interest paid on loans on capital equipment. Reporting Manual Location: RU-20

Annual Passenger Trips
The number of passengers who board operational revenue vehicles. Passengers are counted each time they board vehicles no matter how many vehicles they use to travel from their origin to their destination. Trips should be counted regardless of whether an individual fare is collected for each leg of travel. It includes passenger trips on volunteer vehicles. Reporting Manual Location: RU-20

Annual Vehicle Hours
The total amount of time in hours for the reporting period that all vehicles travel from the time they pull out to go into revenue service to the time they pull in from revenue service. This includes the hours of personal vehicles used in service. Reporting Manual Location: RU-20

Annual Vehicle Miles
The total number of miles for the reporting period that all vehicles travel from the time they pull out to go into revenue service to the time they pull in from revenue service. This includes the miles of personal vehicles used in service. Reporting Manual Location: RU-20

AO
Vehicle Type: Automobiles

APC
Automatic Passenger Counter

AR
Alaska Railroad

Arrest
To take a person into custody, by authority of law, for the purpose of charging him / her with a criminal offense. Reporting Manual Location: S&S-40, S&S-50

Arson
To unlawfully and intentionally damage, or attempt to damage, any real or personal property by fire or incendiary device. Reporting Manual Location: S&S-40, S&S-50

Articulated Buses (AB)
Vehicle Type: Extra long (54 ft. to 60 ft.) buses (MB) with two connected passenger compartments. The rear body section is connected to the main body by a joint mechanism that allows the vehicles to bend when in operation for sharp turns and curves and yet have a continuous interior. Reporting Manual Location: A-30, S&S-40

At Grade, Exclusive Right-of-Way (ROW)
Railway right-of-way (ROW) from which all other traffic, mixed and cross, is excluded. Median strip right-of-way (ROW) is included provided all crossings of the right-of-way (ROW) pass over or under the median. Reporting Manual Location: A-20

At Grade, Mixed and Cross Traffic
Railway right-of-way (ROW) over which other traffic moving in the same direction or the cross directions may pass. City street right-of-way (ROW) is included. Reporting Manual Location: A-20

At Grade, with Cross Traffic
Railway right-of-way (ROW) over which no other traffic may pass, except to cross at grade level crossings. A median strip right-of-way (ROW) with grade level crossings at intersecting streets is included. Reporting Manual Location: A-20

Atypical Day
A day on which the transit agency either:

• Does not operate its normal, regular schedule, or
• Provides extra service to meet demands for special events such as conventions, parades, or public celebrations, or
• Operates significantly reduced service because of unusually bad weather (e.g., snow storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes) or major public disruptions (e.g., terrorism).

Reporting Manual Location: S-10

Automated Guideway (AG) Transit
A transit mode that is an electric railway (single or multi-car trains) of guided transit vehicles operating without vehicle operators or other crew onboard the vehicle. Service may be on a fixed schedule or in response to a passenger activated call button. Automated guideway (AG) transit includes:

• Personal rapid transit
• Group rapid transit, and
• People mover systems.

Reporting Manual Location: B-10, MR-10, S&S Introduction, S&S-10, RU-10

Automated Guideway Vehicles (AG)
Vehicle Type: Guided transit passenger vehicles operating under a fully automated system (no crew on transit units). Reporting Manual Location: A-30, S&S-40

Automatic Passenger Counter (APC)
An automated means of counting boarding and alighting passengers (e.g., treadle mats or infrared beams placed by the door) (www.its.dot.gov). Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, S-10

Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)
Position determination via an automatic technology or combination of technologies, such as Global Positioning System (triangulation of satellite signals), Signposts (beacons at known locations transmit signals picked up by vehicle), Ground-Based Radio (triangulation of radio tower signals), or Dead-Reckoning (vehicle's odometer and compass used to measure new position from previous known position), and typically includes real-time reporting of that location to a dispatcher (www.its.dot.gov).

Automobiles (AO)
Vehicle Type: Passenger cars, up to and including station wagons in size. Reporting Manual Location: A-30, S&S-40

Automotive Vehicle Ferriage
Revenues earned from transporting vehicles in ferryboat transit service. Reporting Manual Location: F-10

Auxiliary Transportation Revenues
The revenue earned from operations closely associated with transportation operations. Auxiliary transportation revenues include:

• Concessions — station and vehicle concessions
• Advertising revenues
• Other — including ID card fees (seniors, persons with disabilities, employees), fare evasion and park-and-ride lot fines, and automotive vehicle ferriage.

Reporting Manual Location: F-10

Average Lifetime Mileage per Active Vehicle
The total miles accumulated on all active vehicles since date of manufacture divided by the number of active vehicles. Reporting Manual Location: A-30

Average Monthly Fixed Guideway Directional Route Miles
The monthly average number of fixed guideway directional route miles (FG DRM) over which service was operated. For each segment, sum the directional route miles (DRM) for each month that the mode was operated during the year and divide by 12 months. Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, S-10, S-20

Average Saturday
A typical, representative Saturday in the operation of the transit system, weighted to reflect seasonal variations in service. Reporting Manual Location: S-10

Average Sunday
A typical, representative Sunday in the operation of the transit system, weighted to reflect seasonal variations in service. Reporting Manual Location: S-10

Average Trip Length
The average distance ridden for an unlinked passenger trip (UPT) by time period (weekday, Saturday, Sunday) computed as passenger miles (PM) divided by unlinked passenger trips (UPT). Reporting Manual Location: S-10

Average Weekday
A typical, representative weekday in the operation of the transit system, weighted to reflect seasonal variations in service. Reporting Manual Location: S-10

Average Weekday Unlinked Passenger Trips
The number of passengers who board public transportation vehicles on an average, typical weekday during a month. Reporting Manual Location: MR-20

AVL
Automatic Vehicle Location

Bomb Threat
Credible written or oral (e.g., telephone) communication to a transit agency threatening the use of an explosive or incendiary device for the purpose of disrupting public transit services or to create a public emergency. Reporting Manual Location: S&S-40, S&S-50

Bombing
The unlawful and intentional:

• Delivery
• Placement
• Discharge, or
• Detonation of an explosive, or other lethal device in, into, or against
  • A public transport facility
  • A public transportation system (including vehicles), or
  • An infrastructure facility.

Or conspiracy, instigation, or attempts to commit such acts

1. With the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or
2. With the intent to cause extensive damage to, or destruction of such a place, facility or system, where such destruction results in or is likely to result in major economic loss.

Reporting Manual Location:S&S-40, S&S-50

Bond Issuance Costs
The fee for service that the transit agency pays an investment banking firm to handle the bond issue and other related fees that the transit agency may incur related to the bond issue such as accounting, legal, and printing costs. Reporting Manual Location: F-10

Bonds
Financing mechanism used to raise funds. Bonds are secured debt offered through a legal entity (usually a state or local government) that guarantees two rights to the purchaser:

1. The right to receive a fixed interest payment (e.g, 10%), often semiannually, on the par value of the bond (e.g., $10,000), and
2. The right to be paid the par value of the bond (e.g., $10,000) at a definite future date when the bond matures (e.g., 20 years after issuance).

Reporting Manual Location: F-10

Bridge, Tunnel and Highway Toll
A tax or fee paid for the liberty or privilege of using a bridge, tunnel or highway. Reporting Manual Location: F-10, F-30

Brokerage System
An association of transportation providers managed by broker or agent who makes transportation arrangements for a specific clientele such as the elderly and persons with disabilities. The transportation providers in a brokerage system are typically social service agencies and taxicab operators. The broker may be the transit agency directly or the transit agency may contract with an individual or firm to operate the brokerage system. Reporting Manual Location: B-30

BU
Vehicle Type: Buses

Burglary
The unlawful entry into a building or other structure with the intent to commit a felony or a theft. Reporting Manual Location: S&S-50

Bus (MB)
A transit mode comprised of rubber-tired passenger vehicles operating on fixed routes and schedules over roadways. Vehicles are powered by:

• Diesel
• Gasoline
• Battery, or
• Alternative fuel engines contained within the vehicle.

Reporting Manual Location: B-10, MR-10, S&S Introduction, S&S-10, RU-10

Buses (BU)
Vehicle Type: Rubber-tired passenger vehicles powered by diesel, gasoline, battery or alternative fuel engines contained within the vehicle. Vehicles in this category do not include articulated, double-decked, or school buses. Reporting Manual Location: A-30, S&S-40

Buyer
The NTD reporter contracting with a seller under a purchased transportation agreement to provide transit services. The contractor may be a public transit agency or a private company. Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, B-30, F-10, F-20, F-30, A-10, A-20, A-30, S-10, FFA-10, Declarations, MR Introduction, S&S Introduction

Cable Car (CC)
A transit mode that is an electric railway with individually controlled transit vehicles attached to a moving cable located below the street surface and powered by engines or motors at a central location, not onboard the vehicle. Reporting Manual Location: B-10, MR-10, S&S Introduction, S&S-10, RU-10

Cable Cars (CC)
Vehicle Type: Streetcar type of passenger vehicles operating by means of an attachment to a moving cable located below the street surface and powered by engines or motors at a central location not onboard the vehicles. Reporting Manual Location: A-30, S&S-40

Capital
Projects related to the purchase of equipment. Equipment means an article of non-expendable tangible personal property having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost which equals the lesser of:

• The capitalization level established by the government unit for financial statement purposes, or
• $5,000.

Capital expenses do not include operating expenses (OE) that are eligible to use capital funds. Reporting Manual Location: FFA-10

Capital Assistance
Financial funding to help cover the costs of equipment necessary to support transit services. Equipment is tangible property having a useful life of more than one year, e.g., vehicles, buildings, passenger stations and fixed guideway (FG) facilities. See capital expenses for requirements. Reporting Manual Location: F-10, FFA-10

Capital Costs
The expenses incurred within the year related to the purchase of facilities, vehicles and equipment. Reporting Manual Location: RU-20

Capital Expenses
The expenses related to the purchase of equipment. Equipment means an article of non-expendable tangible personal property having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost which equals the lesser of:

• The capitalization level established by the government unit for financial statement purposes, or
• $5,000.

Capital expenses do not include operating expenses (OE) that are eligible to use capital funds. Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, B-10, F-10, F-20, FFA-10, MR Introduction

Capital Labor
The employees engaged in the purchase of equipment. Equipment means an article of non-expendable tangible personal property having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost which equals the lesser of:

• The capitalization level established by the government unit for financial statement purposes, or
• $5,000.

Reporting Manual Location: R-10

Capital Maintenance Expenses
Expenses classified as operating expenses under the Uniform System of Accounts (USOA) that are eligible for capital funds under FTA formula programs, e.g., preventive maintenance costs. Reporting Manual Location: F-30

Casualty and Liability Costs (506)
The cost elements covering protection of the transit agency from loss through insurance programs, compensation of others for their losses due to acts for which the transit agency is liable, and recognition of the cost of a miscellaneous category of corporate losses. Reporting Manual Location: F-30

CC
Cable Car

CC
Vehicle Type: Cable Cars

CEO
Chief Executive Officer

Charter Service
A vehicle hired for exclusive use that does not operate over a regular route, on a regular schedule and is not available to the general public. Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, F-50, S-10, MR Introduction, S&S Introduction

Charter Service Hours
The total hours operated by revenue vehicles while in charter service. Charter service hours include:

• Hours operated while carrying passengers for hire, plus
• Associated deadhead hours.

Reporting Manual Location: S-10

Charter Service Revenues
The revenue earned from operating vehicles under charter contracts. Reporting Manual Location: F-10

Chemical, Biological, or Radiological / Other Release
The unlawful and intentional:

• Delivery
• Placement
• Discharge, or
• Detonation of a biological, chemical, or radiological/other lethal device in, into, or against:
  • A public transport facility
  • A public transportation system (including vehicles), or
  • An infrastructure facility, or conspiracy, instigation, or attempts to commit such acts.

Chemical, biological, or radiological/other releases involve:

1. Solids, liquids, or gases that have chemical properties that produce lethal or serious effects in human beings, or
2. Any weapon involving a disease organism.

Reporting Manual Location: S&S-40, S&S-50

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
The principal executive in charge of and responsible for the transit agency. Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, Internet Reporting, B-20, S-10, Declarations, MR Introduction, S&S Introduction, S&S Declarations, RU Introduction, RU-10

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Certification
Attestation by the chief executive officer (CEO) of a transit agency certifying the accuracy of the data submitted to the NTD. Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, Internet Reporting, S-10, Declarations, D-10, MR Introduction, S&S Introduction, S&S Declarations

Citation
A writ or order commanding a person to appear in court as a notice to a person that he or she is charged with a petty offense. Reporting Manual Location: S&S-50

CMAQ
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program

Collision
A vehicle accident in which the first harmful event is the impact of a road vehicle in transport with:

• Another vehicle
• An object, or
• Person(s).

Reporting Manual Location: S&S-40, S&S-50

Collision with Object
An incident in which a transit vehicle strikes an obstacle other than a vehicle or person (e.g., building or utility pole). Reporting Manual Location: S&S-40, S&S-50

Collision with Person
An incident in which a transit vehicle strikes an individual. Incidents involving suicides and attempted suicides are excluded from this category. Reporting Manual Location: S&S-40, S&S-50

Collision with Vehicle
An incident in which a transit vehicle strikes or is struck by another vehicle. Reporting Manual Location: S&S-40, S&S-50

Communication Systems
Systems for exchanging information including two-way radio systems for communications between dispatchers and vehicle operators, cab signaling and train control equipment in rail systems, automatic vehicle locator systems, automated dispatching systems, vehicle guidance systems, telephones, facsimile machines and public address systems. Reporting Manual Location: F-20

Commuter Rail (CR)
A transit mode that is an electric or diesel propelled railway for urban passenger train service consisting of local short distance travel operating between a central city and adjacent suburbs. Service must be operated on a regular basis by or under contract with a transit operator for the purpose of transporting passengers within urbanized areas (UZAs), or between urbanized areas and outlying areas.
Such rail service, using either locomotive hauled or self-propelled railroad passenger cars, is generally characterized by:

• Multi-trip tickets
• Specific station to station fares
• Railroad employment practices, and
• Usually only one or two stations in the central business district.

It does not include:

• Heavy rail (HR) rapid transit, or
• Light rail (LR) / streetcar transit service.

Intercity rail service is excluded, except for that portion of such service that is operated by or under contract with a public transit agency for predominantly commuter services. Predominantly commuter service means that for any given trip segment (i.e., distance between any two stations), more than 50 percent of the average daily ridership travels on the train at least three times a week. Only the predominantly commuter service portion of an intercity route is eligible for inclusion when determining commuter rail (CR) route miles. Reporting Manual Location: B-10, MR-10, S&S Introduction, S&S-10, S&S-40, RU-10

Commuter Rail Locomotives (RL)
Vehicle Type: Commuter rail (CR) vehicles used to pull or push commuter rail (CR) passenger coaches. Locomotives do not carry passengers themselves. Reporting Manual Location: A-30, S&S-40

Commuter Rail Passenger Coaches (RP)
Vehicle Type: Commuter rail (CR) passenger vehicles not independently propelled and requiring one or more locomotives for propulsion. Reporting Manual Location: A-30, S&S-40

Commuter Rail Self-Propelled Passenger Cars (RS)
Vehicle Type: Commuter rail (CR) passenger vehicles not requiring a separate locomotive for propulsion. Reporting Manual Location: A-30, S&S-40

Complementary Paratransit Services
Transportation service required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for individuals with disabilities who are unable to use fixed route transportation systems. This service must be comparable to the level of service provided to individuals without disabilities who use the fixed route system and meet the requirements specified in Sections 37.123-137.133 of Transportation Services for Individuals with Disabilities (Part 37), Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Volume 1. The complementary services must be origin-to-destination service (demand response (DR)) or on-call demand response (DR) service to an accessible fixed route where such service enables the individual to use the fixed route bus (MB) system for his or her trip. Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, B-10, F-30, F-40, S-10, MR Introduction

Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ)
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funds transferred from the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) to FTA for transit projects. This program is to help improve air quality and to manage traffic congestion. Transferred funds may be used for capital expansion and improvements that increase ridership, travel demand management strategies, shared ride services, and bicycle and pedestrian facilities. Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, F-10, MR Introduction

Contract Revenues
Reimbursement by any organization, government, agency, or company, as a result of a formal contractual agreement with the transit service operator, for trips provided to a specific passenger or group of passengers. Reporting Manual Location: RU-20

Contributed Services
The receipt of services (not cash) from another entity where such services benefit transit operations and the transit agency is under no obligation to pay for the services. Reporting Manual Location: F-10

Controlled Access Right-of-way (ROW)
Lanes restricted for at least a portion of the day for use by transit vehicles and other high occupancy vehicles (HOV). Use of controlled access lanes may also be permitted for vehicles preparing to turn. The restriction must be sufficiently enforced so that 95 percent of the vehicles using the lanes during the restricted period are authorized to use them. Reporting Manual Location: A-20, S-10, FFA-10, Declarations

Cooperative Agreement
An agreement where one or more public transit agencies or governmental units contribute to, or are assessed for, the value of public transit services provided by another public transit agency. There is usually a written memorandum of understanding or mutual agreement on the calculation and payment for the services. Generally, the service is part of the public transit agency’s directly operated (DO) service. Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, B-30, MR Introduction, S&S Introduction

County/Independent City
Service operated primarily within the boundaries of a single county/independent city or parish. Reporting Manual Location: RU-20

CR
Commuter Rail

CU
Cutaways

Customer/ Passenger
A person who is:

• Onboard
• Boarding, or
• Alighting from a transit vehicle for the purpose of:
  • Travel, without participating in its operation.

Reporting Manual Location: S&S Introduction, S&S-40, S&S-50

Customer Services (162)
Component activities include:

• Providing supervision and clerical support for public information and customer relations activities
• Selling and arranging for the provision of charter services
• Providing route information in passenger stations and at other points along the transit way
• Providing telephone information service
• Handling customer complaints
• Administering a lost and found operation.

Reporting Manual Location: F-30

Cutaways (CU)
A vehicle in which a bus body is mounted on the chassis of a van or light-duty truck. The original van or light-duty truck chassis may be reinforced or extended. Cut-aways typically seat 15 or more passengers, and typically may accommodate some standing passengers.

Cyber Incident
Involves the targeting of:

• Transit facilities
• Personnel
• Information, or
• Computer, or
• Telecommunications systems associated with transit agencies.

Proscribed activities include:

1. Denial or disruption of computer or telecommunications services, especially train control systems
2. Unauthorized monitoring of computer or telecommunications system
3. Unauthorized disclosure of proprietary or classified information stored within or communicated through computer or telecommunications systems
4. Unauthorized modification or destruction of computer programming codes, computer network databases, stored information or computer capabilities; or
5. Manipulation of computer or telecommunications services resulting from fraud, financial loss, or other criminal violations.

Reporting Manual Location: S&S-40, S&S-50

Data Processing (170)
Component activities include:

• Providing supervision, training and clerical support for data processing activities
• Entering and verifying input data
• Operating data processing equipment (e.g., computers and more conventional devices)
• Designing data processing application
• Programming and testing data processing applications
• Controlling and distributing output data
• Maintaining data processing equipment.

Reporting Manual Location: F-30

Data Waiver
Relief from reporting a specific data item. Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, Internet Reporting

Days not Operated due to Officially Declared Emergencies
The number of days that service did not operate due to emergencies, such as:

• Floods
• Snowstorms, or
• Tornadoes.

A person in authority (usually the mayor, county head or governor) must officially declare an emergency. Reporting Manual Location: S-10

Days not Operated due to Strikes
The number of days that service did not operate due to transit labor strikes. Reporting Manual Location: S-10

Days Schedule Operated
The number of days that service was actually operated according to the schedule of service. For non-scheduled services such as demand response (DR) and vanpool (VP), days schedule operated refers to the days when service normally was operated. Reporting Manual Location: S-10

DB
Vehicle Type: Double Decker Buses

Deadhead (Miles and Hours)
The miles and hours that a vehicle travels when out of revenue service. Deadhead includes:

• Leaving or returning to the garage or yard facility
• Changing routes
• When there is no expectation of carrying revenue passengers.

However, deadhead does not include:

• Charter service
• School bus service
• Operator training
• Maintenance training.

Reporting Manual Location: Internet Reporting, F-10, S-10, R-20, MR Internet Reporting, MR-20

Declarations
Documents stating the validity of the data being reported to the NTD / FTA:

• Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Certification
• Independent Auditor Statement for Financial Data
• Independent Auditor Statement for Federal Funding Allocation Data, and the Safety and Security Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Certification.

Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, Internet Reporting, Declarations, S&S Introduction, S&S Declarations

Degraded HOV Facility
An HOV is considered degraded if vehicles operating on it are failing to maintain a minimum average operating speed 90% of the time over a consecutive 180-day period during morning and/or evening weekday peak hours (minimum average operating speed is defined as 45 mph in a 50-mh zone, or 10 mph below limit when limit is less than 50 mph). A State may make mileage requirements more restrictive than specified in SAFETEA-LU when managing use by low emission and energy-efficient vehicles. Reporting Manual Location: F-10, S-20, FFA-10, Declarations

Demand Response (DR)
A transit mode comprised of passenger cars, vans or small buses operating in response to calls from passengers or their agents to the transit operator, who then dispatches a vehicle to pick up the passengers and transport them to their destinations. A demand response (DR) operation is characterized by the following:

1. The vehicles do not operate over a fixed route or on a fixed schedule except, perhaps, on a temporary basis to satisfy a special need, and
2. Typically, the vehicle may be dispatched to pick up several passengers at different pick-up points before taking them to their respective destinations and may even be interrupted en route to these destinations to pick up other passengers.

The following types of operations fall under the above definitions provided they are not on a scheduled fixed route basis:

• Many origins —  many destinations
• Many origins —  one destination
• One origin — many destinations, and
• One origin — one destination.

Reporting Manual Location: B-10, MR-10, S&S Introduction, S&S-10, RU-10

Demand Response Service
Shared use transit service operating in response to calls from passengers or their agents to the transit operator, who schedules a vehicle to pick up the passengers to transport them to their destinations. Reporting Manual Location: RU-20

Depreciation (513)
The charges that reflect the loss in service value of the transit agency’s assets. Depreciated items have a high initial cost and a useful life of more than one accounting period. In order to account for the reduction in value (usefulness) of this type of asset, a portion of the cost is expensed each year of the asset’s life. Depreciation and amortization include the depreciation of the physical facilities such as:

• Guideways
• Tracks and roadbeds
• Elevated structures
• Passenger stations and parking facilities
• Revenue vehicles
• Operating stations
• Facilities (including buildings, equipment and furnishings) for power generation and distribution
• Revenue vehicle movement control
• Data processing
• Revenue collection and processing
• Other general administration.

Reporting Manual Location: F-40

Derailment
A non-collision incident in which one or more wheels of a transit vehicle unintentionally leaves the rails. Reporting Manual Location: S&S-40, S&S-50

Deviated Fixed Route Service
Transit service that operates along a fixed alignment or path at generally fixed times, but may deviate from the route alignment to collect or drop off passengers who have requested the deviation. Reporting Manual Location: RU-20

Direct Cost
An object class cost (e.g., labor, services, materials and supplies) that is incurred exclusively for a particular function, mode and type of service (TOS). For example, an operator whose time is spent solely in driving a bus (MB) (vehicle operations — MB/DO) or a mechanic who works only on directly operated (DO) buses (MB) (vehicle maintenance — MB/DO). Reporting Manual Location: F-30

Directional Route Miles (DRM)
The mileage in each direction over which public transportation vehicles travel while in revenue service. Directional route miles (DRM) are:

• A measure of the route path over a facility or roadway, not the service carried on the facility; e.g., number of routes, vehicles, or vehicle revenue miles.
• Computed with regard to direction of service, but without regard to the number of traffic lanes or rail tracks existing in the right-of-way (ROW).

Directional route miles (DRM) do not include staging or storage areas at the beginning or end of a route. Reporting Manual Location: A-20, S-10, S-20, FFA-10, Declarations

Directly Generated Funds
Any funds where revenues are generated by or donated directly to the transit agency, including:

• Passenger fare revenues
• Advertising revenues
• Donations
• Bond proceeds
• Taxes imposed by the transit agency.

Reporting Manual Location: F-10

Directly Levied Tax
The tax revenues to transit agencies that are organized as independent political subdivisions with their own taxation authority. Reporting Manual Location: F-10

Directly Operated (DO)
Transportation service provided directly by a transit agency, using their employees to supply the necessary labor to operate the revenue vehicles. This includes instances where an agency’s employees provide purchased transportation (PT) services to the agency through a contractual agreement. Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, B-10, F-10, F-20, A-10, R-10, R-20, R-30, FFA-10, Declarations, MR Introduction, MR-10, S&S Introduction, S&S-10, S&S-40, S&S-50, RU-10

DO
Directly Operated

Double Decker Buses (dB)
Vehicle Type: High capacity buses having two levels of seating, one over the other, connected by one or more stairways. Total bus height is usually 13 to 14.5 feet, and typical passenger seating capacity ranges from 40 to 80 people. Reporting Manual Location: A-30, S&S-40

DR
Demand Response

DRM
Directional Route Miles

Elevated on Fill
Rail transit way above surface level on fill. Transition segments above surface level on fill are included. Reporting Manual Location: A-20

Elevated on Structure
Rail transit way above surface level on structures. Transition segments above surface level on structures are included. Reporting Manual Location: A-20

Elevator
A compartment that usually moves up and down vertically to transfer passengers from one level of a station or parking facility to another. Elevators may move horizontally, such as from a station to an adjacent parking garage, but such movement is normally done by non-elevator means such as a pedestrian bridge or a moving sidewalk. Does not include non-passenger elevators used only for freight or by transit staff. Reporting Manual Location: A-10

Emergency Contingency Vehicles
Revenue vehicles placed in an inactive contingency fleet for energy or other local emergencies after the revenue vehicles have reached the end of their normal minimum useful life. The vehicles must be properly stored and maintained, and FTA must approve the Emergency Contingency Plan. Substantial changes to the plan (10% change in fleet) require re-approval by FTA. Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, B-10, A-30, S-10, MR Introduction

Employee
An individual who is compensated by the transit agency as follows:

• For directly operated (DO) services, the labor expense for the individual is reported in object class (501) labor.
• For purchased transportation (PT) service, the labor expense for the individual meets the same criteria as object class (501) labor.
• Applies to Transit Employees and Contractors.

Reporting Manual Location: S&S Introduction, S&S-40, S&S-50

Employee Work Hours
Employee labor hours, not including fringe benefit hours such as:

• Sick leave
• Holidays, and
• Vacations.

Work hours include:

• Only labor hours for employees of the transit agency
• Both full time and part time
• Permanent and temporary.

Reporting Manual Location: R-10

Employees
Individuals who are compensated by the transit agency and whose expense is reported in object class 501 labor. Reporting Manual Location: F-30, F-50, R-10, R-20

Escalator
A moving stairway that moves up and down at an angle to transfer passengers from one level of a station or parking facility to another. Does not include non-passenger escalators used only for freight or by transit staff. Reporting Manual Location: A-10

Evacuation
A condition requiring all passengers and employees to depart a transit vehicle or property and enter onto the transit right-of-way (ROW) or roadway under emergency circumstances. Reporting Manual Location: S&S-40, S&S-50, RU-20

Exclusive Right-of-way (ROW)
Roadway or other right-of-way (ROW) reserved at all times for transit use and / or other high occupancy vehicles (HOV). The restriction must be sufficiently enforced so that 95 percent of vehicles using the right-of-way (ROW) are authorized to use it. Reporting Manual Location: A-20, S-10, FFA-10, Declarations

Expansion (fleet)
The acquisition of revenue vehicles for expansion of transit service. Reporting Manual Location: F-20

Expense Transfers (510)
Accounts used for reporting adjustments and reclassifications of expenses previously recorded. Reporting Manual Location: F-30

Failure to Report
Submitting a late report, incomplete report or no report. Reporting Manual Location: Introduction, MR Introduction, S&S Introduction

FARE
Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Elements

Fare Evasion
The unlawful use of transit facilities by riding without paying the applicable fare. Reporting Manual Location: S&S-40, S&S-50

Fare Revenue Collection Equipment
Any equipment used in collecting passenger fares including turnstiles, fare boxes (drop), automated fare boxes and related software, money changers and fare dispensing machines (tickets, tokens, passes). Reporting Manual Location: F-20

Fare Revenues
All income received directly from passengers, either paid in cash or through pre-paid tickets, passes, etc. It includes donations from those passengers who donate money on the vehicle. It includes the reduced fares paid by passengers in a user-side subsidy arrangement. Reporting Manual Location: RU-20

FASB
Financial Accounting Standards Board

Fatality
A transit-caused death confirmed within 30 days of a transit incident, which occurs under the collision, derailment, fire, evacuation, security incident, hazardous material spill, act of God, or safety occurence not otherwise classified categories. Reporting Manual Location: S&S Introduction, S&S-40, S&S-50, RU-20

FB
Ferryboat

FB
Vehicle Type: Ferryboats

Federal Capital Assistance
Financial assistance from the Federal Transit Administration to assist in paying the capital costs of providing transit service. Reporting Manual Location: RU-20

Federal Government Funds
Financial assistance obtained from the Federal government to assist with paying the costs of providing transit services. Reporting Manual Location: F-10

Federal Operating Assistance
Financial assistance from the Federal Transit Administration to assist in paying the operating costs of providing transit service. Reporting Manual Location: RU-20

Ferryboat (FB)
A transit mode comprised of vessels carrying passengers and / or vehicles over a body of water that are generally steam or diesel powered.
Intercity ferryboat (FB) service is excluded, except for that portion of such service that is operated by or under contract with a public transit agency for predominantly commuter services. Predominantly commuter a service means that for any given trip segment (i.e., distance between any two piers), more than 50 percent of the average daily ridership travels on the ferryboat on the same day. Only the predominantly commuter service portion of an intercity route is eligible for inclusion when determining ferryboat (FB) route miles. Reporting Manual Location: B-10, MR-10, S&S Introduction, S&S-10, RU-10