FY 2011 Annual Reporting Changes and Clarifications

Introduction - Two changes:

1. New Waiver Type - Small Systems Waiver - 30 or Fewer Vehicles
2. Natural Disaster/Hold Harmless Waiver
   

Internet Report - One change:

NTD application has been updated with a number of Application Security Enhancements.  These enhancements are being undertaken in accordance with new Department of Transportation-wide and Federal Government-wide standards to ensure the integrity of all data in government systems, such as the National Transit Database. 

Please note the new password requirements for password length and complexity, as well as that the password expiration period has also changed from 90 to 60 days.  Moreover, please note that a new 60-day account inactivity feature will lock accounts that have not been used at least once in a 60 day period.   Accounts that become “locked” will be able to be unlocked through an automatic web-based process, which will also prompt you to choose a new password.     

New Password requirements are as follows

• Password length: Must be at least 12 characters and not more than 20 characters.
• Complexity: 3 out of 4 – Lower case, Upper case, Numbers, Special Characters.
• Password History: Password must be different from 10 previous passwords and must be different from any password used in the last 6 months.

Maximum Password Age

• 60 Day Password Expiration Period.

Account Inactivity

• Your account is locked if you do not login during a 60 day period.

Basic Information Module

  Identification Form (B-10) - Four changes:

1. Small Systems Waiver replaces the Nine or Fewer Vehicles Waiver
2. More and revised modes - monorail/automated guideway, bus rapid transit, commuter bus, hybrid rail and streetcar
3. Additional modes operating as fixed guideway and non-fixed guideway (bus, bus rapid trasit and commuter bus)
4. Revised criteria for vanpool mode eligibility for NTD reporting.

 Contractual Relationship form (B-30) - Two clarifications:

1. Clarification of reporting fully allocated costs for purchased transportation service
2. Clarification of reporting transportation brokerages.

Financial Module

Sources of Funds - Funds Expended and Funds Earned Form (F-10) – One change:

1. Lines for "bonds and loans" have been removed from the F-10.  Financing should now be reported based on the true source of funds, following guidance in the USOA.

Uses of Capital form (F-20) – One clarification:

1. Clarification on reporting planning and service development activities.

Operating Expenses form (F-30) – One change and one clarification::

1. Clarification on reporting planning and service development activities.
2. Inclusion of the USOA function equivalency chart.

Statement of Finances form (F-60) – One change:

1. New Statement of Finances form (F-60).

Asset Module

  Revenue Vehicle Inventory Form (A-30) – One change and one clarification:

1. New Manufacture codes.
2. Updated guidance for reporting mileage "at-grade with cross-traffic."

Service Module

Fixed Guideway Segments form (S-20) – One change:

1. S-20 has new column for "mode claimed."

Resource Module

Maintenance Performance form (R-20) – One change:

1. The form now excludes revenue service system failures for taxicab services. The demand response-taxi mode does not appear on the form.

Energy Consumption form (R-30) - Two changes:

1. Rail modes now include bio-diesel fuel (BD)
2. Non-rail modes now exclude fuel consumption data for taxicab services. The demand response-taxi mode does not appear on the form.

Federal Funding Allocation Statistics Module - Three changes:

1. There are new serve rules for allocation of data among multiple UZA and nonurbanized areas (non-UZA)
2. Allocation methodologies among multiple UZAs and non-UZAs and for allocation between modes that are both FG and NFG now include an "other" category for the reporter to document any reasonable methodology.
3. FFA-10 forms use 2010 Census UZA and Non-UZA information. However, the Census bureau will not release the new UZA definitions until the Spring of 2012, followed by release of the detailed UZA boundary maps. Therefore, transit agencies will submit NTD reports according to the regular deadlines, but without FFA-10 forms. Upon release of the Census UZA maps, FTA will notify all urbanized area NTD reporters to logon to the NTD Online Reporting System and resubmit their Basic information form (B-10) identifying the 2010 UZAs in the service area, and to submit FFA-10 forms reflecting the new UZA definitions.

Declarations Module - One change:

1.  Sections 5 and 6; the new FTA Approved NTD Sampling Method option has been added.