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Reporting Manual Location |
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AB |
Vehicle Type: Articulated Buses |
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Repairing all damage to buildings, grounds and equipment resulting from collisions with stationary or moving objects, floods and accidentally ignited fires, etc. |
F-30 |
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Repairing all damage to revenue vehicles resulting from incidents (e.g., collisions with stationary or moving objects, floods and accidentally ignited fires, etc.). |
F-30, R-20 |
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The time allowed an operator to complete and file the forms necessary to report an accident. |
F-50 |
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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). |
Declarations |
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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. |
Introduction |
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The vehicles available to operate in revenue service, including:
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Internet
Reporting |
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The vehicles in the year-end fleet that are available to operate in revenue service, including:
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A-30 |
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The hours that passenger cars travel while in revenue service (actual passenger car revenue hours) plus deadhead hours. Actual passenger car hours include:
But exclude:
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S-10 |
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The miles that passenger cars travel while in revenue service (actual passenger car revenue miles) plus deadhead miles. Actual passenger car miles exclude:
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S-10 |
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The hours that passenger cars travel while in revenue service. Passenger car revenue hours include:
But exclude:
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S-10 |
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The miles that passenger cars travel while in revenue service. Passenger car revenue miles exclude:
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S-10 |
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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. |
R-10 |
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The total service operated during each time period. Actual service excludes:
Actual service is measured by vehicles in service, in miles and hours. |
S-10 |
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The hours that trains travel while in revenue service (actual train revenue hours) plus deadhead hours. Actual train hours include:
But exclude:
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S-10 |
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The miles that trains travel while in revenue service (actual train revenue miles) plus deadhead miles. Actual train miles exclude:
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S-10 |
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The hours that trains travel while in revenue service. Train revenue hours include:
But exclude:
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S-10 |
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The miles that trains travel while in revenue service. Train revenue miles exclude:
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S-10 |
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The hours that vehicles travel while in revenue service (actual vehicle revenue hours (VRH)) plus deadhead hours. Actual vehicle hours exclude:
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Internet
Reporting |
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The miles that vehicles travel while in revenue service (actual vehicle revenue miles (VRM)) plus deadhead miles. Actual vehicle miles exclude:
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Internet
Reporting |
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The hours that vehicles travel while in revenue service. Vehicle revenue hours (VRH) include:
But exclude:
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Internet
Reporting |
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The miles that vehicles travel while in revenue service. Vehicle revenue miles (VRM) include:
But exclude:
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Internet
Reporting |
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ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 |
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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. |
F-20 |
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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. |
F-10 |
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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. |
B-10 |
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The distance from terminal to terminal following the path of the tramway towers. |
A-20 |
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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 on-board the vehicle, power the cable system. |
A-30 |
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AG |
Automated Guideway Transit |
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AG |
Vehicle Type: Automated Guideway Vehicles |
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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. |
B-10 |
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The period in the morning when additional services are provided to handle higher passenger volumes. The period begins when normal scheduled headways are reduced and ends when headways return to normal. |
S-10 |
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The legislation defining the responsibilities of and requirements for transportation providers to make transportation accessible to individuals with disabilities. |
Introduction |
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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. |
A-10 |
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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. |
A-30 |
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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. |
A-30 |
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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. |
S-10 |
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The amortization of the intangible costs of the transit agency including organization costs, franchises, patents, goodwill and other intangible assets. |
F-40 |
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AO |
Vehicle Type: Automobiles |
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APC |
Automatic Passenger Counter |
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AR |
Alaska Railroad |
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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. |
A-30 |
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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. |
A-20 |
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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. |
A-20 |
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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. |
A-20 |
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A day on which the transit agency either:
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S-10 |
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A transit mode that is an electric railway (single or multi-car trains) of guided transit vehicles operating without vehicle operators or other crew on-board the vehicle. Service may be on a fixed schedule or in response to a passenger activated call button. Automated guideway (AG) transit includes:
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B-10 |
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Vehicle Type: Guided transit passenger vehicles operating under a fully automated system (no crew on transit units). |
A-30 |
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An automated means of counting boarding and alighting passengers (e.g., treadle mats or infrared beams placed by the door) (www.its.dot.gov). |
S-10 |
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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). |
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Vehicle Type: Passenger cars, up to and including station wagons in size. |
A-30 |
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Revenues earned from transporting vehicles in ferryboat transit service. |
F-10 |
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The revenue earned from operations closely associated with transportation operations. Auxiliary transportation revenues include:
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F-10 |
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The total miles accumulated on all active vehicles since date of manufacture divided by the number of active vehicles. |
A-30 |
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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. |
Introduction |
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A typical, representative Saturday in the operation of the transit system, weighted to reflect seasonal variations in service. |
S-10 |
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A typical, representative Sunday in the operation of the transit system, weighted to reflect seasonal variations in service. |
S-10 |
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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). |
S-10 |
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A typical, representative weekday in the operation of the transit system, weighted to reflect seasonal variations in service. |
S-10 |
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The number of passengers who board public transportation vehicles on an average, typical weekday during a month. |
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AVL |
Automatic Vehicle Location |
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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. |
F-10 |
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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:
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F-10 |
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A tax or fee paid for the liberty or privilege of using a bridge, tunnel or highway. |
F-10, F-30 |
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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. |
B-30 |
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BU |
Vehicle Type: Buses |
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A transit mode comprised of rubber-tired passenger vehicles operating on fixed routes and schedules over roadways. Vehicles are powered by:
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B-10 |
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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. |
A-30 |
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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. |
Introduction |
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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 on-board the vehicle. |
B-10 |
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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 on-board the vehicles. |
A-30 |
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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:
Capital expenses do not include operating expenses (OE) that are eligible to use capital funds. |
FFA-10 |
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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. |
F-10, FFA-10 |
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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:
Capital expenses do not include operating expenses (OE) that are eligible to use capital funds. |
Introduction |
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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:
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R-10 |
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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. |
F-30 |
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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. |
F-30 |
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CC |
Cable Car |
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CC |
Vehicle Type: Cable Cars |
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CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
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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. |
Introduction |
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The total hours operated by revenue vehicles while in charter service. Charter service hours include:
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S-10 |
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The revenue earned from operating vehicles under charter contracts. |
F-10 |
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The principal executive in charge of and responsible for the transit agency. |
Introduction |
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A letter signed by the chief executive officer (CEO) of a transit agency certifying the accuracy of the data submitted to the NTD. |
Introduction |
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CMAQ |
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program |
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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. |
F-20 |
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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:
It does not include:
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 services means that for any given trip segment (i.e., distance between any two stations), more than 50 percent of the average daily ridership commutes on the train each day. A commuter is a person that travels back and forth during the same day primarily within an urbanized area (UZA). Only the predominantly commuter service portion of an intercity route is eligible for inclusion when determining commuter rail (CR) route miles. |
B-10 |
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Vehicle Type: Commuter rail (CR) vehicles used to pull or push commuter rail (CR) passenger coaches. Locomotives do not carry passengers themselves. |
A-30 |
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Vehicle Type: Commuter rail (CR) passenger vehicles not independently propelled and requiring one or more locomotives for propulsion. |
A-30 |
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Vehicle Type: Commuter rail (CR) passenger vehicles not requiring a separate locomotive for propulsion. |
A-30 |
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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. |
Introduction
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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. |
Introduction |
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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. |
F-10 |
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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. |
A-20,
S-10 |
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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. |
Introduction |
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CR |
Commuter Rail |
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Component activities include:
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F-30 |
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Component activities include:
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F-30 |
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Relief from reporting a specific data item. |
Introduction |
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The number of days that service did not operate due to emergencies, such as:
A person in authority (usually the mayor, county head or governor) must officially declare an emergency. |
S-10 |
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The number of days that service did not operate due to transit labor strikes. |
S-10 |
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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. |
S-10 |
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DB |
Vehicle Type: Double Decker Buses |
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The miles and hours that a vehicle travels when out of revenue service. Deadhead includes:
However, deadhead does not include:
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Internet
Reporting |
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Three documents stating the validity of the data being reported to the NTD / FTA:
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Introduction |
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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. |
F-10,
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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:
The following types of operations fall under the above definitions provided they are not on a scheduled fixed route basis:
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B-10 |
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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:
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F-40 |
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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). |
F-30 |
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The mileage in each direction over which public transportation vehicles travel while in revenue service. Directional route miles (DRM) are:
Directional route miles (DRM) do not include staging or storage areas at the beginning or end of a route. |
A-20,
S-10 |
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Any funds where revenues are generated by or donated directly to the transit agency, including:
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F-10 |
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The tax revenues to transit agencies that are organized as independent political subdivisions with their own taxation authority. |
F-10 |
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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. |
Introduction |
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DO |
Directly Operated |
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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. |
A-30 |
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DR |
Demand Response |
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DRM |
Directional Route Miles |
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Rail transit way above surface level on fill. Transition segments above surface level on fill are included. |
A-20 |
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Rail transit way above surface level on structures. Transition segments above surface level on structures are included. |
A-20 |
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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. |
A-10 |
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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. |
Introduction |
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Employee labor hours, not including fringe benefit hours such as:
Work hours include:
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R-10 |
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Individuals who are compensated by the transit agency and whose expense is reported in object class 501 labor. |
F-30,
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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. |
A-10 |
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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. |
A-20,
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The acquisition of revenue vehicles for expansion of transit service. |
F-20 |
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Accounts used for reporting adjustments and reclassifications of expenses previously recorded. |
F-30 |
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Submitting a late report, incomplete report or no report. |
Introduction |
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FARE |
Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Elements |
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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). |
F-20 |
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FASB |
Financial Accounting Standards Board |
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FB |
Ferryboat |
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FB |
Vehicle Type: Ferryboats |
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Financial assistance obtained from the Federal government to assist with paying the costs of providing transit services. |
F-10 |
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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 service means that for any given trip segment (i.e., distance between any two piers), more than 50 percent of the average daily ridership commutes on the ferryboat each day. A commuter is a person that travels back and forth during the same day primarily within an urbanized area (UZA). Only the predominantly commuter service portion of an intercity route is eligible for inclusion when determining ferryboat (FB) route miles. |
B-10 |
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Vehicle Type: Vessels for carrying passengers and / or vehicles over a body of water. The vessels are generally steam or diesel powered conventional ferry vessels. They may also be hovercraft, hydrofoil and other high speed vessels. |
A-30 |
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FFYE |
Federal Fiscal Year End |
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FG |
Fixed Guideway |
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FG DRM |
Fixed Guideway Directional Route Miles |
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FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
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Component activities include:
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F-30 |
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Entity responsible for generally accepted accounting principles affecting all types of entities. |
Introduction |
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A public transportation facility using and occupying:
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Introduction |
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The mileage in each direction over which public transportation vehicles travel while in revenue service on fixed guideway (FG). Fixed guideway directional route miles (FG DRM) include directional route miles (DRM) for:
Fixed guideway directional route miles (FG DRM) do not include staging or storage areas at the beginning or end of a route. |
S-20,
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Services provided on a repetitive, fixed schedule basis along a specific route with vehicles stopping to pickup and deliver passengers to specific locations; each fixed route trip serves the same origins and destinations, such as rail and bus (MB); unlike demand responsive (DR) and vanpool (VP) services. |
A-10,
A-20 |
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Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) programs that allow the transfer of funds to the FTA Urbanized Area Formula Program (UAF) to be used for transit projects:
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F-10 |
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The revenue earned from carrying all types of freight on runs whose primary purpose is passenger operations. |
F-10 |
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The payments or accruals to others (insurance companies, governments, etc.) on behalf of an employee and payments and accruals direct to an employee arising from something other than a piece of work. These payments are transit agency costs over and above labor costs, but still arising from the employment relationship. |
F-30 |
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FTA |
Federal Transit Administration |
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Financial assistance from Section 5309 of the Federal Transit Act. This program provides capital assistance for three primary activities:
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F-10, FFA-10 |
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Financial assistance from Section 5308 of the Federal Transit Act. This program supports the use of alternative fuels in air quality maintenance or nonattainment areas for ozone or carbon monoxide. |
F-10 |
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Financial assistance from FTA programs. These funds include:
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F-10 |
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FTA Growing States and High Density States Formula (Section 5340) |
New Growing States and High Density States Formula Factors: Section 5340 of the Federal Transit Act that establishes new factors to distribute funds to the urbanized area formula and rural formula programs. One-half of the funds that are made available under the Growing States factors are apportioned by a formula based on state population forecasts for 15 years beyond the most recent census; amounts apportioned for each state are then distributed between urbanized areas and rural areas based on the ratio of urban/rural population within each state. The High Density States factors distribute the other half of the funds to states with population densities in excess of 370 persons per square mile. These funds are apportioned only to urbanized areas within those states. |
Introduction |
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FTA Job Access and Reverse Commute Formula Program (JARC) (Section 5316) |
Financial assistance from Section 5316 of the Federal Transit Act. This program pertains to:
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F-10 |
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Financial assistance from Section 5303 of the Federal Transit Act. This program supports the cooperative, continuous and comprehensive planning program for making transportation investment decisions in metropolitan areas. |
F-10 |
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Financial assistance from Section 5317 of the Federal Transit Act. This is a formula program to encourage services and facility improvements to address the transportation needs of persons with disabilities that go beyond those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Funds may be used for associated capital and operating costs. |
F-10 |
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Financial assistance from Section 5311 of the Federal Transit Act. This program provides formula funding to States and Indian Tribes for the purpose of supporting public transportation in areas with a population of less than 50,000. Funding may be used for capital, operating, State administration, and project administration expenses. Under Section 5311 SAFETEA-LU also includes provisions for Growing States and High Density States Factors. |
Introduction |
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The four-digit number assigned to your transit agency for the FTA electronic grant making system TEAM (Transportation Electronic Award and Management). |
B-10 |
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FTA Research, Development, Demonstration and Training Projects (Section 5312) |
Financial assistance from Section 5312 of the Federal Transit Act. This program promotes research, development and demonstration projects to improve or help public transportation meet total urban transportation needs, and also projects that use innovative techniques in managing and providing public transportation; and provides training fellowships in managerial, technical and professional positions in the public transportation field. |
F-10 |
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SAFETEA-LU establishes a provision in the FTA Urbanized Area Formula program (Section 5307) to distribute funds to urbanized areas under 200,000 population. Under the formula for STIC, funds are apportioned to urbanized areas (UZA) with a population less than 200,000 that meet or exceed the average level of service for all UZAs with populations between 200,000 and 1,000,000. The UZAs must operate at a level of service equal to or above the industry average level of service for all UZAs with a population of at least 200,000 but not more than 999,999, in one or more of six performance categories:
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Introduction |
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FTA Special Needs of Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Formula Program (Section 5310) |
Financial assistance from Section 5310 of the Federal Transit Act. This program provides capital assistance to state and local governments and private non-profit groups in meeting the transportation needs of the elderly and persons with disabilities. The State (or State-designated agency) administers the section 5310 program.) |
F-10, F-30 |
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Financial assistance from Section 5320 of the Federal Transit Act. This is a program to support public transportation projects in parks and public lands. Funds may be used for planning and capital projects in or in the vicinity of any Federally owned or managed park, refuge, or recreational area that is open to the general public. |
F-10 |
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Financial assistance from Section 5307 of the Federal Transit Act. This program makes Federal resources available for capital and operating assistance for transit in urbanized areas (UZAs). The Urbanized Area Formula Program also supports planning, in addition to that funded under the Metropolitan Planning program (Section 5303). Funding is apportioned directly to each UZA with a population of 200,000 or more, and to the State Governors for UZAs with populations between 50,000 and 200,000. Generally, operating assistance is not an eligible expense for UZAs with populations of 200,000 or more. However, there are several exceptions to this restriction (See SAFETEA-LU). Under Section 5307 SAFETEA-LU also includes provisions for Small Transit Intensive Cities (STIC) Formula and Growing States and High Density States Factors. |
Introduction |
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The costs of gasoline, diesel fuel, propane, lubricating oil, transmission fluid, grease, etc., for use in vehicles. |
F-30 |
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Employees of the transit agency meeting the local definition of full time hours. Normally, these persons are entitled to receive the full benefits package (e.g., sick leave, vacation and insurance benefits). |
R-10 |
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The activity performed or cost center of a transit agency. There are four basic functions for reporting. The four basic functions are:
The activities included under each basic function are detailed in Section 6.2 of the Uniform System of Accounts (USOA). |
F-30, R-10 |
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Funds Allocated to Transit out of General Revenues of the Government Entity |
Any funds allocated to transit out of the general revenues of the governmental entity (state or local). General revenue funds are usually determined through a state or local government’s annual budgeting process. |
F-10 |
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Any expenditures that involve a transfer of money between the transit agency and another party such as a contractor or another government agency. |
F-10,
F-40 |
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Any funds raised specifically for transit purposes and which are dedicated at their source, rather than through an appropriation of general funds. These funds include:
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F-10 |
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Any expenditures that do not involve a transfer of money between the transit agency and another party and that are typically valued using accounting principles. Examples include:
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F-40 |
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FYE |
Fiscal Year End |
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GAAP |
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
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GASB |
Governmental Accounting Standards Board |
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All activities associated with the general administration of the transit agency, including:
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Internet
Reporting |
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Component activities include:
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F-30 |
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A general category to collect operating expenses (OE) not related to or easily associated with the other prescribed functions in general administration (160). |
F-30 |
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Component activities include:
Insurance activities involved with public liability should be included under injuries and damages (165). |
F-30 |
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Component activities include:
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F-30 |
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Component activities include:
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F-30 |
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Facilities used for inspecting, servicing and performing light maintenance work upon revenue vehicles. Light maintenance includes the following:
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A-10 |
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Affiliated with the FASB, it specializes in accounting principles within government agencies in the United States. |
Introduction |
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An intersection of roadways, railroad tracks, or dedicated transit rail tracks that run across mixed traffic situations with:
Either in mixed traffic or semi-exclusive situations. |
B-10, A-20 |
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A public transportation facility using and occupying a separate right-of-way (ROW) or rail for the exclusive use of public transportation including the buildings and structures dedicated for the operation of transit vehicles such as:
Guideway does not include passenger stations and transfer facilities, bus (MB) pull-ins or communication systems (e.g., cab signaling and train control). |
F-20 |
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The time interval between vehicles moving in the same direction on a particular route. |
S-10 |
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Facilities used for performing heavy maintenance work on revenue vehicles. Heavy maintenance includes the following:
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A-10 |
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A transit mode that is an electric railway with the capacity for a heavy volume of traffic. It is characterized by:
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B-10 |
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Vehicle Type: Rail cars with:
Usually operated on exclusive right-of-way (ROW). |
A-30 |
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A concept that allows single occupancy vehicles (SOVs) to gain access to high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes by paying a toll. For formula purposes, FTA recognizes HO/T lanes as fixed guideway if the following conditions are met:
If a transit agency has stricter requirements for high occupancy vehicle (HOV) facilities than the prohibition of SOVs, for example 3 or more persons per vehicle, then those requirements apply to the HO/T lane, i.e., one and two-person vehicles would pay tolls. |
F-10,
S-20 |
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Vehicles that can carry two or more persons. Examples of high occupancy vehicles (HOV) are a bus, vanpool, and carpool. |
A-20 |
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Exclusive or controlled access right-of-way (ROW) that is restricted to high occupancy vehicles (HOV) (buses, passenger vans, and cars carrying one or more passengers) for a portion or all of a day. |
F-10,
A-20 |
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HO/T |
High Occupancy / Toll |
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HOV |
High Occupancy Vehicle |
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HR |
Heavy Rail |
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HR |
Vehicle Type: Heavy Rail Passenger Cars |
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A vehicle that combines two or more sources of power that can directly or indirectly provide propulsion power, so as increase efficiency and thereby reduce emissions. A hybrid vehicle uses a mixture of technologies such as internal combustion engines, electric motors, gasoline, and batteries. |
A-30, R-20 |
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IAS |
Independent Auditor Statement |
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IAS – FD |
Independent Auditor Statement for Financial Data |
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IAS – FFA |
Independent Auditor Statement for Federal Funding Allocation Data |
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ID |
NTD identification number |
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A type of contributed service reported only if there is no obligation to pay for the service. |
F-10 |
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The vehicles:
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A-30 |
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A transit mode that is a railway operating over exclusive right-of-way (ROW) on steep grades (slopes) with powerless vehicles propelled by moving cables attached to the vehicles and powered by engines or motors at a central location not on-board the vehicle. The special tramway type of vehicles have passenger seats that remain horizontal while the undercarriage (truck) is angled parallel to the slope. |
B-10 |
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Vehicle Type: Special type of passenger vehicles operating up and down slopes on rails via a cable mechanism. |
A-30 |
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NTD report not containing all the required:
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Introduction |
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A person appointed and authorized to:
For NTD, the auditor must meet the independence criteria contained in the Government Auditing Standards (General Accounting Office). |
Introduction |
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A letter signed by an independent public accountant or other independent entity (such as a state audit agency). There are two Independent Auditor Statements (IAS):
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Introduction
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Independent Auditor Statement for Federal Funding Allocation Data (IAS FFA) |
A letter signed by an independent public accountant or other independent entity (such as a state audit agency) that he has conducted a review of the data used in the FTA Urbanized Formula Program (UAF) and FTA Capital Program for Fixed Guideway Modernization funding allocations. This letter is required for transit agencies with 100 or more vehicles operated in annual maximum service (VOMS) across all modes and types of service (TOS) and serving urbanized areas (UZA) with 200,000 or more population. |
Introduction
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A letter signed by an independent public accountant or other independent entity (such as a state audit agency) that he has conducted a review of all NTD financial forms to ensure that a transit agency’s accounting system follows the Uniform System of Accounts (USOA), that accrual accounting or a directly translatable method is used, and that all data are in accordance with NTD requirements. |
Introduction
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Systems for processing data including computers, monitors, printers, scanners, data storage devices and associated software that support transit operations such as general office, accounting, scheduling, planning, vehicle maintenance, non-vehicle maintenance and customer service functions. |
F-20 |
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Component activities include:
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F-30 |
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Component activities include:
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F-30, R-20 |
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Component activities include:
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F-30, R-20 |
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The bonus above straight time pay paid to an operator serving as an instructor to new operators. The straight time pay of such operators is charged to platform time (1.04) if the training is being conducted on the vehicle operating in line service, or to other time spent in transportation administration (2.08) for other instruction time. |
F-50 |
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Regularly scheduled bus (MB) service for the general public, using an over-the-road bus (MB), that:
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Introduction |
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The charges for the use of borrowed capital incurred by the transit agency, including:
Interest charges pertaining to construction debt that is capitalized will not be reflected as interest expense. |
F-40 |
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Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funds transferred from the Interstate Transfer Program to FTA for transit projects. This program is for segments of the Interstate Highway System that were not built. The funding for these segments was redesignated for other highway and transit projects. |
F-10 |
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The incidental time between any two pieces of a run. |
F-50 |
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IP |
Inclined Plane |
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IP |
Vehicle Type: Inclined Plane Vehicles |
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JARC |
FTA Job Access and Reverse Commute Program |
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A transit mode comprised of passenger cars or vans operating on fixed routes (sometimes with minor deviations) as demand warrants without fixed schedules or fixed stops. |
B-10 |
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An object class cost (e.g., labor, services, materials and supplies) that is shared by one or more functions, modes or types of service (TOS). For example, bus (MB) and demand response (DR) revenue vehicles may fuel at the same location (vehicle operations function MB and DR/DO) so that fuel expenses (object class 504.01) and their taxes (object class 507) are shared. |
F-30 |
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Two or more public agencies, when authorized by their governing authority, to enter into agreements to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties. The agency or entity provided by the agreement to administer or execute the agreement may be:
The administering agency is a public entity separate from the parties to the agreement and shall possess the common power specified in the agreement and may exercise it in the manner or according to the method provided in the agreement. As a general proposition, there are no new powers but merely a new procedure for the exercise of existing powers. |
B-10 |
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JT |
Jitney |
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The pay and allowances due employees in exchange for the labor services they render in behalf of the transit agency. The labor allowances include payments direct to the employee arising from the performance of a piece of work. |
F-30 |
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The length of a roadway (in miles) dedicated to high occupancy vehicles (HOV) multiplied by the number of traffic lanes. Only pavement normally used should be included, shoulders should not be included, except if shoulders are legally used in peak hours. |
A-20 |
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NTD report not submitted by the due date, the last day of the grace period or the extended due date. |
Introduction |
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The hours scheduled at the end of the route before the departure time of the next trip. This time is scheduled for two reasons:
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F-50,
S-10 |
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Vehicles leased under a closed end agreement whereby the leasee acquires the capital appreciation of the vehicles as lease payments are made. At the end of the lease, the leasee owns the vehicles. |
A-30 |
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Vehicles leased or borrowed through a public entity as the result of legal or governmental agreements or restrictions. For example, a state may purchase all vehicles (hold title) and distribute the vehicles to transit agencies; or vehicles may be owned by a county government and leased to a public transit authority that is legally prohibited from owning the vehicles. |
A-30 |
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Vehicles leased or borrowed through a purchased transportation (PT) agreement. |
A-30 |
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The payments for the use of capital assets not owned by the transit agency. True leases are those in which the lessor and lessee are:
For the true lease, this object class includes:
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F-40 |
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A qualitative measure that characterizes operational conditions within a traffic stream and their perception by motorists and passengers. The descriptions of individual levels of service characterize these conditions in terms of such factors as:
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S-20, FFA-10 |
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A transit mode that typically is an electric railway with a light volume traffic capacity compared to heavy rail (HR). It is characterized by:
|
B-10 |
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Vehicle Type: Rail cars with:
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A-30 |
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A trip from origin to destination on the transit system. Even if a person must make several transfers during a journey, the trip is counted as one linked trip on the system. |
FFA-10 |
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Financing mechanism used to raise funds. Loans can be either secured or non-secured debt. They typically are offered to transit agencies by commercial entities (e.g., banks) or other government entities (e.g., states, counties, cities). The terms of the loan specify the term of the loan (e.g., 10 years), the interest rate (e.g., 5%), and frequency of payments (e.g., monthly, quarterly, annually). Generally, the payments are constant (or level) for the term of a loan. Each payment consists of interest and principal (repayment of a portion of the loan amount). When then last payment is made, the entire principal will have been repaid. |
F-10 |
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Financial assistance from local governments (below the state level) to help cover the costs of providing transit services. |
F-10 |
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A self-propelled unit of rail equipment designed primarily for moving (pushing or pulling) passenger cars. It does not include self-propelled passenger cars. |
S-10 |
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LOS |
Level of Service |
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LP |
Lease under Lease Purchase Agreement |
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LR |
Leased or Borrowed from Related Parties |
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LR |
Light Rail |
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LR |
Vehicle Type: Light Rail Vehicles |
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Maintenance Administration Facilities (non-vehicles) (042) |
Component activities include:
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F-30 |
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Component activities include:
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F-30, R-20 |
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Facilities where maintenance activities are conducted including garages, shops (e.g., body, paint, machine) and operations centers (see Vehicle Maintenance (041) function). Include in maintenance buildings, equipment that enhances the maintenance function for example bus (MB) diagnostic equipment. Do not include information systems such as computers that are used to process maintenance data. |
F-20 |
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Inspecting, cleaning, repairing and replacing all components of communication systems (e.g., office telephone, public address units), other than those devoted to the vehicle movement control function which are included in maintenance of vehicle movement control systems (101). |
F-30 |
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Inspecting, cleaning, repairing and replacing all components of fare collection and counting equipment (e.g., fare boxes, vaults, counters, changers and sorters). |
F-30 |
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Maintenance of Garages and Shop Buildings, Grounds and Equipment (125) |
Component activities include:
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F-30 |
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Maintenance of General Administration Buildings, Grounds and Equipment (127) |
Component activities include:
|
F-30 |
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Maintenance of Operating Station Buildings, Grounds and Equipment (124) |
Component activities include:
|
F-30 |
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Component activities include:
|
F-30 |
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Component activities include:
|
F-30 |
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Maintenance of Structures, Tunnels, Bridges and Subways (122) |
Component activities include:
|
F-30 |
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Component activities include:
|
F-30 |
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A failure of some mechanical element of the revenue vehicle that prevents the vehicle from completing a scheduled revenue trip or from starting the next scheduled revenue trip because actual movement is limited or because of safety concerns. |
R-20 |
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Component activities include:
|
F-30 |
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Synonymous term with public transportation |
B-10 |
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The tangible products obtained from outside suppliers or manufactured internally. Expenses include:
Charges to these expense accounts will be for the materials and supplies issued from inventory for use and for the materials and supplies purchased for immediate use; i.e., without going through inventory. |
F-30 |
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MB |
Bus |
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The period between the end of the AM peak and the beginning of the PM peak. |
S-10 |
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The number of tracks per one-mile segment of right-of-way (ROW). Miles of track are measured without regard to whether or not rail traffic can flow in only one direction on the track. All track is counted, including yard track and sidings. |
A-20 |
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The time that must be added to a run in order to make the run total a minimum number of hours for a day, or in order to make a work piece equal the minimum number of hours for a piece of work. |
F-50 |
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The time that must be added to an operator’s time to guarantee him a minimum number of pay hours for a weekly, biweekly or semi-monthly pay period. |
F-50 |
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The time beyond that associated with the performance of a work piece that an operator has been called out to perform in order to bring the total amount of time paid up to a guaranteed minimum for the call out. |
F-50 |
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The expenses that cannot be attributed to any of the other major expense categories (object classes labor (501), fringe benefits (502), services (503), materials and supplies (504), utilities (505), casualty and liability costs (506), taxes (507) and purchased transportation (508)). |
F-30 |
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Roadways other than exclusive and controlled access rights-of-way (ROW) used for transit operations. |
A-20,
S-10 |
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MO |
Monorail |
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MO |
Vehicle Type: Monorail Vehicles |
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A system for carrying transit passengers described by specific right-of-way (ROW), technology and operational features. |
Introduction
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Vehicle model number as used by the manufacturer. |
A-30 |
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The consideration paid by the public body to the private or public seller of transportation service (private / public carrier). The monetary consideration may include any of the following:
|
Introduction |
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A transit mode that is an electric railway of guided transit vehicles operating singly or in multi-car trains. The vehicles are suspended from or straddle a guideway formed by a single beam, rail or tube. |
B-10 |
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Vehicle Type: Guided transit passenger vehicles operating on or suspended from a single rail, beam or tube. |
A-30 |
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A passenger station that also serves non-transit services. |
A-10 |
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Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funds transferred from the National Highway System (NHS) to FTA for transit projects. The National Highway System (NHS) provides for a wide range of transportation activities. Eligible transit projects include:
|
F-10 |
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Actual payments or accruals by the buyer under the purchased transportation (PT) agreement, net of and not including purchased transportation (PT) fares. For contracts in which the seller retains fare revenues, the net contract expenditures by the buyer equals the actual payments or accruals made by the buyer. For contracts in which the purchased transportation (PT) fare revenues are returned to the buyer by the seller, the net contract expenditures by the buyer equals the actual payments or accruals made by the buyer net of or less the purchased transportation (PT) fare revenues. |
B-30 |
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NF |
Non-Federal (funded vehicles) |
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NFG |
Non-Fixed Guideway |
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NHS |
National Highway System |
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Relief from filing a complete NTD report if the transit agency operates nine or fewer vehicles in annual maximum service across all modes and types of service (TOS), and all service operates on non-fixed guideway (NFG) (mixed traffic right-of-way (ROW)). |
Introduction |
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Non-Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) Accessible Stations |
Public transportation passenger facilities, which do not provide ready access by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs. Refer to 49 CFR Part 37, Appendix. |
A-10 |
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Vehicles not used exclusively for contracted service. |
A-30 |
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Vehicles purchased without Federal funding. |
A-30 |
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Mixed traffic right-of-way (ROW). For Federal funding purposes, excludes trolleybus (TB) and ferryboat (FB) modes, which are considered fixed guideway (FG). |
Introduction |
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The time an operator spends on the job in a capacity other than operating, making preparations for or completing the immediate operation of a revenue vehicle. Non-operating time includes:
|
F-50 |
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|
Transit modes whose vehicles typically operate on roadways streets, highways or expressways, but may also operate on waterways (ferryboat (FB)) or via aerial cable (aerial tramways (TR)). Vehicles are typically powered by motors on-board the vehicle, with one exception, aerial tramway (TR) vehicles which are electrically powered by a motor not on-board the vehicle in order to pull the vehicle via an overhead cable. NTD recognizes eight non-rail modes:
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Introduction |
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Services provided on demand, rather than with predetermined fixed time points, i.e., a schedule. Non-scheduled services are:
|
A-10, S-10 |
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Non-public transportation services, such as intercity bus (MB) and rail operations that do not meet the requirements of the Federal Transit Act for public transportation. See public transportation. |
A-10 |
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The revenue earned from activities not associated with the provision of transit service. Non-transportation funds include:
|
F-10 |
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An area (a population of fewer than 50,000) so designated by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. |
Introduction |
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Non-UZA |
Non-Urbanized Area |
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All activities associated with facility maintenance, including:
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Internet
Reporting |
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NTD |
National Transit Database |
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NTD ID |
NTD Identification Number |
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A unique FTA-assigned number (NTD ID) that each transit agency must have before filing a report. |
Introduction |
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The number of locations at which other traffic may traverse the right-of-way (ROW) for rail modes operating at grade. |
A-20 |
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For operating expense reporting, an article or service obtained. |
F-30, F-40 |
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An object is an article or service obtained. An object class is a grouping of expenses on the basis of goods or services purchased. The object classes include:
Object classes are detailed in section 5.2 of the Uniform System of Accounts (USOA). |
F-30, F-40 |
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OE |
Operating Expense |
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OF |
Other Federal Funds (funded vehicles) |
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Component activities include:
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F-30 |
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OO |
Owned Outright |
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Rail transit way below surface level in an excavated cut that has not had a covering constructed over it. Transition segments to open cut or subway tunnel / tube segments are included. |
A-20 |
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Financial funding to help cover the operating costs of providing transit services. Operating costs are classified by function or activity and the goods and services purchased. The basic functions and object classes are detailed in the Operating Expenses form (F-30) and are defined in Section 5.2 and 6.2 of the Uniform System of Accounts (USOA). |
Introduction |
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The expenses associated with the operation of the transit agency, and classified by function or activity, and the goods and services purchased. The basic functions and object classes are defined in Section 5.2 and 6.2 of the Uniform System of Accounts (USOA). These are consumable items with a useful life of less than one year or an acquisition cost which equals the lesser of:
|
Introduction |
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The employees engaged in the operation of the transit system, categorized by their functions. The three-digit codes preceding the definition for each labor classification are the function codes in the Uniform System of Accounts (USOA). |
R-10 |
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The time involved in:
|
F-50 |
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Operation and Maintenance of Electric Power Facilities (141) |
Supervising, monitoring and operating power generation and distribution facilities (i.e., inspecting, cleaning, repairing and replacing all components of electric power generation and distribution facilities and equipment (including third rail and overhead lines). |
F-30 |
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The personnel (other than security agents) scheduled to be aboard vehicles in revenue operations, including:
Operators may also include: Attendants who are transit agency employees that are aboard vehicles to assist riders in boarding and alighting, securing wheelchairs, etc., typically the elderly and persons with disabilities. |
Introduction |
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The labor of employees of the transit agency who are classified as revenue vehicle operators or crew. |
F-30 |
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A report stage indicating the first time the NTD Annual Report was sent to NTD, and the report is undergoing validation. |
Internet Reporting |
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These are requests submitted via the e-File to NTD from the agency regarding the following:
|
Internet Reporting |
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The revenue earned from operations closely associated with transportation operations other than from concessions and advertising revenues. Other auxiliary transportation revenues include:
|
F-10 |
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Any item not described as guideway, passenger stations, administrative buildings, maintenance buildings, revenue vehicles, service vehicles, fare revenue collection equipment or systems including:
|
F-20 |
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Expenses of the buyer (public transit agency or governmental unit) that are directly attributable to the provision of purchased transportation (PT) services. Examples include:
|
B-30, F-30 |
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|
Any funds dedicated to transit at their source other than income, sales, property, gasoline and other taxes; and, bridges, tunnels and highway tolls. These funds include:
|
F-10 |
||||
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Any funds not included in the directly generated sources common to all transit agencies and for independent political entities. |
F-10 |
||||
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Vehicles purchased through Federal programs other than the FTA Urbanized Area Formula Program (UAF). |
F-10, A-30 |
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Any FTA funds not reported as FTA Capital Program (Section 5309) and FTA Urbanized Area Formula Program (5307) funds. These funds include:
|
F-10 |
||||
|
Any state government or any local government funding sources that are not dedicated to transit at their source or are not included in the budgeting process of general revenue funds. These funds include:
|
F-10 |
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The costs of materials and supplies not specifically identified in object classes fuel and lubricants (504.01) and tires and tubes (504.02) issued from inventory or purchased for immediate consumption. |
F-30 |
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A failure of some other mechanical element of the revenue vehicle that, because of local agency policy, prevents the revenue vehicle from completing a scheduled revenue trip or from starting the next scheduled revenue trip even though the vehicle is physically able to continue in revenue service. |
R-20 |
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The nighttime period after the PM peak and before the AM peak when normal scheduled headways are reduced. This is sometimes referred to as night and owl services. |
S-10 |
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The bonuses for special operating situations not covered by overtime, spread time and shift premiums. |
F-50 |
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Any other costs that cannot be captured in object classes interest expenses (511), leases and rentals (512), depreciation (513), purchase lease agreements (514) and related parties lease agreements (515). |
F-40 |
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The labor of employees of the transit agency who are not classified as revenue vehicle operators or crew. |
F-30 |
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Revenues generated from a charge imposed by the state or local government, or independent political entity (e.g., transit authority) on persons or property help to pay expenses, including:
But excluding:
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F-10 |
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The time an operator spends performing other transportation administration function activities (see function 011) on a temporary basis. |
F-50 |
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Revenues generated from non-public transportation, including:
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F-10 |
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Other U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Grant Programs |
Financial assistance from non-FTA programs of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). These funds include:
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F-10 |
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An individual who is neither an employee of a transit agency or a purchased transportation (PT) provider and who is providing specific services at a transit agency. |
R-10 |
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An individual who is neither a:
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R-10 |
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A bus characterized by an elevated passenger deck located over a baggage compartment. |
Introduction |
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The bonus above straight time pay for hours scheduled and worked in excess of a specified number of hours per day or per week. |
F-50 |
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The bonus above straight time pay for hours not scheduled but worked in excess of a specified number of hours per day or per week. This includes overtime resulting from an employee working on his / her scheduled day off. |
F-50 |
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Vehicles owned outright or as part of a safe harbor leasing agreement where only the tax title is sold. |
A-30 |
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Break time other than platform layover time and intervening time, and allowances for company paid meals. |
F-50 |
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Types of passenger transportation which are more flexible than conventional fixed-route transit but more structured than the use of private automobiles. Paratransit includes demand response (DR) transportation services, shared-ride taxis, car pooling and vanpooling (VP), and jitney (JT) services. Most often refers to wheelchair-accessible, demand response (DR) service. |
Introduction B-10, F-30 F-40, S-10 |
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Revenues earned from parking fees paid by passengers who drive to park-and-ride lots operated by the transit agency to utilize transit service. |
F-10 |
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Employees of the transit agency who work less than the local definition of full time. Normally, these persons are not provided the full benefits package (e.g., sick leave, vacation and insurance benefits) associated with full time employment. Full time employees working part of their time in a function or mode are not part time employees. |
R-10 |
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Capital or operating financial assistance passed through to other transit agencies that have no relationship to the directly operated (DO) and / or purchased transportation (PT) services provided by the designated recipient. |
F-10 |
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A unit of rolling rail equipment that provides transportation and seating and standing room for the general public. It includes self-propelled cars. |
S-10 |
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The hours that passenger cars are scheduled to or actually travel while in revenue service (actual passenger car revenue hours) plus deadhead hours. Actual passenger car hours include:
But exclude:
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S-10 |
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The miles that passenger cars are scheduled to or actually travel while in revenue service (actual passenger car revenue miles) plus deadhead miles. |
S-10 |
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The hours that passenger cars are scheduled to or actually travel while in revenue service. Passenger car revenue hours include:
But exclude:
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S-10 |
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The miles that passenger cars are scheduled to or actually travel while in revenue service. Passenger car revenue miles exclude:
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S-10 |
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The maximum number of passenger cars actually operated to provide service on an average weekday, average Saturday and average Sunday. |
S-10 |
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The subsidy given to the transit agency, usually by state and local governments, on behalf of specific classes of passengers, such as students, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. The subsidy may also come from the private sector, such as employers giving assistance to offer employees programs to use public transit services at reduced rates or free. The fare assistance helps to offset the reduced or free services provided to these passengers. It is usually based on the amount of service provided; i.e., the subsidy is calculated based on the number of rides taken, but may be a lump sum payment. |
F-10 |
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The revenue earned from carrying passengers in regularly scheduled and demand response (DR) services. Passenger fares include:
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F-10 |
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Any data sampling technique, by mode and type of service (TOS), used to calculate passenger miles that meets the 95 percent confidence and ± 10 percent precision levels. |
Internet Reporting |
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The cumulative sum of the distances ridden by each passenger. |
Internet
Reporting |
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A passenger boarding / deboarding facility with a platform, which may include:
Does not include stops (which are typically on-street locations at the curb or in a median, sometimes with a shelter, signs, or lighting) for:
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F-20,
F-30 |
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PB |
Publico |
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Employees of the transit agency meeting the local definition of part time or full time hours. Normally, these persons retain job security rights and are entitled to receive the full benefits package (e.g., sick leave, vacation and insurance benefits) if working full time. Part time permanent employees may be eligible for a limited benefits package and may have job security rights. |
R-10 |
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Vehicle Type: Encompasses multiple types of non-commercial, non-transit passenger vehicles such as automobiles, minivans, and pickup trucks. |
A-30 |
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Component activities include:
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F-30 |
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Component activities include:
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F-30 |
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A horizontal surface raised above the level of the adjacent area, such as a boarding and alighting area alongside rail tracks. |
F-20, A-10 |
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The time during which an operator operates the revenue vehicle a) in line service or in deadheading (including layover periods in the vehicle at a rest point) or b) for charter, contract, and special non-contract service, or is deadheading or laying over as a result of such service. |
F-50 |
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The time during which an operator operates the revenue vehicle for charter, contract and special non-contract service, or is deadheading or laying over as a result of such service. |
F-50 |
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The time during which an operator operates the revenue vehicle either in line service or in deadheading, including layover periods in the vehicle at a rest point. |
F-50 |
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PM |
Passenger Miles |
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The period in the afternoon or evening when additional services are provided to handle higher passenger volumes. The period begins when normal headways are reduced and ends when headways are returned to normal. |
S-10 |
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A method of providing transit service to all origins and destinations within a corridor, defined by a prescribed distance from a street (e.g., ¾ mile), making scheduled stops at mandatory time points along the corridor on a predetermined schedule. This type of service (TOS) does not follow a fixed route because the path is determined based on the origins and destinations of the passengers. Passengers can use the service in three ways:
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B-10, S-10 |
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Component activities include:
This function covers the operating expenses associated with performing these activities prior to the time when a firm commitment to construction is made. Costs of this nature incurred after the commitment to construct is made would be capitalized. |
F-30 |
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The pay to an operator that is over and above straight time pay. Typical categories are overtime premium, spread time premium, shift premium, and instructor premium for operator training. |
F-50 |
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The time an operator works over and above straight time work. Premium time includes:
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F-50 |
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All the activities, supplies, materials, labor, services, and associated costs required to preserve or extend the functionality and serviceability of the asset in a cost effective manner, up to and including the current state of the art for maintaining such asset. These capital maintenance expenses are eligible to use FTA formula funding programs for these functions:
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F-30 |
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A non-public entity that provides public transportation services. For-profit entities exist primarily to generate a profit, (i.e., a surplus of revenues over expenditures). |
Introduction |
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A non-public entity with a tax-free status that provides public transportation services. Nonprofit entities exist to provide a particular service (e.g., public transportation) to the community. Nonprofit refers to a type of business one that is organized under rules that forbid the distribution of profits to owners. Profit refers to a surplus of revenues over expenditures. |
Introduction |
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Component activities include:
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F-30 |
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PT |
Purchased Transportation |
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A public entity that provides public transportation services. It may be a state or local government, or any department, special purpose district (e.g. transit or transportation district), authority or other instrumentality of one or more state or local governments (e.g., joint powers agency). |
Introduction |
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Any of the following three categories (49CFR37):
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Introduction |
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As defined in the Federal Transit Act, “transportation by a conveyance that provides regular and continuing general or special transportation to the public, but does not include school bus, charter, or intercity bus transportation or intercity passenger rail transportation provided by the entity described in chapter 243 (or a successor to such entity).” Notes: (1) Passenger rail transportation refers to Amtrak. (2) This definition does not affect the eligibility of intercity bus service under the Section 5311 Nonurbanized Area (Rural) Formula Program. (3) The intercity bus and intercity rail (Amtrak) portion of Intermodal terminals is however an eligible capital cost. |
Introduction |
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A transit mode comprised of passenger vans or small buses operating with fixed routes but no fixed schedules. Publicos (PB) are a privately owned and operated public transit service which is market oriented and unsubsidized, but regulated through a public service commission, state or local government. Publicos (PB) are operated under franchise agreements, fares are regulated by route and there are special insurance requirements. Vehicle capacity varies from eight to 24, and the vehicles may be owned or leased by the operator. |
B-10 |
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The payments for which the arrangement is a financing plan for the purchase of the property by the lessee. The ownership of the property passes to the lessee upon expiration of the lease, sometimes with an additional payment far below the expected market value of the property. The property covered by such leases may or may not have been booked as owned assets, either during or after the period of the lease, in the transit agency’s internal accounting records. If purchase leases have not been capitalized in the transit agency’s internal accounting records, this category includes the lease payments for the purchase lease agreement. If the lease has been capitalized in the internal accounting records of the transit agency, it is to be accounted for in the NTD system as it has been accounted for internally. |
F-40 |
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Transportation service provided to a public transit agency or governmental unit from a public or private transportation provider based on a written contract. The provider is obligated in advance to operate public transportation services for a public transit agency or governmental unit for a specific monetary consideration, using its own employees to operate revenue vehicles. Purchased transportation (PT) does not include:
|
Introduction |
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The fare revenues derived from the transit services provided under the purchased transportation (PT) agreement, regardless of whether fares are retained by the seller or returned to the buyer. They are usually collected by the seller. However, they also include:
For example, if the buyer of the purchased transportation (PT) service sells tickets, tokens or passes for these users, this revenue is part of purchased transportation (PT) fare revenues. |
B-30,
F-10 |
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The payment or accrual (net of fare revenues) to other transit agencies, public or private, for providing transportation service and purchased transportation (PT) fare revenues. This object class is divided into 2 parts:
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F-30 |
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Purchased Transportation (PT) Service Filing Separate Report (508.02) |
The payment or accrual (net of fare revenues) to other transit agencies, public or private, for providing transportation service and purchased transportation (PT) fare revenues involving sellers whose file a complete, separate NTD report. |
F-30 |
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The payment or accrual (net of fare revenues) to other transit agencies, public or private, for providing transportation service and purchased transportation (PT) fare revenues involving sellers whose non-financial data are included in the buyer’s report. |
F-30 |
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Component activities include:
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F-30 |
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An individual with a working knowledge and education or background in statistics who determines if techniques for passenger mile data collection meet FTA's requirements for statistical reliability (95 percent confidence and 10 percent precision). |
S-10 |
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Transit modes whose vehicles travel along fixed rails bars of rolled steel forming a track. The vehicles are usually electrically propelled typically through motors on-board the vehicles, but motors may also be at a central location not on-board the vehicles to pull the vehicles by cables (cable car (CC), inclined plane (IP)). For commuter rail (CR), vehicles may be self-propelled or may be drawn by a locomotive. NTD recognizes eight rail modes:
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Introduction |
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The one-time rebuild or replacement of major subsystems on revenue producing rail cars and locomotives commonly referred to as midlife overhaul. |
F-20 |
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Component activities include:
|
F-30 |
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Any items where accounting practices vary for handling these expenses as a result of local ordinances and conditions. Reconciling items include:
They are called reconciling items because they are needed to provide an overall total that is consistent with local published reports. |
F-40 |
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The rebuilding of revenue vehicles to original specifications of the manufacture. Rebuilding may include some new components but has less emphasis on structural restoration than would be the case in a remanufacturing operation, focusing on mechanical systems and vehicle interiors. |
F-20 |
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Leases for which the lease payments required of the lessee differ substantially from those in a true lease arrangement because the lessor and lessee are related organizations. |
F-40 |
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The structural restoration of revenue vehicles in addition to installation of new or rebuilt major components (e.g., as engines, transmissions, body parts) to extend service life. |
F-20 |
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The replacement of revenue vehicles having reached the end of a minimum normal service life. |
F-20 |
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The Report Stage is an indicator of how an agency’s NTD Annual Report is progressing from initial data input through closeout. There are four stages:
|
Internet Reporting |
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The time allowed an operator to report to the dispatcher, obtain instructions for the run, locate the revenue vehicle he / she is to operate, and depart the operating station to undertake the run. This is also called pullout time. |
F-50 |
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Relief from filing an NTD report. |
Introduction |
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A location or an area within a location that is used to enable individuals to board or alight transit vehicles and that is controlled by the transit system. |
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The time when a vehicle is available to the general public and there is an expectation of carrying passengers. These passengers either:
Vehicles operated in fare free service are considered in revenue service. Revenue service includes:
Revenue service excludes:
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F-50,
A-10 |
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The hours (miles) that are comprised of running time and layover / recovery time. |
S-10 |
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The floating and rolling stock used to provide revenue service for passengers. |
Introduction |
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Component activities include:
These may be accomplished by conventional means or through the use of advanced technologies including automatic vehicle location, transit operations software and automated demand response (DR) dispatching systems. Vehicle guidance systems and intermodal transportation management centers may also be employed to assist revenue vehicle movement control activities. |
F-30 |
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Component activities include:
|
F-30 |
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Revenues Accrued through a Purchased Transportation (PT) Agreement |
Revenue accrued by a seller of transportation services through purchased transportation (PT) agreements, not including passenger fares for purchased transportation (PT) services from service provided under the purchased transportation (PT) agreement. |
F-10 |
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A report stage indicating that the NTD Annual Report has been submitted to NTD by the agency more than once and the report is undergoing validation. |
Internet Reporting |
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RL |
Vehicle Type: Commuter Rail Locomotives |
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A type of transit service that operates as conventional fixed route bus (MB) service along a fixed alignment or path with scheduled time points at each terminal point and key intermediate locations. Route deviation service is different than conventional fixed route bus (MB) service in that the bus (MB) may deviate from the route alignment to serve destinations within a prescribed distance (e.g., ¾ mile) of the route. Following an off route deviation, the bus must return to the point on the route it left. Passengers may use the service in two ways:
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B-10, S-10 |
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RP |
Vehicle Type: Commuter Rail Passenger Coaches |
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RS |
Vehicle Type: Commuter Rail Self-Propelled Passenger Cars |
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The time allowed to sign up for runs. |
F-50 |
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The hours (miles) the vehicle travels on the route in passenger service, typically from the beginning to the end of a route. It includes all travel and time from the point of the first passenger pickup to the last passenger drop-off, as long as the vehicle does not return to the dispatching point. |
F-10, S-10 |
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Concept that applies to priority lanes on freeways, expressways and other /high-speed facilities used by bus (MB) mode and other high occupancy vehicles (HOV), i.e., vanpools (VP) and carpools, to ensure safe travel. For these lanes, there must be some indication of separation to ensure safe access between free flowing high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes and the congested, unrestricted lanes. Separation can be accomplished at least two ways:
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S-20 |
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Component activities include:
|
F-30 |
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Safety and Security Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Certification |
A letter signed by the chief executive officer (CEO) of the agency certifying the accuracy of the safety and security data submitted to the NTD for the past calendar year. |
Introduction |
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A statistical technique for the collection of passenger mile data. The sampling technique may be one of the FTA approved procedures or an alternative methodology that meets FTA's requirements for statistical reliability (95 percent confidence and ±10 percent precision). |
S-10 |
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SB |
Vehicle Type: School Buses |
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The passenger car revenue miles computed from the scheduled service. It includes only the scheduled passenger car revenue miles from the whole trip. It excludes:
|
S-10 |
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Revenue service that is provided for picking up and discharging passengers on a continuing and regular basis, i.e., “scheduled.” A scheduled revenue trip appears on internal transit agency planning documents (e.g., run paddles, trip tickets and public timetables). |
R-20 |
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The total service scheduled to be provided for picking up and discharging passengers. Scheduled service is computed from internal transit agency planning documents (e.g., run paddles, trip tickets and public timetables). Scheduled service excludes:
|
S-10 |
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The vehicle revenue miles computed from the scheduled service. It includes only the scheduled vehicle revenue miles from the whole trip. It excludes:
|
S-10 |
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Component activities include:
|
F-30 |
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The vehicle hours of travel by revenue vehicles while serving as a school bus. School bus hours are only hours where a bus is primarily or solely dedicated to carrying school passengers. |
S-10 |
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The exclusive use of buses to carry children and school personnel to and from their schools or school-related activities. It includes county school buses, private school buses, and buses chartered from private companies for the express purposes of carrying students to or from school and / or school-related activities. |
Introduction |
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The revenue earned operating vehicles under school bus contracts. This is the exclusive use of buses to carry children to and from their schools. |
F-10 |
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Vehicle Type: Passenger vehicles which are:
|
A-30 |
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Additional capacity that an agency adds to an existing public transit route to meet the demands of traveling students. The additional service is open to the general public. |
S-10 |
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The number of seats that are actually installed in the vehicle. |
A-30 |
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The public agency or private company providing transit services under a purchase transportation (PT) agreement with the NTD reporter buying the transit services. The seller uses its employees to operate the service (vehicle operators). |
Introduction |
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A measure of access to transit service in terms of population served and area coverage (square miles). The reporting transit agency determines the service area boundaries and population for most transit services using the definitions contained in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Transit agency reporters are required to submit service area information on the Identification form (B-10). |
Introduction |
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A measure of access to transit service in terms of population served and area coverage (square miles). The reporting transit agency determines the service area boundaries and population for most transit services using the definitions contained in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA): "Bus. (i) The entity shall provide complementary paratransit service to origins and destinations within corridors with a width of three-fourths of a mile on each side of each fixed route. The corridor shall include an area with a three-fourths of a mile radius at the ends of each fixed route. (ii) Within the core service area, the entity also shall provide service to small areas not inside any of the corridors but which are surrounded by corridors. (iii) Outside the core service area, the entity may designate corridors with widths from three-fourths of a mile up to one and one-half miles on each side of a fixed route, based on local circumstances. (iv) . . . the core service area is that area in which corridors with a width of three-fourths of a mile on each side of each fixed route merge together such that, with few and small exceptions, all origins and destinations within the area would be served." This definition is taken in part from the U. S. Department of Transportation Federal Register, Vol. 56, No. 173, Rules and Regulations, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). |
B-10 |
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As Demand Response does not operate over a fixed route, but rather serves a broad area, the service area cannot be measured by corridors (see Service Area – Bus (MB)). Therefore, the service area for demand response (DR) is the area encompassing the origin to destination points wherever people can be picked up and dropped off. |
B-10 |
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A measure of access to transit service in terms of population served and area coverage (square miles). The reporting transit agency determines the service area boundaries and population for most transit services using the definitions contained in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA): "Rail. (i) For rail systems, the service area shall consist of a circle with a radius of 3/4 of a mile around each station. (ii) At end stations and other stations in outlying area, the entity may designate circles with radii of up to 1-1/2 miles as part of its service area, based on local circumstances." This definition is taken in part from the U. S. Department of Transportation Federal Register, Vol. 56, No. 173, Rules and Regulations, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). |
B-10 |
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The amount of service actually used by passengers and which is measured by unlinked passenger trips and passenger miles. |
S-10 |
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The amount of service scheduled or actually operated. Service supplied is measured in vehicles, miles and / or hours that were operated. |
S-10 |
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The vehicles used to support revenue vehicle operations and that are not used to carry transit passengers. Types of service vehicles include:
Also referred to as non-revenue vehicles. |
F-20,
F-30 |
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The labor and other work provided by outside organizations for fees and related expenses. In most instances, services from an outside organization are procured as a substitute for in-house employee labor, except in the case of independent audits, which could not be performed by employees in the first place. The substitution is usually made because the skills offered by the outside organization are needed for only a short period of time or are better than internally available skills. The charge for these services is usually based on the labor hours invested in performing the service. Services include:
|
F-30 |
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Component activities include:
|
F-30, R-20 |
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Component activities include:
|
F-30, R-20 |
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The bonuses for working during times of day that are subject to special pay differentials. |
F-50 |
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A service whose purpose is to carry passengers on tours and excursions or to visit and see objects and places of interest. Sightseeing may or may not involve a tour guide. |
Introduction |
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A vehicle having only one occupant (the driver). |
F-10,
S-20 |
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A public or private non-profit organization providing specialized programs and transportation service to a specific clientele such as the elderly and persons with disabilities. |
B-30 |
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SOV |
Single Occupancy Vehicle |
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The revenue vehicles maintained by the transit agency to:
|
Introduction |
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The revenues earned for rides given in regular transit revenue service, but paid for by some organization rather than by the rider, and for rides given along special routes for which revenue may be guaranteed by a beneficiary of the service. Special transit fares include:
|
F-10 |
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The bonus above straight time pay for hours worked after a specified number of hours from the start of the operator’s day. |
F-50 |
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The time an operator spends at the operating station, at the transit agency’s direction awaiting assignment of a piece of work. Standby time is called show-up time or protection time by some transit agencies. |
F-50 |
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The number of standing passengers that can be accommodated aboard the revenue vehicle during a normal full load (non-crush) in accordance with established loading policy or, in absence of a policy, the manufacturer’s rated standing capacity figures. |
A-30 |
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|
Financial assistance obtained from a state government(s) to assist with paying the costs of providing transit services. |
F-10 |
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The revenue earned from granting operating rights to businesses (e.g., concessionaires, newsstands, candy counters) on property maintained by the transit agency. |
F-10 |
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STIC |
FTA Small Transit Intensive Cities Formula |
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STP |
Surface Transportation Program |
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The time when an operator works at the base or regular rate of pay. Straight time allowances includes:
|
F-50 |
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|
The time a new operator spends being trained to operate revenue vehicles. If a student is operating a revenue vehicle alone in line service, then the time is charged to platform time (1.04). |
F-50 |
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|
The funds obtained from other sectors of a transit agency’s operations to help cover the cost of providing transit service. Subsidies from other sectors of transit operations include:
|
F-10 |
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|
Government financial assistance. |
F-10 |
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|
Rail transit way below surface with a cover over the tunnel. Cut and cover, bored tunnel, underwater tubes, etc., are included. |
A-20 |
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Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funds transferred from the Surface Transportation Program (STS) to FTA for transit projects. These funds may be used for capital projects including, ridesharing projects, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, transit safety improvements and transportation control measures; and, for planning activities including transit research and development, environmental analysis and wetland mitigation. |
F-10 |
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A system is a group of devices or objects forming a network especially for distributing something or serving a common purpose (e.g. telephone, data processing systems). |
F-20 |
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Component activities include:
Security activities associated with the fare collection and counting process should be included as part of ticketing and fare collection (151). |
F-30 |
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The taxes levied against the transit agency by Federal, state and local governments. |
F-30 |
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|
A private for profit company where passenger vehicles are for hire by the riding public. |
B-30 |
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Vehicle Type: An automobile in which passengers are carried for a fare at a rate usually recorded by a taximeter. |
A-30 |
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Vehicle Type: A station wagon in which passengers are carried for a fare at a rate usually recorded by a taximeter. |
A-30 |
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Vehicle Type: A van in which passengers are carried for a fare at a rate usually recorded by a taximeter. |
A-30 |
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|
Vehicle Type: Three categories of vehicles based upon size: sedan (TS), van (TV), and station wagon (TW). |
A-30 |
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TB |
Trolleybus |
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|
TB |
Vehicle Type: Trolleybus |
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TEAM |
FTA Recipient Identification Number |
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Employees of the transit agency working full time or part time hours, but only for a limited period of time for the completion of a set task. These persons are usually not entitled to receive any benefits and do not have any job security rights. Persons employed through a temporary employment agency are not temporary employees of the transit agency. |
R-10 |
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|
Component activities include:
The term fare media includes any means of payment or proof of payment distributed by the agency either directly or through agents under private contract, and includes:
|
F-30 |
||||
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Start of morning transit service, i.e., the time when the first revenue service vehicle leaves the garage or point of dispatch. |
S-10 |
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End of night transit service; i.e., the time when a revenue service vehicle returns to the garage or point of dispatch. |
S-10 |
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The time an operator spends performing part of the customer services function (see function 162) on a temporary assignment. For example, this category would cover operators who substitute as telephone information operators. |
F-50 |
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The time an operator spends performing functions on a temporary basis other than:
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F-50 |
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The time an operator spends performing part of the revenue vehicle control function (see function 012) on a temporary assignment. For example, this category would cover operators who substitute for control center personnel. |
F-50 |
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The time an operator spends performing part of the ticketing and fare collection function (see function 151) on a temporary assignment. For example, this category would cover operators used as vault pullers. It does not include:
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F-50 |
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The time allowed for certain operators to spend in conducting union business. |
F-50 |
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The lease payments for tires and tubes rented on a time period or mileage basis or the cost of tires and tubes for replacement of tires and tubes on vehicles. |
F-30 |
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TOS |
Type of Service |
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The total miles accumulated during the period on all active vehicles, based on the end of period inventory. |
A-30 |
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The time from when a transit vehicle starts (pull-out time) from a garage to go into revenue service to the time it returns to the garage (pull-in time) after completing its revenue service. Since total service covers the time between:
It therefore includes both:
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S-10 |
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TR |
Aerial Tramway |
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Vehicle Type: Aerial Tramways |
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One or more passenger cars (including locomotives) coupled together and propelled by self-contained motor equipment. Also known as a consist which may be any one of the following:
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S-10 |
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The hours that trains are scheduled to or actually travel while in revenue service (actual train revenue hours) plus deadhead hours. Actual train hours include:
But exclude:
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S-10 |
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The miles that trains are scheduled to or actually travel while in revenue service (actual train revenue miles) plus deadhead miles. Actual train miles exclude:
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S-10 |
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The hours that trains are scheduled to or actually travel while in revenue service. Train revenue hours include:
But exclude:
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S-10 |
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The miles that trains are scheduled to or actually travel while in revenue service. Train revenue miles exclude:
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S-10 |
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The maximum number of trains actually operated to provide service on an average weekday, average Saturday and average Sunday. |
S-10 |
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Synonymous term with public transportation |
B-10 |
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Component activities include:
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F-30 |
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The time allowed an operator to travel between the operating station and the point where the operator relieves / is relieved by another operator. The operator does not operate the revenue vehicle during travel time. |
F-50 |
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A transit mode comprised of electric rubber-tired passenger vehicles, manually steered and operating singly on city streets. Vehicles are propelled by a motor drawing current through overhead wires via trolleys, from a central power source not on-board the vehicle. |
B-10 |
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Vehicle Type: Rubber-tired, electrically powered passenger vehicles operated on city streets drawing power from overhead lines with trolleys. |
A-30 |
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Vehicles leased in a manner so that the lessee does not acquire the capital appreciation of the vehicles as lease payments are made. However, a true lease (TL) may include an option to buy the vehicles after the term of the lease at the depreciated or at a prearranged value. |
A-30 |
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TS |
Vehicle Type: Taxicab Sedan |
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The time allowed an operator to report the conclusion of a piece of work to the dispatcher. |
F-50 |
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TV |
Vehicle Type: Taxicab Van |
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TW |
Vehicle Type: Taxicab Station Wagon |
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Describes how public transportation services are provided by the transit agency: directly operated (DO) or purchased transportation (PT) services. |
Introduction |
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A day on which the transit agency operates its normal, regular schedule and there are no anomalies such as extra service added for a convention or reduced service as a result of weather. |
S-10 |
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UA |
Urbanized Area Formula Program (funded vehicles) |
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UAF |
FTA Urbanized Area Formula Program |
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UAF |
Urbanized Area Funding |
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Transit industry initiative for a uniform reporting system for transit agencies. |
Introduction |
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A structure of categories and definitions used for NTD reporting to ensure uniform data. The USOA contains:
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Introduction |
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The number of passengers who board public transportation vehicles. Passengers are counted each time they board vehicles no matter how many vehicles they use to travel from their origin to their destination. |
Internet
Reporting |
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UPT |
Unlinked Passenger Trips |
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An area defined by the U. S. Census Bureau that includes:
The urban fringe generally consists of contiguous territory having a density of at least 1,000 persons per square mile. Urbanized areas do not conform to congressional districts or any other political boundaries. |
Introduction |
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Vehicles purchased with funds administered under the Urbanized Area Formula Program. |
A-30 |
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USOA |
Uniform System of Accounts |
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The payments made to various utilities for utilization of their resources (e.g., electric, gas, water, telephone, etc.). Utilities include:
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F-30 |
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UZA |
Urbanized Area |
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A code assigned by FTA that is a numerical ranking by urbanized area (UZA) population size. Urbanized area (UZA) and population are based on 2000 U.S. Bureau of the Census statistics. |
B-10, FFA-10 |
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Repairing all special damage to buildings, grounds and equipment resulting from willful or malicious destruction or defacement. |
F-30 |
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Repairing all special damage to revenue vehicles resulting from willful or malicious destruction or defacement. |
F-30, R-20 |
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A transit mode comprised of vans, small buses and other vehicles operating as a ride sharing arrangement, providing transportation to a group of individuals traveling directly between their homes and a regular destination within the same geographical area. The vehicles shall have a minimum seating capacity of seven persons, including the driver. For inclusion in the NTD, it is considered public transit service if it:
Vanpool(s) (VP) must also be in compliance with public transit rules including Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provisions, and be open to the public and that availability must be made known. Other forms of public participation to encourage ridesharing arrangements, such as:
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B-10 |
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Vehicle Type: Vehicles having a typical seating capacity of five to 15 passengers and classified as a van by vehicle manufacturers. A modified van is a standard van that has undergone some structural changes, usually made to increase its size and particularly its height. The seating capacity of modified vans is approximately nine to 18 passengers. |
A-30 |
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The revenue earned from granting rights to concessionaires (e.g., food and beverage service) on the transit agency’s vehicles. |
F-10 |
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The hours (miles) that a vehicle is scheduled to or actually travels from the time it pulls out from its garage to go into revenue service to the time it pulls in from revenue service. It is often called platform time. |
S-10 |
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