This module contains three forms:
The Identification form (B-10) collects basic organizational and transit service information about transit agencies filing National Transit Database (NTD) reports. Internet Reporting uses this information to generate the appropriate forms for the reporter, based on the number of vehicles operated by mode and type of service (TOS), capital improvements for modes of service not yet in operation, contractual agreements with transit agencies filing their own NTD reports, a Nine or Fewer Vehicles Waiver request and the size of the urbanized area (UZA).
This form is required for all transit agencies.
The Contacts form (B-20) identifies key personnel at the transit agency responsible for NTD reporting. The form collects information on how to reach the chief executive officer (CEO), and NTD, safety and security contacts. Transit agencies may also identify additional personnel to receive NTD communications, if desired, by contacting their transit analyst.
This form is required for all transit agencies.
The Contractual Relationship form (B-30) identifies the buyers and sellers of purchased transportation (PT) services and provides key financial and operating data for the purchased service.
This form is required for all transit agencies with contractual relationships for purchased transportation (PT) services.
The Identification form (B-10) collects basic organizational and transit service information about transit agencies filing National Transit Database (NTD) reports. Internet Reporting uses this information to generate the appropriate forms for the reporter, based on the number of vehicles operated by mode and type of service (TOS), capital improvements for modes of service not yet in operation, contractual agreements with agencies filing their own NTD Annual reports, a Nine or Fewer Vehicles Waiver request and the size of the urbanized area (UZA).
The definition of public transportation is important because the purpose of the NTD is to collect information on public transportation. As defined in the Federal Transit Act, public transportation means transportation by bus (MB) or rail, or other conveyance, either publicly or privately owned, providing to the public general or special service (but not including school buses or charter or sightseeing service) on a regular and continuing basis. Public transportation is also synonymous with the terms mass transportation and transit.
Public availability is a key part of the definition. Services defined as public transportation are available to any person who pays a prescribed fare and meets other availability requirements, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Charter and school bus services are not considered public transportation because they serve specific groups of people and cannot be used by people not belonging to these groups. Service must be open to the general public, not only to specific categorical groups, such as school children.
NTD reporting is a requirement for recipients and beneficiaries of Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula Program (UAF) and Section 5311 Other Than Urbanized Area Formula Program funds of the Federal Transit Act (see the NTD Other Than Urbanized Area (Rural) Reporting Manual for Section 5311 requirements). Under the Urbanized Area Formula Program (UAF), the term public transportation usually applies to area-wide services primarily within an urbanized area (UZA). Since Congress uses NTD performance data in statutory formulae to apportion FTA funding to UZAs, the NTD can only contain public transportation or transit data. Transportation service that is not public transportation service should not be reported to the NTD. Public transportation is predominantly commuter service. For the purposes of the NTD, a commuter is a transit rider that travels back and forth during the same day primarily within a UZA. Intercity bus services are excluded under the Urbanized Area Formula Program (UAF). However, some commuter rail and ferryboat intercity services are permitted, if a person travels and returns on the same day. (Refer to the Basic Information module, Identification form (B-10) for NTD modal definitions and requirements).
For NTD reporting, FTA reserves the right to evaluate transit services as public transportation by requiring a written description of the transit services including availability and public notification of the availability of service, compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) requirements, service area maps, schedules and public timetables, and other materials as necessary. In the case of new modes or significant expansion of transit services, FTA reserves the right to request passenger surveys.
All transit agencies must complete this form.
Most information is pre-filled from the prior report year. The transit agency should review the information and edit as necessary. In some cases, changes to the pre-filled data will require contact with the NTD transit analyst assigned to the transit agency, such as the transit agency fiscal year end (FYE) date and the primary urbanized area (UZA).
There are specific reporting requirements for purchased transportation (PT) services, new reporters, voluntary reporters and reporters requesting a waiver from reporting.
Public agencies purchasing transportation service from other public or private operators should report all purchased transportation (PT) services within their NTD Annual report, regardless of the number of vehicles operated in maximum service (VOMS) by the seller of the purchased transportation (PT) service.
In situations where one public agency buys purchased transportation (PT) service from another public agency (NTD reporter), the two public agencies should determine locally which public agency will report the service. However, only one agency should fully report the service while the other agency reports operating expenses (OE) and funding, and capital expenses and funding.
In past report years, some non-public agency sellers of purchased transportation (PT) submitted separate, complete NTD Annual reports to FTA. As a general rule, the respective public agency purchasers should report the purchased transportation (PT) information previously submitted in the separate reports.
Transit agencies that are voluntary reporters must submit a complete National Transit Database (NTD) report in order to have their data included in the NTD and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Urbanized Area Formula Program (UAF) apportionment, as applicable. Refer to the Introduction section of this manual for more information on voluntary reporting.
New reporters should refer to this manual's Introduction section for procedures to begin filing NTD Annual reports.
Reporters should also use this form to request a Nine or Fewer Vehicles Waiver. See the Introduction section of this manual for additional information on waivers.
Buyers of transportation service from private providers will include all the data for these services in their report.
For purchased transportation services (PT) between two public NTD reporting agencies, the data must be reported as directly operated (DO) service regardless of whether the buyer or seller is reporting the data.
Organization Type 04, Private transportation provider reporting on behalf of a public agency or authority (not a broker), and Organization Type 05, Private transportation broker reporting on behalf of a public agency or authority, have been removed from this form.
Private carriers operating purchased transportation (PT) services that provide public transportation services under contract to recipients or beneficiaries of Urbanized Area Formula Program (UAF) funds must report data to the public transit agency for inclusion in the public transit agency's NTD Annual report. These private providers must supply the purchased transportation data to the buyer for inclusion in the buyer's report and will no longer submit a separate NTD Annual report for that data. The data will pertain only to the services under contract. This applies to almost all private providers.
Contractual agreements between public NTD reporting agencies
for purchased transportation (PT) services can either be reported by the seller
or buyer of service as directly operated (DO) service. Therefore, when a public
agency is the buyer of service and is reporting purchased transportation (PT)
service on behalf of the pubic agency which is selling service, the seller must
supply the data to the buyer so that it is reported in the buyer's report as
directly operated (DO) service. Additionally, when the seller is reporting the
service in their report, the purchased transportation (PT) services are reported
as directly operated (DO) service.
NTD reporters normally are public transit agencies that receive Urbanized Area Formula Program (UAF) funds and either directly operate transportation service or contract for some or all transportation service from another public or private operator. The Identification form (B-10) captures basic information on the public transit agency submitting the report.
However, in some rare cases where public transit agencies purchase transportation (PT) service from another public or private operator, the Identification form (B-10) and the NTD Annual report may be reported from a different perspective. For example, if the seller of transportation service files a separate report on behalf of the public transit agency or governmental unit purchasing the service (e.g., when the public transit agency or governmental unit contracting for the service does not directly operate any transit services), the seller of transportation services completes the Identification form (B-10) and files a complete report as directly operated (DO).
This section discusses the key issues involved in completing this form.
At the top of the form is the NTD identification number (NTD ID) and transit agency name. This information is pre-filled and cannot be edited. If the information is incorrect please contact your NTD analyst.
The NTD identification number (NTD ID) is the four-digit number FTA assigned to your transit agency. Review to ensure your NTD ID is correct. Contact your NTD transit analyst immediately if there is a problem.
The transit agency identification information is pre-filled based on the prior report year submission. Review and edit any information that is no longer correct.
The fiscal year must always cover a 12-month period. When a fiscal year end (FYE) date changes, FTA sets a 12-month reporting period that either repeats months from the prior report or skips months from the end date of the prior report.
If the transit agency’s fiscal year has changed, contact your NTD transit analyst and describe the change. Your NTD transit analyst will answer any questions that you have about the reporting implications of changing your fiscal year.
Use the e-File tab to inform FTA of the new fiscal year end date. FTA will define a 12-month period for your NTD Annual report. FTA will reply via e-File tab summarizing this decision. The fiscal year date is changed by FTA and appears as a non-editable field in item 1 of the form.
Enter data after receiving FTA's decision regarding the 12-month reporting period.
The transit agency's mailing address. Transit agencies must either indicate a mailing address on line 1, or a P.O. Box address in the P.O. Box field.
A universal resource locator (URL) is the address of the transit agency's website; e.g., www.pbtransit.com or www.coaster-transit.org. Do not include http://. Not all NTD reporting agencies have a website address.
The agency name is the full legal name of the transit agency. The agency’s acronym is the trademark or familiar name used for marketing the transit service. This acronym may be used in selected FTA publications.
The FTA recipient identification number (TEAM) is the four-digit number assigned to your transit agency for the FTA electronic grant making system – TEAM (Transportation Electronic Award and Management). If you have a question regarding this number, please contact your transit agency's grant manager or chief executive officer (CEO). Not all NTD reporting agencies will have a recipient identification number.
This question identifies NTD reporting agencies that are recipients or beneficiaries of Urbanized Area Formula Program (UAF) grants and are required by statute to submit the NTD Annual report. Voluntary NTD reporters are not required to submit the NTD report since they are not recipients or beneficiaries of Urbanized Area Formula Program (UAF) grants. Refer to the Introduction section of this manual for more information on required and voluntary reporting.
This section is for transit agencies requesting a Nine or Fewer Vehicles Waiver from reporting. The agency is required to complete the Identification form (B-10), the Contacts form (B-20), and the Revenue Vehicle Inventory form (A-30). On the Identification form (B-10), Item 2, select that you are requesting a Nine of Fewer Vehicles Waiver. Use the e-File tab and standard template that states your chief executive officer (CEO) has determined that your transit agency meets the eligibility criteria and also describes the modes and type of service (TOS) operated. Submit the communication and forms using Internet Reporting. See Nine or Fewer Vehicles Waiver in the Introduction section of this manual for more detailed instructions.
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This section describes the organization as a public or a private entity, and whether there is purchased transportation (PT) service.
Select one of the categories from the Drop-Down menu.
If you are a joint powers agency, select public agency or authority. Basically, this is a public entity that is a group of two or more public agencies that is set up to exercise powers together that members of the group already have.
If none of the choices fits your agency, select category 6: Other. Internet Reporting will display a box for you to describe your organization type.
Institutional Structure menu selections:
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This section describes the type of institutional structure or governance of public transit agencies. This provides information on administrative control and policymaking authority for a public transit agency. There is also category 7 for not applicable if you are a private operator.
Select one of the eight categories from the Drop-Down menu.
If none of the choices fits your agency, select category 8: Other. Internet Reporting will display a box for you to describe how your agency is governed.
The demographic information describes the area and population where transit service is available. This includes areas served by purchased transportation (PT) providers filing their own NTD Annual report.
Area is described in two ways:
Identify all urbanized areas (UZAs) and other than urbanized areas (non-UZAs) that are included, in whole or in part, in the transit service area.
The U.S. Bureau of the Census defines urbanized areas (UZAs). The UZA number is a numerical ranking by population size using the 2000 Census.
Your primary UZA number and name are pre-filled and cannot be edited. If the information is incorrect please contact your NTD transit analyst.
Secondary UZA numbers with names are pre-filled based on information provided in last year’s NTD submission. You can edit secondary UZA numbers with names, from the Drop-Down menu of urbanized areas (UZAs) using the Add UZA or Remove UZA buttons.
Service AreaService area is a measure of access to transit service in terms of population served and area coverage (square miles). For bus (MB) and rail service, use Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) definitions and requirements to determine service area boundaries and population. The bus service area essentially is defined as ¾ mile on each side of a fixed route. The rail service area definition focuses on a ¾ mile radius around each station.
For demand response (DR) mode, if your service area extends beyond Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) requirements of ¾ mile around fixed routes, use the actual service area.
For modes not covered by Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), including ferryboat (FB) and vanpool (VP), determine service area and population using locally defined criteria.
Service area and population are pre-filled based on the information provided in the prior report year submission. Review and update the data as appropriate. Use the most current figures or official estimates of population. These statistics are often available from your area's metropolitan planning organization.
Population and area (in square miles) statistics for the urbanized area (UZA) will not equal those for the service area in most cases. This is true because urbanized area (UZA) statistics are based on Census definitions, while service area statistics are based on where services are operated. The Sample Metropolitan Area graphic shows an example of these differences for a transit system that serves portions of three urbanized areas (UZAs) and also serves a rural (other than urbanized area) area.
Report the number of vehicles operated in annual maximum service (VOMS), by mode and type of service (TOS), for those services included in your report. It is important to remember that the vehicles operated in annual maximum service (VOMS) do not include vehicles operated for atypical events or special events such as parades, fairs, or civic celebrations, or emergency contingency vehicles.
Type of service (TOS) is determined by who operates the revenue vehicles that carry passengers. Transit agencies have directly operated (DO) transit service when they employ their own labor for operators. Conversely, transit agencies have purchased transportation (PT) service when they contract another public or private provider to provide the labor for the operators.
The Contractual Relationship form (B-30) section of this manual provides more detailed information about the criteria for a contractual relationship for purchased transportation (PT) services, monetary considerations and cooperative agreements.
Transit agencies operate one or more modes of transit service. A mode is a system for carrying transit passengers described by specific right-of-way, technology and operational features.
The
Glossary at the end of this manual contains the detailed NTD modal definitions.
The NTD recognizes the following modes of public transit service:
| Aerial Tramway (TR) Non-Rail – Fixed Guideway
A system of aerial cables with suspended vehicles. |
Automated Guideway (AG) Rail – Fixed Guideway
An electric railway of guided vehicles that is operated with a computer and without vehicle operators. The transit systems in Detroit, Jacksonville, and Miami operate this mode. | Bus (MB) Non-Rail – Fixed Guideway or Non-Fixed Guideway
The most prevalent mode in the country, and is powered by a motor and fuel contained within the vehicle. |
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Cable Car (CC) Rail – Fixed Guideway
A railway propelled by moving cables located beneath the street. While popular at the turn of the last century, the only surviving system is operated in San Francisco. |
Commuter Rail (CR) Rail – Fixed Guideway
Typically operated over old freight railroad lines and is diesel or electric propelled. Usually, the service operates between a central city and adjacent suburbs. |
Demand Response (DR) Non-Rail – Non-Fixed Guideway
Scheduled in response to calls from passengers. Passengers with similar origins and destinations are often scheduled to ride the same vehicle. Many transit systems operate demand response (DR) service to meet the Federal ADA requirements, and expenses and passenger trips are reportable for DR. |
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Ferryboat (FB) Non-Rail – Fixed Guideway
A mode that carries passengers over a body of water using diesel or steam powered vessels. | Heavy Rail (HR) Rail – Fixed Guideway
An electric railway with exclusive or separate right-of-way (ROW) from other vehicles or foot traffic. It has high passenger carrying capacity and high platform loading. Most of the nation’s subway services are classified as heavy rail. |
Inclined Plane (IP) Rail – Fixed Guideway
A railway operating on steep slopes and grades with vehicles powered by moving cables. The transit systems in Chattanooga, Cambria County, and Pittsburgh operate this mode. |
| Jitney (JT) Non-Rail – Non-Fixed Guideway
Operated on fixed routes using passenger cars or vans as demand warrants without fixed schedules or fixed stops. |
Light Rail (LR) Rail – Fixed Guideway
An electric railway that operates in mixed traffic with automobiles or has grade crossings with automobiles. Typically, light rail (LR) trains are short and consist of one to two cars. | Monorail (MO) Rail – Fixed Guideway
An electric railway that is suspended from or straddles a guideway formed by single beam, rail or tube. The service in Seattle is the only public transportation monorail (MO) reported in the NTD. |
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Publico (PB) Non-Rail – Non-Fixed Guideway
Operated over fixed routes, but not on fixed schedules. The service is privately owned and operated, but is regulated by local or state governments. The service in San Juan, Puerto Rico is the only publico service reported in the NTD. |
Trolleybus (TB) Non-Rail – Fixed Guideway
A bus service operated using an electric bus that is powered by a motor drawing current from overhead wires using trolley poles. Trolleybus (TB) service is operated by the transit systems in Boston, Dayton (OH), Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seattle. | Vanpool (VP) Non-Rail – Non-Fixed Guideway
A commuting service operating under pre-arranged schedules for previously formed groups of riders in vans. |
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Alaska Railroad (AR) Rail – Fixed Guideway
A special railroad that Congress recognized for certain FTA funding that operates in Alaska. |
Other – If none of the choices fits your agency, select the category: Other. Internet Reporting will display a box for you to describe the other mode. |
If a vehicle is used for more than one mode, report it under each mode for which it is used and describe the use of the vehicle using the Add Form Notes link.
For example, the transit agency may use five of its vehicles in bus (MB) mode during peak hours and, during non-peak hours, may use the five vehicles in demand response (DR) service. The vehicle would be reported as bus (MB) and demand response (DR) on the Revenue Vehicle Inventory form (A-30) and supports another mode should be indicated.
Route deviation and point deviation services have operating characteristics of both bus (MB) and demand response (DR) modes. Route deviation service operates as a conventional bus route, but permits the bus to deviate from the route and serve destinations within a prescribed distance (e.g., ¾ mile). Point deviation service makes scheduled stops at mandatory times along a corridor, but travels between the time points on a path that serves the origins and destinations of the passengers.
Report route deviations and point deviations in bus (MB) service as bus (MB) mode. For bus (MB) service, the extent of deviation for whatever purpose, including an Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) eligible trip, is bus (MB) mode for all service supplied, service consumed and operating cost data. Trips certified for Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) passengers for route / point deviation services are counted as bus (MB) trips. Since route and point deviation service are considered bus (MB) mode for NTD purposes, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) related expenses and trips are not reported for bus (MB).
Two questions appear on the form only if your transit agency enters vehicles operated in annual maximum service (VOMS) for bus (MB) mode, to determine if the service operates over bus (MB) fixed guideway (FG):
By type of service (TOS), indicate Yes if any of the service is operated over fixed guideway (FG) or No if none of the service is operated over fixed guideway (FG). If Yes is selected, after the Identification form (B-10) is saved, the Fixed Guideway Segments form (S-20) and the Transit Way Mileage form (A-20) will be generated.
This section describes modes by type of service (TOS) that are not in operation during the reporting period, but for which the transit agency is incurring capital expenses. These modes of service typically are in the planning, design or construction phases prior to beginning passenger service. However, in rare cases, these modes also could be existing modes for which service has been suspended as part of a renovation program (e.g., cable car service in San Francisco suspended while the cable system is being rebuilt).
Internet Reporting uses the information in this section to generate the data fields for reporting the capital costs for modes not currently in service in the Uses of Capital form (F-20).
Select each mode by type of service (TOS) from the Drop-Down menu by using the Add or Remove Mode / Type of Service buttons.
This section is used by transit agencies to report the number of vehicles operated in annual maximum service (VOMS), by mode, for purchased transportation (PT) services not included in their report but are included in another NTD reporter’s report. Internet reporting uses this information to generate:
Transit agencies filing a separate NTD Annual report are required to complete forms:
Select each mode from the Drop-Down menu by using the Add or Remove Mode buttons.
Starting Your NTD Report
Upon entering your reporting area for the first time, you will be taken to the Internet Reporting Home Page.
Form Level Help: Click on the Help tab at the top of the screen for form level help. A form note can be attached to any form. Use the Add Form Note link for relevant information to a specific field, to the entire form or to multiple forms. Click on the Add Form Note link at the top of the screen and enter your note on the Notes screen. You can review and / or edit a form note from the Notes tab.
Do not use the Form Notes feature to answer issues generated from this form. From the Issues tab use the Add Comments link next to the specific issue.
Saving or Closing the Form
Click on the Save button at the bottom of the screen to save the form. Click on the Close button at the bottom of the screen to close the form without saving.
Saving the Identification form will automatically generate forms for you.
Additional form you may need to add: Contractual Relationship form (B-30) is added by clicking on the Add Form button at the bottom of the Forms screen.
Completing the Form
NTD ID: Review to be sure the NTD identification number (NTD ID) is correct. Contact your NTD analyst immediately if there is a problem.
Line 01: Transit Agency Identification Information. Pre-filled, review for accuracy, edit as necessary.
Line 02: Are you Requesting a Nine or Fewer Vehicles Waiver? Pre-filled, review for accuracy, edit as necessary. If Yes, the required Revenue Vehicle Inventory form (A-30) will be generated. On the Chief Executive Officer form (D-10), the chief executive officer (CEO) should indicate that your transit agency meets the eligibility criteria and also describe the modes and type of service (TOS) operated. Submit the communication and completed Identification form (B-10), Contacts form (B-20), Revenue Vehicle Inventory form (A-30) and Chief Executive Officer form (D-10) using Internet Reporting. See the Introduction section of this manual.
Line 03: Organization Type. Pre-filled, review for accuracy, edit as necessary. Select only one from the Drop-Down menu:
Line 04: Institutional Structure. Pre-filled, review for accuracy, edit as necessary. Select only one from the Drop-Down menu:
Line 05: Demographic Information. Pre-filled, review for accuracy, edit as necessary.
Line 06:
Line 07: Capital Investment for a Mode not Currently in Service. Pre-filled, review for accuracy, edit as necessary. Use the Add or Remove Mode / Type of Service buttons as necessary. Select the mode and type of service (TOS) combination for any modes not yet in operation for which the agency is incurring capital expenses.
Line 08: Filing a Separate NTD Report
(Modes not included in this Report). Pre-filled, review for accuracy, edit
as necessary. Use the Add or Remove Mode / Type of Service buttons
as necessary. Select the modes for purchased transportation (PT) services that
are not included in the transit agency's report.
The Contacts form (B-20) identifies key personnel at the transit agency responsible for NTD reporting. The form collects information on how to reach the chief executive officer (CEO) and NTD safety and security contacts.
All transit agencies must complete this form.
There are no changes for the 2007 report year.
Most information is pre-filled on the form. Review and edit the information, as necessary.
The information includes:
The chief executive officer (CEO) is the principal executive in charge of and responsible for the transit agency. Please refer to the Declarations section of the manual to find the responsibilities, as well as examples of a chief executive officer.
The NTD contact is the individual responsible for coordinating the NTD Annual report. The contact person submits the NTD Annual report and answers any questions that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) may have concerning the report, including validation issues and waiver requests. The person identified as the chief executive office (CEO) in section 1 should be the same person indicated in the Chief Executive Officer (D-10) form, part A.
The safety contact is the individual with overall responsibility for the day-to-day safety of the transit agency.
The security contact is the individual with overall responsibility for the day-to-day security of the transit agency.
Completing the Contacts form (B-20)
Form Level Help: Click on the Help tab at the top of the screen for form level help. A form note can be attached to any form. Use the Add Form Note link for relevant information to a specific field, to the entire form or to multiple forms. Click on the Add Form Note link at the top of the screen and enter your note on the Notes screen. You can review and / or edit a form note from the Notes tab.
Do not use the Form Notes feature to answer issues generated from this form. From the Issues tab use the Add Comments link next to the specific issue.
Saving or Closing the Form
Click on the Save button at the bottom of the screen to save the form. Click on the Close button at the bottom of the screen to close the form without saving.
Completing the Form
Line 01: Contact Type: CEO. Pre-filled - review for accuracy, edit as necessary.
Line 02: Contact Type: NTD Contact. Pre-filled - review for accuracy, edit as necessary.
Line 03: Contact Type: Safety Contact. Pre-filled - review for accuracy, edit as necessary.
Line 04: Contact Type: Security Contact. Pre-filled - review for accuracy, edit as necessary.
The Contractual Relationship form (B-30) collects key information on the parties to the contractual relationship, the nature of the contractual relationship, financial data and key operating statistics for the service covered by the contractual relationship.
Reporters must complete this form if:
A separate Contractual Relationship form (B-30) is used to report each contractual relationship (i.e., contract) with each seller (or buyer).
Service provided to a public transit agency or governmental unit by a public or private transportation provider is considered purchased transportation (PT) if it meets two conditions:
Data are reported only for those services that are specified in the purchased transportation (PT) agreement and for which there is a monetary consideration to the seller. All purchased transportation (PT) services must be reported, even if they covered only part of your fiscal year.
The form incorporates revisions to the types of contractual relationship between NTD reporters and companies.
Private carriers operating purchased transportation (PT) services that provide public transportation services under contract to recipients or beneficiaries of Urbanized Area Formula Program (UAF) funds must report data to the public transit agency for inclusion in the public transit agency's NTD Annual report. These private providers must supply the purchased transportation data to the buyer for inclusion in the buyer's report and will no longer submit a separate NTD Annual report for that data. The data will pertain only to the services under contract. This applies to almost all private providers.
Contractual agreements between public NTD reporting agencies
for purchased transportation (PT) services can either be reported by the seller
or buyer of service as directly operated (DO) service. Therefore, when a public
agency is the buyer of service and is reporting purchased transportation (PT)
service on behalf of the pubic agency which is selling service, the seller must
supply the data to the buyer so that it is reported in the buyer's report as directly
operated (DO) service. Additionally, when the seller is reporting the service
in their report, the purchased transportation (PT) services are reported as directly
operated (DO) service.
The key to completing this form is to determine the following:
The system should generate Section A – Contract Summary of the Contractual Relationship forms (B-30) that were in your prior year’s NTD Annual report. Contractor information from the prior year is pre-filled in Section A – Contract Summary on each form. This information can either be edited or the form deleted if necessary. Use the Add Form button at the bottom of the Forms screen and select Contractual Relationship form (B-30) from the Drop-Down menu if additional Contractual Relationship forms (B-30) are required.
Complete one form for each buyer and seller of service pair identified in the form's contractual relationship section (top of screen). Use the Add Form button at the bottom of the Forms screen to create additional forms for each contractual relationship.
Describe the reporting relationship between the buyer and seller. For each contract, provide the monetary considerations of the contract and key operating and financial statistics in Section B – Key Financial and Operating Statistics. One contract may cover more than one mode. To add modes to a contract, use the Add Mode button within Section B — Key Financial and Operating Statistics of the Contractual Relationship form (B-30).
This section describes the relationship of the contracting parties. The contractual relationship is first defined in terms of the following information:
A contractual relationship exists only if the following criteria are met:
For NTD purposes, cooperative agreements are not considered purchased transportation (PT). A cooperative agreement is 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.
A cooperative agreement is a financing arrangement between public entities. These agreements are often formulated through a Memorandum of Understanding where a public entity, such as a city or state support public transit services through financial participation. These are not contractual relationships where a specific service is provided, e.g., a set number of trips according to a prescribed schedule. Rather, the public agencies involved have reached an understanding on how to best finance the public transit service in the area. The following is an example illustrating a cooperative agreement.
Example 4 — Cooperative Agreements |
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Public Transit Agency A is an Urbanized Area Formula Program (UAF) recipient and is organized as a regional transit authority (RTA). It directly operates (DO) heavy rail (HR) throughout a three-county area and bus (MB) and demand response (DR) services in one county (X). The other two counties (Y and Z) also have public transit agencies as part of county government (Public Transit Agency B and Public Transit Agency C) that provides MB/DO and DR/DO services within their respective counties. At the time the RTA was established, each county agreed that the RTA should be the sole provider of HR service and signed a memorandum of understanding so that each county is assessed annually for a portion of the HR expenses. The assessment is based on service area population, route miles, stations and frequency of service. The RTA and each of the counties directly operate all their transit services. HR Assessment: County X: $50,000,000 County Y: 16,000,000 County Z: 9,000,000 Total: $75,000,000 Each county pays its assessment from general revenue funds of its county government. What is required under NTD? Solution: Public Transit Agency A files an NTD Annual report for all HR service in the three-county area as directly operated, and for bus (MB) and demand response (DR) directly operated services. B-10 – HR/DO, MB/DO and DR/DO (item 6) B-30
– Not applicable Both Public Transit Agency B and Public Transit Agency C file a separate NTD Annual report for MB and DR. B-10 – MB/DO and DR/DO (item 6) B-30 – Not applicable F-10 – Funds allocated to transit out of the general revenues of the government entity (local funds, line 32, column c). Includes the $16,000,000 and $9,000,000 assessments for each. F-30 – Other reconciling items – funds applied (line 23, column a) includes the $16,000,000 and $9,000,000. |
Type identifies the reporting agency as the buyer or seller of the service, the other party to the contractual relationship, and who is reporting the operating data.
Select one of the thirteen categories from the Drop-Down menu. If you select a category other than type 1, please contact your NTD analyst for assistance in completing your NTD Annual report.
This is the most common case. The seller is a private company without an NTD ID and service is reported in the public agency's NTD report.
The public buyer is an NTD reporter.
The private seller does not report to NTD.
This occurs when two public NTD reporters buy and sell service between them and the buyer reports the service. Contractual agreements between public NTD reporting agencies for transit services can be reported as Directly Operated (DO) service by either the seller or the buyer of service. In this case, the buyer is reporting the service. When the buyer (who is the reporting agency in this case) makes this menu selection, the seller selects type 7 in the seller's report.
Public buyer and public seller are both NTD reporters.
This occurs when two NTD reporters buy and sell service between them and the public buyer reports the service from the private seller as purchased transportation (PT). When the buyer (who is the reporting agency in this case) makes this menu selection, the seller selects type 8 in the seller's report.
Public buyer and private seller are both NTD reporters.
This occurs when two public NTD reporters buy and sell service between them and the seller reports the service as directly operated (DO). Neither the buyer nor the seller is reporting as a brokerage. When the buyer (who is the reporting agency in this case) makes this menu selection, the seller selects type 6 in the seller's report.
Public buyer and public seller are both NTD reporters.
This occurs when two public NTD reporters buy and sell service between them and the seller reports the service as directly operated (DO). Neither the buyer nor the seller is reporting as a brokerage. When the seller (who is the reporting agency in this case) makes this menu selection, the buyer selects type 5 in the buyer's report.
Public buyer and public seller are both NTD reporters.
This occurs when two public NTD reporters buy and sell service between them and the buyer reports the service as directly operated (DO). Contractual agreements between public NTD reporting agencies for purchased transportation (PT) services can either be reported by the seller or the buyer of service as Directly Operated (DO) service. When the seller (who is the reporting agency in this case) makes this menu selection, the buyer selects type 2 in the buyer's report.
Public buyer and public seller are both NTD reporters.
This occurs when two NTD reporters buy and sell service between them and the public buyer reports the service from the private seller as purchased transportation (PT). When the seller (who is the reporting agency) makes this menu selection, the buyer selects type 3 in the buyer's report.
Public buyer and private seller are both NTD reporters.
This usually occurs with demand response (DR) services. The public buyer purchases service from a public brokerage comprised of private and/or public providers. The broker assigns trips to the providers. In this case, the buyer and seller each file only one Contractual Relationship form (B-30) showing the relationship between them and the service is captured in the broker's report as purchased transportation (PT). When the buyer (who is the reporting agency) makes this menu selection, the seller selects type 10 in the seller’s report.
Public buyer and public seller are both NTD reporters.
This usually occurs with demand response (DR) services. The public seller (broker) sells service to a public agency (buyer) and the service is captured in the seller’s report as purchased transportation (PT). When the seller (who is the reporting agency) makes this menu selection, the buyer selects type 9 in the buyer’s report.
Public buyer and public seller are both NTD reporters.
You are the public seller of service with a private buyer that is not an NTD reporter and the service is being captured in this report as directly operated (DO).
The buyer is a private company without an NTD ID and service is reported in the public agency's NTD report.
Public seller is an NTD reporter.
Private buyer does not report to NTD.
This occurs when two NTD reporters buy and sell service between them. Usually, the service would be reported in the public agency's report as purchased transportation (PT). However, in rare cases the private company will report the service. In these cases, permission must be obtained from FTA in advance. When the buyer (who is the reporting agency) makes this menu selection, the seller selects type 13 in the seller’s report.
Public buyer and private seller are both NTD reporters.
This occurs when two NTD reporters buy and sell service between them. Usually, the service would be reported in the public agency's report as purchased transportation (PT). However, in rare cases the private company will report the service. In these cases, permission must be obtained from FTA in advance. When the seller (who is the reporting agency) makes this menu selection, the buyer selects type 12 in the buyer's report.
Public buyer and private seller are both NTD reporters.
The buyer is a public agency without an NTD ID. Usually, the public agency would submit a request for an NTD ID and the service would be captured in the public agency's NTD report as purchased transportation (PT). However, in rare cases the private seller will report the service as directly operated. In these cases, permission must be obtained from FTA in advance.
Private seller is an NTD reporter.
Public buyer does not report to NTD.
