USA Banner

Official US Government Icon

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure Site Icon

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

U.S. Department of Transportation U.S. Department of Transportation Icon United States Department of Transportation United States Department of Transportation

Fares/Funding

2021 Database Files

2021 Database Files Zip

Zip file containing all 2021 Annual National Transit Database Files. The Database files contain data from the NTD without manipulation (other than formatting for Excel) and are therefore intended for users comfortable who may intend to perform their own analyses on the data or use the data in their own databases. 

2021 NTD Database File Dictionary

Defines terms found on NTD Reporting Forms and identifies the 2021 Database File in which they are included. Please note that this does not include terms in the 2021 Data Tables and Time Series files - each of those files includes its own data dictionary.

Keywords: annual, data, ntd, data element, data point, data description, data glossary, data dictionary

2021 Metrics

Contains metrics describing service consumption and service cost for each public transportation agency, by mode and type of service.

2021 Funding Sources

Contains sources of revenue applied by each public transportation agency to operations and capital.

2021 Annual Database UZA Sums

Presents allocation service data for each urbanized and rural areas.  Organized by UZAs or non-UZAs.

Keywords: urban, 5307, allocation, federal funding allocation, vehicle revenue hours, vrh, vehicle revenue miles, vrm, passenger miles traveled, pmt, unlinked passenger trips, upt, operating expenses, fixed guideway, directional route miles, passenger miles, 7 years, high intensity, drm, hib, state of good repair, sgr, service allocation, urbanized areas, uza, service across uza, segment age

2021 Annual Database Statement of Finances

Provides an overall summary of assets and liabilities for Full Reporting agencies with certain organization types.

Keywords: urban, 5307, full, assets, liabilities, cash and receivables, investments, special funds, other financial assets, long-term debt, estimated long-term pension liabilities, other estimated liabilities, other liabilities

2021 Annual Database Fare Revenues

Contains data on revenues a transit agency earns from carrying passengers, organized by mode and type of service. Reported as funds earned, funds expended on operations, and funds expended on capital.

Keywords: 5307, full, ssw, small system, reduced reporter, rr, fares, base, special transit, discounted, reduced fare, earned, expended, operations, capital, fare box, payment, passes, tickets, earnings, total fares, fare earnings

2020 Time Series

2020 Time Series Zip

The Time Series files present NTD data by year, as far back as achievable, to allow for series and trend analyses. There were no changes to the time series in 202 0other than to add the data from Report Year 2020.