Two-Hour Accident Notification Quick Reference Checklist

Quick reference checklist for FTA's Two-Hour Accident Notification Guide

Two-Hour Accident Notification Guide

This Two-Hour Accident Notification Guide is designed to help rail transit agencies identify events that are classified as accidents and how to notify FTA.

2016 Data Dictionary

Dictionary that defines terms found on NTD Reporting Forms and identifies the 2016 Database File in which they are included.  Please note that Data Tables and Time Series files include a Data Dictionary tab. 

Safety & Security Quick Reference Guide: Rail Modes

This guide defines reportable Safety & Security (S&S) events and identify reporting thresholds for rail modes reported to NTD. Please note that Alaska Railroad and Commuter Rail modes report only Security events that meet a Major Event reporting threshold.

2016 Annual Database Agency Information

Contains basic contact and agency information by NTD reporter.  

Keywords: 5307,  full, ssw, small system, reduced reporter, ntd id, fiscal year end, report due date, agency type, organization type, institutional structure description, mailing address, service area information, duns, fta recipient id, urbanized, area, uza, demographic information, website, report required, transit system, volunteer drivers, personal vehicles

2016 Vehicles

Gives the age distribution and lifetime mileage of each agency's fleet, by vehicle type, and vehicle count by type per agency.

2016 Track and Roadway

Provides miles of track and roadway and grade crossings operated on by each agency, mode, and type of service, organized into categories by its physical characteristics.

Keywords: exclusive right of way, mixed traffic, elevated on structure, elevated on fill, open cut, subway, tunnel, controlled access, fixed guideway

2016 Stations

Gives the number of stations used by each agency, mode, and type of service.

Keywords: passenger station, ada accessible, inaccessible, elevator, escalator, multi-modal station, stops, transit centers, transit hubs

2016 Service

Contains data on service operated, organized by agency, mode, and type of service.

Keywords: vehicle, spare, mile, hour, schedule, directional route mile, drm, revenue mile, vehicle mile, vrm, revenue hour, vehicle hour, vrh, unlinked passenger trip, upt, ridership, boarding, passenger mile, pm, pmt, service supplied, service consumed, ridership, efficiency, train, speed, trip length, passengers per hour, deadhead

2016 Operating Expenses

Gives operating expense for each agency, mode, and type of service, divided among NTD's four expense functions, or among NTD's object classes.

Keywords: vehicle operations, vehicle maintenance, non-vehicle maintenance, facility maintenance, general administration, operations, cost, financial reports, financial records, labor, operator salaries, wages, fringe benefits, services, utilities, taxes, tires, fuel, purchased transportation