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Timestamp: 2016-05-26 16:19:05
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§5307', '§5311', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15']

What is the National Transit Database
Welcome to the National Transit Database
Home Today the transit industry consists of over 140,000 vehicles, traveling over 48 billion passenger miles, and collecting over $8.5 billion in passenger fares. In the past 10 years the transit industry has grown by over 20 percent - faster than either highway or air travel. As the industry continues to grow, every indication is that the NTD will continue to expand both in scope and use in the years to come. What is the NTD Program?
History of the NTD and Transit in the U.S.
Overview of NTD Internet Reporting System Forms
What is the NTD Program? The NTD was established by Congress to be the Nation’s primary source for information and statistics on the transit systems of the United States. Recipients or beneficiaries of grants from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Urbanized Area Formula Program (§5307) or Other than Urbanized Area (Rural) Formula Program (§5311) are required by statute to submit data to the NTD. Over 660 transit providers in urbanized areas currently report to the NTD through the Internet-based reporting system. Each year, NTD performance data are used to apportion over $5 billion of FTA funds to transit agencies in urbanized areas (UZAs). Annual NTD reports are submitted to Congress summarizing transit service and safety data.
The National Transit Database information collection has been reviewed for Paperwork Reduction Act compliance and was approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under control number 2132-0008. Approval expires on July 31, 2018. History of the NTD and Transit in the US
1630 Reputed first publicly operated ferryboat (Boston, MA) 1740 Reputed first use of ox carts for carrying of passengers (New York, NY) 1811 First mechanically operated (steam-powered) ferryboat (New York, NY) 1827 Horse-drawn omnibus begins service along Broadway (New York, NY) 1830 First railroad (Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.) (Baltimore, MD) 1832 First streetcar in America; horse-drawn rail cars begin service along the Bowery (New York, NY) 1835 Oldest street railway line still operating (New Orleans & Carrollton line) (New Orleans, LA) 1838 First commuter fares on a railroad (Boston & West Worcester Railroad) (Boston, MA) 1856 First fare-free promotion (Boston, MA) 1863 First subway in the world; trains hauled by steam engines begin service (London, England) 1868 First cable-powered (and first elevated) line (West Side & Yonkers Patent Railway) (New York, NY) 1870 First pneumatic-powered (and first underground) line (Beach Pneumatic Railroad Co.) (New York, NY) 1871 First steam-powered elevated line (New York Elevated Railroad Co.) (New York, NY) 1873 First cable car in the world runs up Clay Street (San Francisco, CA) 1883 First publicly operated cable-powered line (Brooklyn Bridge) (New York, NY) 1884 First electric street railway line (East Cleveland Street Railway) (Cleveland, OH) 1886 First semi-successful citywide street railway transit agency (Capital City Street Railway Co.) (Montgomery, AL) 1888 First successful electric street railway (Richmond, VA) 1893 First interurban rail line (East Side Railway Co.) (Portland, OR) 1895 First electric elevated rail line (Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway) (Chicago, IL) 1897 First American subway (Boston, MA) 1897 First publicly-financed public transportation facility (street railway tunnel) (Boston, MA) 1898 First electric multiple-unit controlled rail line (Chicago & South Side Rapid Transit Railroad Co.) (Chicago, IL) 1904 First state-operated street railway (State of North Dakota Capital Car Line) (Bismarck, ND) 1904 New York's first subway (New York, NY) 1905 First American gasoline-powered buses begin running on Fifth Avenue (New York, NY) 1906 First municipal street railway (Monroe, LA) 1908 First interstate underground heavy rail line (Hudson & Manhattan Railroad to New Jersey) (New York, NY) 1910 First trolleybus line (Laurel Canyon Utilities Co.) (Hollywood, CA) 1912 First publicly operated street railway in a large city (San Francisco Municipal Railway) (San Francisco, CA) 1912 First street railway to operate buses (Cleveland Railway) (Cleveland, OH) 1914 First jitney (Los Angeles, CA) 1916 First public bus-only transit agency (St. Louis Division of Parks and Recreation Municipal Auto Bus Service) (St. Louis, MO) 1921 First successful trolleybus line (New York, NY) 1923 First cities to replace all streetcars with buses - Bay City, MI; Everett, WA; Newburgh, NY 1926 Except for the years of the Second Word War, transit patronage in America reaches its all-time high of 17.3 billion riders 1927 First automobile park and ride lot and first bus-rail transfer facility for a non-commuter rail line (Philadelphia, PA) 1932 First publicly operated heavy rail line (Independent Subway) (New York, NY) 1933 First large city to replace all streetcars with buses (San Antonio, TX) 1936 First industry-developed standardized street railway car (P.C.C. car) (Brooklyn & Queens Transit System) (New York, NY) 1936 Large scale federal assistance for mass transit begins under the aegis of the US Public Works Administration 1938 First use of federal capital funding to build a public transportation rail line (Chicago, IL) 1939 First street with designated bus lane (Chicago, IL) 1940 First time bus ridership exceeded street railway ridership 1940 San Francisco, CA becomes last surviving cable car transit agency 1943 First rail line in expressway median (Pacific Electric Railway) (Los Angeles, CA) 1946 With war-related travel conditions still prevailing, US transit patronage reaches 23.5 billion riders, its absolute all-time high. 1952 Last new PCC car for US transit agency placed in service (San Francisco, CA) 1958 Passage of federal legislation removes any state role in allowing private railroads to discontinue commuter passenger service and vests all such authority with the ICC; enactment of this law widely regarded as single most important development leading to the current program of federal transit assistance 1961 First significant federal public transportation legislation (Housing & Urban Development Act of 1961) (Washington, DC) 1962 First monorail (Seattle World's Fair) (Seattle, WA) 1962 First automated heavy rail line (Grand Central Shuttle) (New York, NY) 1963 Chicago becomes last surviving city with interurban line (Chicago, South Shore, & South Bend Railroad) 1964 President Lyndon Johnson signs the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (UMTA) that provides $375 million in transit capital assistance over three years 1966 First re-authorization of transit assistance program 1966 First public takeover of commuter railroad (Long Island Rail Road Co.) (New York, NY) 1966 First statewide transit agency (Rhode Island Public Transit Authority) (Providence, RI) 1968 First downtown transit mall (Nicollet Mall) (Minneapolis, MN) 1968 First rail station at an airport opened (Cleveland, OH) 1969 First transitway (Shirley Highway) (Washington, DC) 1969 First modern heavy rail transit agency replacing former rail line (Port Authority Transit Corporation) (Philadelphia, PA) 1970 First dial-a-ride demand response transit agency (Fort Walton Beach, FL) 1970 Ten-year re-authorization enacted 1971 First federally subsidized intercity passenger railroad (AMTRAK) (Washington, DC) 1972 First computer-controlled heavy rail transit agency (Bay Area Rapid Transit District) (San Francisco, CA) 1972 Project FARE (Financial Accounting and Reporting Elements) 1973 First "billion dollar year" for federal mass transit assistance program 1973 Interstate Transfer enacted as part of a re-authorization of the federal highway program 1973 Some public transportation service required to be accessible to disabled (Rehabilitation Act of 1973) (Washington, DC) 1973 Boston, MA; Dayton, OH; Philadelphia, PA; San Francisco, CA; and Seattle, WA -- Last surviving trolleybus systems 1974 Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) Act amended to add § 15 requirements, or Uniform System of Accounts (USOA) and Reporting System 1974 Last street railway systems - Boston, MA; Cleveland, OH; Newark, NJ; New Orleans, LA; Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; and San Francisco, CA 1975 First automated guideway transit agency (West Virginia University) (Morgantown, WV) 1976 First "two billion dollar year" for transit assistance program 1976 First link in Washington Metrorail system opens for service (Washington, DC) 1977 First wheelchair-lift-equipped fixed-route bus (San Diego, CA) 1978 ST Act requires all � 5307 recipients to file a § 15 (NTD) report 1978 First "three billion dollar year" for transit assistance program 1979 First standardized public transportation data accounting system (§ 15) (Washington, DC) 1980 First completely new light rail transit agency in decades (San Diego Trolley) (San Diego, CA) 1981 First § 15 (NTD) report published, based on 1979 data; Program administered in TRI; FTA (UMTA) analysts prepare § 15 reports internally 1981 First "four billion dollar year" for transit assistance program 1982 STA Act, NTD data used in formula to apportion funds 1983 Extensive structural change to simplify reporting 1983 Public transportation trust fund for capital projects created thru dedication of one cent of federal gas tax (Washington, DC) 1987 Federal transit assistance program re-authorized 1989 First completely new commuter rail transit agency in decades (Tri-County Commuter Rail Authority) (Miami, FL) 1989 - 1991 § 15 restructuring and simplification; TRB/FTA Advisory Committee, data reporting requirements are reduced 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) signed into law - July 26 1991 Public transportation buses subject to strict pollution controls (Clean Air Act of 1990) (Washington, DC) 1991 First general authorization of use of highway funds for public transportation under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) (Washington, DC) 1992 Federal transit and highway program jointly re-authorized and given its own "penny" from a five-cent increase in the Federal motor fuel tax; initial use of highway trust fund money for mass transit 1993 Final Rule on Restructuring; Diskette reporting replaces paper forms 1993 Major streamlining of program under aegis of "reinventing government," more multiyear grants 1998 awarded to build new rail transit systems than during any comparable period in the history of the Federal transit assistance program 1994 Publication of revised Uniform System of Accounts (USOA) 1995 Security reporting added for systems in UZAs > 200K; § 15 renamed National Transit Database (NTD) 1995 1.5 cents dedicated portion of federal fuel tax increased to 2 cents (Washington, DC) 1998 Major expansion and restructuring of federal public transportation program under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Washington, DC) 1998 National Economic Crossroads Transportation Efficiency Act (NEXTEA) 1999 - 2000 Congress inserts language to enhance NTD Safety and Security reporting 2000 Delivered report to Congress on redesign of NTD 2002Initiated monthly Safety, Security and Ridership data reporting under redesigned NTD 2002 Launched new Annual NTD software with pre-submission validation routines 2005Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) authorizes funds for all of the surface transportation programs of the Department of Transportation (FYs 2005 through 2009) 2006
Launched new Rural NTD Module 2007
Revised new Rural NTD Module based on SAFETEA-LU requirements and feedback from first year of reporting 2008
Revised Safety & Security Module to reduce reporting burden and introduce an interactive approach to reporting Back to top
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