National Transit Database: Reporting Changes for Report Years 2025 and 2026

In July, FTA initiated improvements to the National Transit Database (NTD) to ensure that NTD reporting collects accurate and comprehensive data that benefits the transit industry, passengers, and communities. The changes follow a process of collecting input and issuing a final notice. Some of these improvements include:

• Creating Efficiencies and Reducing Burden: FTA is consolidating station and facility reporting into one area of the NTD, ensuring consistent transit station counts are utilized in FTA performance measures.
• Mitigating Safety Risk: FTA is clarifying guidance on reporting cybersecurity events to better monitor and mitigate risks for transit agencies.
• Innovation in Trip Planning Technology: FTA is adopting the collection of shapefile information with General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) submissions. This will improve the input of route information and trip planning.
• Ensuring State of Good Repair: FTA is aligning NTD data collection with its Transit Economic Requirements Model (TERM) by asking agencies to submit a count of the following assets: turntables (track); fan plants (power and signals); and pump rooms (power and signals). These improvements support the consistency of data used in USDOT’s Conditions and Performance Report to Congress.

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