When and how do local providers of demand-response transit service report to the National Transit Database (NTD)?
A. Rural transportation providers in communities of under 50,000 do not have to report to the NTD no matter what type of service is provided, whether fixed route or demand response. A new NTD is being developed and some DOTs want to be part of this new system. Working with FTA, these DOTs helped design data forms and a reporting manual for rural transit data. Seventeen states have volunteered to test the new system by providing data for the 2002 Report Year. The NTD will be a national repository for their data and will provide links back to their own websites. The addition of rural data to the NTD will provide the full complement of transit data–both urban and rural–for FTA decision-makers, as well as APTA, Congress, consultants and researchers. Q. If a rural community is constructing a transit passenger facility, where can it find the necessary information on satisfying National Environmental Policy Act, historic preservation, and related requirements? A. Most projects involving the
