2013 State Programs Meeting

National Transit Database Topics

Rural NTD Reporting &

Findings

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Outline• NTD data on rural transit• Growth in demand for transit service• 2010 Census and rural/small city

transit• MAP-21 changes affecting state

programs• NTD rewrite• Accessing NTD data

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Section 5335 RequirementsEach transit operator that benefits from 5307 or 5311 grants must submit an annual report containing information on capital investment, operations, and service provided with the funds received, including:

– Total annual revenue– Sources of revenue– Total annual operating costs– Total annual capital costs– Fleet size and type, and related facilities– Revenue vehicle miles– Ridership

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“Cutaway” small bus

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FY 2011 Rural Data138 rural transit providers

– 50 States & 4 US Territories• 1647 subrecipients (including 75

Indian tribes)– 84 Tribes (Tribal Transit Program)

222 urban providers of rural service

– 143 providers receiving both 5307 and 5311 funds

– 79 Intercity Bus providers4

Most RuralTransit Providers

Kansas 87

Georgia 85California 84North Carolina 80

Michigan 71New York 65Nebraska 61Minnesota 57Wisconsin 56Indiana & Texas 46

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Rural Subrecipients

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Tribal Program

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Urban Reporters with Rural Service

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Counties Served by 5311 Reporters

• 76% (3,194) of US counties have transit service

States with 50% or less Served

Counties Served Percent

Utah 6 of 29 21%

Delaware 1 of 3 33%

Rhode Island 2 of 5 40%

Ohio 36 of 88 41%

Pennsylvania 29 of 67 43%

West Virginia 25 of 55 45%

Louisiana 32 of 64 50%

States with 100% ServedCounties

Connecticut 8

Maine 16

Vermont 14

Tennessee 95

Iowa 99

North Dakota 53

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Rural Transit Modes Reported

DR61.0%

MB25.3%

IB4.3%

DT4.2%

CB3.2%

VP1.0%

OT0.8%

FB0.2%

DR – Demand Response, 61%

MB – Motor Bus, 25.3%

IB – Intercity Bus, 4.3%

DT – Demand Taxi, 4.2%

CB – Commuter Bus, 3.2%

VP – Vanpool, 1.0%

OT – Other, 0.8%

FB – Ferryboat, 0.2%

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Rural Transit Vehicles

• 816 demand response only systems

• 197 bus only systems

• 217 systems with both

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Financial Overview, 2011• $1.3 billion in operating expenses

– With 34.5% from Federal funding• $276 million in capital expenses

– With 85.4% from Federal funding• $1.5 billion total expenses

– With 43.4% from Federal funding– Compared to around 20% for urban

systems

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5311 Funds Reported

12The SAFETEA-LU Years

11% avg. annual growth

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2011 Operating Funding Sources

FTA31.8%

Contract Revenues17.6%

Fares7.1%

State17.3%

Local23.0%

Other Federal2.7%

Other0.4%

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2011 Capital Funding Sources

FTA85.3%

Local7.3%

State7.1%

Other0.2%

Other Federal0.1%

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2011 FTA Operating Funding

531185.6%

5311 (c) 3.5% 5316

3.3%

ARRA2.9%

53102.3%

53171.2%

53090.7%

Other FTA0.5%

53200.0%

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2011 FTA Capital Funding

ARRA59.7%

531120.2%

530915.1%

53103.1%

53160.5%

53170.5%

Other FTA0.4%

5311 (c) 0.4%

53200.1%

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Vehicle Types

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Cutaway47.2%

Van18.8%

Bus15.6%

Minivan15.1%

Automobiles1.8%

Sports utility ve-hicle0.8%

Over-the-road bus0.4%

School Bus0.3%

Ferryboat0.0%Other

0.0%

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Vehicles by Year Built19

6319

7919

8119

8419

8619

8819

9019

9219

9419

9619

9820

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0220

0420

0620

0820

1020

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1000

1500

2000

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4000• 1963 oldest vehicle (a

ferryboat)• 1967 oldest bus• 1984 oldest automobile• 36% built after 2008• 89% built after 2001

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Fleet Size

• 23,132 vehicles• 296 (22%) with just one or two

vehicles• Largest has 435 vehicles• 2,274 Personal vehicles• 700 maintenance facilities

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ADA Accessibility• 5 States reported 100% ADA• 59.6% States reported 80% or

more ADA compliance• 93.9% of buses and cutaways were ADA

compliant– 65.1% of vans and minivans were ADA

compliant– 37.5% of non-ADA vehicles were vans,

minivans, or autos

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Rural Service• 143.0 million Unlinked Passenger Trips

(UPT)– 1.4% of the National total– 2.7% of the National Non-Rail Total

• 571.2 million Vehicle Revenue Miles (VRM)– 14.6% of the National Total– 20.0% of the National Non-Rail Total

• 31.5 million Vehicle Revenue Hours (VRH)

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Ridership – Top States

* In millions

State UPT*Colorado 10.0

North Carolina 8.4Washington 7.8California 7.3Maryland 6.2Michigan 5.7Iowa 5.3Pennsylvania 4.7New York 4.5Minnesota 4.4

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Ridership – Top 10 (By Subrecipient)

Subrecipient State UPTRoaring Fork Transportation Authority CO 3.3

Ocean City, MD MD 3.1County of Maui - Dept. of Transportation HI 2.3Park City Municipal Corporation UT 1.8Summit County Board of Community Commissioners CO 1.7City of Macomb IL 1.7OATS, Inc. MO 1.6Pullman Transit WA 1.4City of Clemson/Clemson Area Transit SC 1.4County of Hawaii Mass Transit Agency HI 1.3

* In millions

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Safety• 10 reported fatalities• 261 reported injuries

– Requiring immediate medical attention away from scene

• 283 reported incidents– Event with 1 or more of the

following• Injury• Fatality • $25,000 or more of property

damage

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Safety

2007 2008 2009 2010 20110

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400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

894

1202

483

340283

10 21 9 6 10

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307372 410

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IncidientsFatilitiesInjuries

2007 2008 2009 2010 201105

10152025

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96

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Fatalities

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Fatalities by Mode (Urban)

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Rural vs. Urban Cost Effectiveness

• Bus Operating $ per Vehicle Revenue Mile– Urban = $18.5B / 1.85B mi =

$10.00/mile– Rural = $161M / 56.0M mi =

$2.87/mile(using data on197 bus-only rural reporters)

• Demand Response $ per ride (UPT)– Urban = $3.17B / 96.9M rides =

$32.71/ride– Rural = $545M / 42.9M rides =

$12.70/ride(using data on 816 DR-only rural reporters)

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Rural Bus Operating Costs

Average is $2.87

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Rural DR Operating Costs

Average is $12.70

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Growth in rural transit• 3.5% annual

growth (Rural only)

• Data on rural service provided by urban reporters started in 2010

• Data on rural service started in 2007

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Growth in Demand for Transit Service

(1.3%) (2.1%)

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Factors Affecting Urban Ridership

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Michigan Light-duty VMT Study

http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/98982/102950.pdf

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2010 Census Changes• 36 new urbanized areas >50K

population• 27 new urbanized areas >200K

population• Urban (5307) vs. Rural (5311) formula

– Urban $/pop (200K to 1M pop) = $1.27/person– Rural $/pop = $1.91/person– Urban $/revenue mile = $0.26/VRM– Rural $/revenue mile = $0.02/VRM

(Rural also gets $ for land area and low income)

• From: http://www.fta.dot.gov/grants/15032_15393.html

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MAP-21 changes• Tribal grants

– Formula grants, w/ small discretionary component– VRM and low-income population

• Asset management requirements– Apply to rural as well as urban– Need plans & asset inventories

• Safety oversight – Not just for rail systems

• BRT & Fixed guideway funds – Rural not eligible (must be >200,000 population)

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NTD Rewrite• Same data• Revised interface• Improved validation• Better documentation• New ideas for state oversight

– Integrated with State Safety Oversight data collection

– Upload data from spreadsheets– Option for subrecipients to report directly?

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www.ntdprogram.gov

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Rural Data

In 2011 Moscow, Idaho, reported 3920 trips and 27,581 revenue miles, average speed was 47 mph

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Time Series Data

• Urban data• Data back to 1991• By agency and mode

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Monthly Data from Jan 2002

Katrina 7/29/2005

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Annual Data Tables

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Does it cost more for larger fleets to provide an hour of bus service?

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Other Stuff on NTD Data Page

• Annual National Transit Summary and Trends

• Safety & Security data• Agency Profiles

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FTA.dot.gov Apportionment Data

• FY 2013 Apportionment tables:http://www.fta.dot.gov/grants/15105.html

• Funding by state:http://www.fta.dot.gov/12853_88.html

• NTD & Census data used in apportionment formulas:http://www.fta.dot.gov/12853_13935.html

• NTD data used for the 5311(Rural) formulahttp://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/Copy_of_Section_5311_NTD_Data_for_the_Full_Year_Apportionment.xlsx

Note: CR= Continuing Resolution (part-year funding)