Form RITA-NCFO-0004 2013 National Census Ferry Operators Questionnaire

2 013 National Census
of Ferry Operators

WHO IS INCLUDED IN THE 2010 CENSUS OF FERRY OPERATORS

The geographic scope of the 2013 national census of ferry operations includes the U.S. and its possessions (i.e., the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the remaining territories, commonwealths and other political units of the U. S.). This includes political units that are an unincorporated territory of the U.S., maintain a Compact of Free Association with the U.S., or are a commonwealth associated with or in political union with the U.S. This currently includes the Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, American Samoa, and the United States Minor Outlying Islands including Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island. In addition to ferry operators providing domestic service within the U.S. and its possessions, operators providing services from locations in the U.S. and its possessions to and from a foreign country are also to be included.

WHO SHOULD COMPLETE THIS CENSUS QUESTIONNAIRE

The specific types of ferry operations to be included within the scope of this census are those providing itinerant, fixed route, common carrier passenger and/or vehicle roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) ferry service as well as railroad car float operations. More specifically, the following types of operations should complete the census questionnaire:

• Ferry or water taxi operations that have fixed routes between two or more different ports of call.

• Ferry or water taxi operations that provide service on a fixed schedule or on demand within a fixed window of time.

• Common Carriers (e.g. for-hire carriers) who serve the general public at reasonable rates and without discrimination.

• Railroad car float operations that utilize a tug and barge combination having two to three parallel tracks, onto which rail cars are rolled for transit across a body of water.

WHO SHOULD NOT COMPLETE THIS CENSUS QUESTIONNAIRE

The following types of operations will not be included in the National Census of Ferry Operators:

• Non-itinerant ferry operations (e.g., “cruise-to-nowhere” services).

• Excursion services (e.g., whale watches, casino boats, day/dinner cruises, etc.).

• Passenger only water taxi services not operating on a fixed route.

• LoLo (Lift-on/Lift-off) freight/auto carrier services.

• Long distance passenger only cruise ship services.

If you are not sure whether your operation should not be included in the census, please contact the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, at 1-800-853-1351 or email [email protected].

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics is conducting a nationwide survey of ferry boat operators for the US Department of Transportation. The information we collect from this survey will only be used for statistical purposes and federal funding administered by the Federal Highway administration. This census is authorized by law (Public Law 112-141, section 1121(b)). Your company’s participation in this census is strictly voluntary. By law (5 United States Code 552(b)(4)), any confidential business information we may collect will be kept confidential. While this data may be shared with the Federal Highway Administration to determine funding allocations, it will not be made public or shared outside of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Under federal law (18 United States Code 1905), employees and contractors working on this census are subject to penalties if they make public ANY information that could reveal confidential business information. At the end of this census questionnaire, we ask that you identify any information that you consider confidential business information. Please note that information which your business releases to the public on a routine basis or is in the public domain, generally, does not qualify as confidential business information. The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 states that no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OMB control number for this survey is XXXX-XXXX. If you have questions or comments about this survey, please call 1-800-853-1351 or email [email protected] .

IMPORTANT: CHANGES TO THE CENSUS QUESTIONNAIRE
The information provided here will be used by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for funding allocation purposes as outlined by the funding formulas listed in MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141, section 1121(b)). A failure to provide complete and accurate information may result in a loss of eligible federal funds. Please check any pre-filled data carefully to ensure it accurately reflects your operation during the 2012 calendar year. If any of the pre-filled data is incorrect, please cross it out and use blank lines to add new information. Please add notes and/or additional sheets as needed to clarify any changes. Preprinted brochures, schedules, etc., may not be substituted for responses to the items on this census form. Where data fields are blank, please add information as appropriate to reflect your ferry operation in calendar year 2012. You may attach additional sheets where necessary to include additional information.
Please ensure that the information below is complete and correct. If the information on a line is correct, simply check the box and move to the next line. If not, please use the space at right to add or correct the information.
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	Company Name:
	Address 1:
	Address 2:
	City, State, ZIP:
	Company Web Site:
	Contact Person #1:
	Telephone #1:
	Fax #1:
	E-mail Address #1:

(Continued) Please ensure that the information below is complete and correct. If the information on a line is correct, simply check the box and move to the next line. If not, please use the space at right to add or correct the information.

Information

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Additions / Corrections

Contact Person #2:

Telephone #2:

Fax #2:

E-mail Address #2:

Are you completing this census on behalf of a federal, state or local government agency?

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Please indicate the percentage of your operation’s annual revenues for calendar year 2012 that came from each of the following sources? (Allocations must add up to 100%).

Individually purchased tickets or fares (including fare cards)

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Payments from private contracts (charters, concessions, etc)

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Payments from advertising contracts

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Payments from contracts with public agencies

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Public Funding (grants, etc.): Federal

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Public funding (grants, etc.): State

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Please list each vessel in your fleet during calendar year 2012 (include unpowered barges and powered tugs used for ferry service). For each vessel, please include the vessel number, whether or not it was in service, cargo type, and passenger (not including crew), and vehicle carrying capacity. Vehicle capacity is the number of cars that each vessel can carry, assuming all cars are 20 feet long.

Vessel Name

USCG Vessel Number

Vessel in service in 2012

Vessel Cargo Type (Please check all that apply)

Vessel Capacity

Passengers

Vehicles

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Passengers

Vehicles

Freight

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Passengers

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Freight

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Freight

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Freight

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For each vessel in your fleet during calendar year 2012, please indicate whether the vessel was publicly or privately owned and/or operated. For vessels that are both publicly and privately owned, please mark both boxes. If publicly owned or operated (in whole or in part), please list the name of the public owner and/or operator.

Vessel Name

Ownership

Operation

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For each vessel in your fleet during calendar year 2012, please list the fuel type and the typical fuel mileage (mpg). If you had any ferry vessels in calendar year 2012 that are not listed, please enter the information for those ferry vessels in the blank lines below. Please attach additional sheets, if needed.

Vessel Name

Fuel Type (please mark only one – CNG = Compressed Natural Gas)

Fuel Mileage

Diesel

Gas

CNG

Electric

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Gas

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Electric

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For each vessel in your fleet during calendar year 2012, place an X in the box below if it is ADA accessible. Please also indicate the expected lifespan (in hours) since last rebuilt, the number of hours the vessel has been run since last rebuilt, the number of nautical miles the vessel traveled in 2012, and the typical operating speed of the vessel.

Vessel Name

ADA Accessible *

Lifespan

Hours

2012 Miles

Typical Operating Speed

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* Please state whether or not the vessel complies with 49 CFR 39 – transportation for individuals with disabilities: passenger vessels. The rule may be found online here: https://www.civilrights.dot.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/July2010final_Accessible.pdf .

Please list each ferry terminal served by your operation in calendar year 2012. Include the name and location (city and state or province) of each ferry terminal served and place a mark in the box below each mode of access that is within one block walking distance of the terminal (i.e., within 100 yards, or about the length of football field).

Terminal

Location

Parking

Local Bus

Intercity Bus

Local Rail

Intercity Rail

Name

City

State/Province

For each Terminal served by your fleet during calendar year 2012, please indicate whether the terminal was publicly or privately owned and/or operated. For terminals that are both publicly and privately owned, please mark both boxes. If publicly owned or operated (in whole or in part), please list the name of the public owner and/or operator.

Terminal Name

Ownership

Operation

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Please list the individual route segments served by your ferry operation in the calendar year 2012. Individual route segments are defined by the direct distance between two ferry terminals without stops. A given ferry route may be made up of multiple segments. Please list each segment separately, including the name of the departure and arrival terminals, the segment length, the time to travel the segment and the start and end dates during which the individual route segment was served.

Departure Terminal

Arrival Terminal

Segment Length

Travel Time

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For each route segment, please indicate whether the fares are regulated (set) by a public agency. If the fares are regulated, please include the name of the agency.

Departure Terminal

Arrival Terminal

Fares Regulated

Regulating Agency

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For each individual route segment, please list the name of the vessel(s) most often used to serve the segment. For segments where multiple vessels are used, please list them in order of frequency (i.e., most frequently used vessel first).

Departure Terminal

Arrival Terminal

Vessel Most Often Used

Vessel 1

Vessel 2

Vessel 3

Please list the name of the departure and arrival terminals for each individual route segment served by your operation during calendar year 2012, followed by the average number of trips per day for that segment in the boxes below.

Departure Terminal

Arrival Terminal

Average Number of Trips Per Day 2012

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Please indicate the yearly total and average daily number of UNIQUE passenger and vehicle boardings for each individual route segment served during the calendar year 2012. Do not include carry over passengers when computing unique boardings (i.e., those already on board from a previous segment), or crew members. Please be sure to list the occupants of vehicles in your passenger counts. Failure to list vehicle occupants will result in underreporting passenger counts.

Departure Terminal

Arrival Terminal

Total Boardings 2012

Average Daily Boardings 2012

Passengers

Vehicles

Passengers

Vehicles

	Please list the source of any public funding received in calendar year 2012. Indicate the type of agency from which the funding was received (federal, state or local), the name of the agency and the funding program.
Agency Type												Agency Name		Program Name
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	Please indicate whether either of the following census items required you to provide business-sensitive information? If an item is marked as being business sensitive, please give a brief description as to the nature of the sensitivity. (Please note: Information that you release to the public on a routine basis generally does not qualify as business-sensitive information).
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Thank you for completing the 2013 NCFO questionnaire!