National Transit Database

This is an information request renewal (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for IC# 2132-0008, “National Transit Database” information collection request (ICR), which is currently due to expire on January 31, 2023, and extend it for three years. This request is for a revision of a currently approved collection due to statutory requirements to increase the scope of data collected by the NTD. The change in this collection reflects an increase in total burden hours from 327,524 in the previous approved information collection to an annual total burden hours of 456,179. This increase is largely due to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117-58, the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law”). At the same time, FTA made a number of enhancements that reduced the burden hours on NTD reporters, such as offering reporting waivers for agencies affected by COVID-19. The response to the collection is required to obtain or retain a benefit, as statute requires that 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) submit data to the NTD on an annual basis. The entities responding to this information collection are Rural, Urban, and Small/Tribal Transit Systems throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Each respondent submits an annual report to FTA staff and contractors that includes an overview of the transit agency, asset inventory, safety event reporting, asset condition reporting, transit asset management program target reporting, etc.

The latest form for National Transit Database expires 2026-08-31 and is listed under ICR 202301-2132-001.