Guidebook for Using Automatic Passenger Counter Data for National Transit Database (NTD) Reporting, Final Report

摘要

The report provides guidance for transit agencies to use data from their automatic passenger counters (APCs) for reporting to the National transit Database (NTD). It first reviews both the traditional data requirements on the data items to be reported and the statistical criteria that the reported data must satisfy and the new APC requirements if APCs are used to obtain the data items. More importantly, the document provides guidance on the following three areas: (1) Options for Meeting NTD Requirements; (2) Meeting the Data Requirements; and (3) Meeting the APC Requirements.