FTA has launched the Transit Moves America dashboard, giving riders across the United States access to agency-level safety, security, accessibility and efficiency data drawn from federal records.

Washington Metro train standing at Tenleytown–AU station in Washington, D.C.
Washington Metro train at Tenleytown–AU station. Illustrative image; it does not depict the Transit Moves America dashboard launch. Photo: Tony Webster / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

FTA introduced the tool on July 23, 2026. The Transit Moves America portal⁠ turns information already submitted through the National Transit Database into a public-facing comparison resource instead of leaving users to work through separate datasets.

Dashboard separates bus and rail performance

The dashboard displays national safety and security averages beside agency-level figures. FTA says it also separates bus and train metrics, allowing users to compare systems within the same operating mode rather than mixing fundamentally different services.

Safety and security data will be refreshed monthly, while accessibility and efficiency measures will be updated annually. For the 25 largest U.S. urban areas, users can also review operating cost per passenger trip.

Acting Deputy Administrator Matthew Cahill said:

“The Transit Moves America tool will help stakeholders see which transit agencies are enhancing safety and the customer experience and which ones are failing to deliver tangible improvements for their customers.”

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Existing federal records power the new interface

The National Transit Database⁠ is the federal repository for financial, operating and asset-condition information from U.S. transit systems. It also contains safety events, service measures, vehicle and facility inventories, and workforce data.

FTA uses NTD records to support public statistics, planning and funding apportionment. The new interface therefore adds a simpler comparison layer to an established reporting framework rather than creating a separate agency survey.

FTA continues work on broader service-quality metrics

The launch follows a federal Request for Information⁠ issued on June 4, 2026. FTA is seeking public and industry comments through August 3 on five areas: safety and security, cleanliness, universal accessibility, real-time service data availability and system reliability.

The notice identifies possible measures including fatality and injury rates, the percentage of rail stations that are ADA-accessible, and mean distance between mechanical failures. These measures remain part of the consultation; the dashboard launch does not mean every proposed metric has been adopted.

FTA says the portal will keep changing as new NTD information becomes available. Its immediate change is access: national averages and agency figures now appear in one public interface, while the broader service-quality framework remains under consultation.

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