TREDTransit - Analyze the economic contribution of your transit system

 What is TREDTransit?

Developed in conjunction with the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), the TREDTransitTM Calculator simply and easily assesses the economic impacts of your transit agency's capital and operation budgets.

TREDTransit is designed using simple data entry of your agency's annual budget information that is compatible with what agencies report annually to the National Transit Database (NTD). It provides both tabular and graphic results are provided to show impacts of your agency’s operations and capital expenditures on the larger area economy.

TREDTransit Reports

 TREDTransit Uses

• Public communications -- show the jobs, wages, sales and value-added that is directly supported by agency operations and capital expenditures
• Education – explain the wider multiplier effects of agency activities that ripple through the regional economy
• Insight – profile the diverse occupational mix of jobs supported by your agency operations

How to Get TREDTransit

Are you an APTA member? APTA members may use the tool at no additional cost by registering (click here).  Also available to APTA members is a free guidebook on how to communicate economic impacts to a wider audience.  The guide is available by clicking here. 

The TREDTransit Calculator is now available to non-APTA members such private operators, consultants, or other government agencies as an annual subscription service.  Contact us for more information: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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