APTA recently released its 2011 Public Transportation Vehicle Database report. This comprehensive, annual report examines revenue vehicles by such fleet characteristics as date of manufacture, manufacturer, model, length, and equipment, representing almost 250 U.S. transit agencies and 15 agencies in Canada.

The report—available in Adobe PDF, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Excel formats—includes summary tables that group vehicles by mode and list by manufacturer, size, year built, and equipment, as well as a special section on the new vehicle market with orders, planned orders, prior year deliveries, and vehicle costs.

Three more updated APTA reports will be published later this year: the 2011 Public Transportation Fare Database, 2011 Public Transportation Infrastructure Database, and 2011 Public Transportation Wage Rate Report. In the meantime, earlier versions of these reports are still available.

Publications are available through the statistics page of the APTA web site. More information on APTA statistical publications is available from Christie Dawson.