b'FOGHORN FOCUS USDOT Seeks Input to Newest National Censusof Ferry OperatorsSTAFF // U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION T hebiennialNationalCensusofFerryOperators(NCFO)email ferry@dot.gov for your log-in information. The census will be returns this year, after a one-year hiatus from collections dueonline again this year and the log-in process will be the same as it was to the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2022 for 2021 data.in 2020. Had the data collection occurred in 2022 (as had been originally scheduled), the results would have been skewed because many ferryThe 2022 NCFO will collect information from ferry operators on operators 2021 ridership numbers were still seriously depressed frombasic operational characteristics, their vessels, terminals, and routes. the lingering effects of the pandemic.BTS uses the information to profile the nations ferry transportation in Ferry Facts and Figures on the BTS website, bts.gov/NCFO. Most Later this spring, the 2022 NCFO will start accepting data from allimportantly, USDOTs Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) ferry operators in the United States, as well as any operators who haveuses the NCFO responses as part of their eligibility determination routes to and from the U.S. Operators who follow a fixed route on afor the Ferry Boat Program, which provides federal funding to eligi-schedule are included in the NCFO. New this year, the NCFO willble ferry operators. Interested entities must complete the NCFO to be named for the year that the data is collected about versus the yearbe considered by FHWA for funding. For more information on the in which the survey takes place.Ferry Boat Program, please visit the FHWA site. Early in May, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)sFor more information on the NCFO or for technical support, please Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) will send email commu- email ferry@dot.gov or call 1-800-853-1351. You may also contact nications requesting participation. If you do not receive this, pleaseClara Reschovsky at clara.reschovsky@dot.gov or at 202-494-7668.About the Author PHOTO: MADELINE ISLAND FERRYCLARA RESCHOVSKY, NATIONAL CENSUS OF FERRY OPERATORSPROGRAM MANAGER, BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICSClara Reschovsky is the NCFO Program Manager at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. She has over twenty years of experience collecting survey data, focusing on peoples travel behavior patterns.FOGHORN 20'