The following actions are recommended and need to be taken immediately before the full House of Representatives vote on the surface transportation legislation

• Write a letter to your Congress members as well as House of Representatives leadership. Hand-deliver the letter to your Congress members’ local offices; Call their office in Washington.
• Letter Template - Transit Agency (doc)
• Letter Template - Business Member (doc)
• Set up a meeting with your elected officials when they are in recess the week of February 20.
• Ask your mayor, county officials, state legislators to write a letter.
• Have your Board of Directors pass a resolution. Ask your Board members to contact Congress members, where appropriate.
• Create a one-page fact sheet on the impacts of this bill on your community, system or business and send to your local stakeholders and activists.
• Ask your coalition members to contact the Congress members by letters, emails and personal calls. Post on social media.
• Distribute a press release.
• Press Release Template - Transit Agency (doc)
• Press Release Template - Business Member (doc)
• Hold a press conference with local elected officials/ those impacted by the bill.
• Setup a meeting with your local newspaper's editorial board.
• Post information to your organization’s Facebook and to Twitter and other social media. Contact bloggers and comment on blogs. Do this every day. 
• APTA's Public Transportation Facebook Page
• APTA's Public Transportation Twitter Account
• Ask your rider groups to write a letter or issue a press release or post to social media.
• Invite local opinion leaders to submit op-ed pieces which explain in common terms the managerial benefits and the practical necessity of funding through stable, dedicated, long-term funding sources such as the Mass Transit Account. APTA can connect you with national experts who can help provide custom op-eds.
• Run APTA's print ad in local publications.
• Download the Print Ad (pdf)
• Individual employees: Send a letter or email from APTA’s Take Action site and also post to Facebook, Twitter and other social media.
• Send a Message to Your U.S. House Representative
• Place an Op-Ed
• Op-Ed Template (docx)

Shawna Russell and Dick Ruddell of the Fort Worth Transportation Authority work the Congressional Call Center at the Southwest Transit Association meeting urging attendees to call Congress members and express support for the Nadler-Tourette amendment that would restore dedicated funding for public transit in the House surface transportation bill.