APTA sponsors and supports a number of research efforts to address areas critical to current policy discussions.  A number of these efforts are intended to inform legislative activities.  A number of topics are included within this section.

• Acts of Nature and Public Transportation -- November 2012
  This white paper reviews the ways in which acts of nature – particularly extreme weather events – can impact transit’s $77 billion investment backlog, identifies strategies transit agencies can pursue to reduce weather-related risks, and discusses resources and opportunities for the transit community.
• Aging Americans: Stranded Without Options -- April 2004
• Enhancing Mobility Options of Older Americans -- A Five-Year National Action Agenda -- 2004
• Evaluating Public Transportation Health Benefits - June 2010
• Good Urban Transit: A Conservative Model (by Weyrich and Lind) -- February 2009
• How Transit Agencies are Addressing the Impact of Fuel Price and Ridership Increases -- September, 2008
• Mobility Management -- A New Role for Public Transportation -- May 2008
• Mobility Services for All Americans -- (MSAA) Initiative Stakeholder Outreach Plan -- Version 1.0 -- September 2008
• APTA Guides to Authorization Law
• MAP-21: A Guide to Transit-Related Provisions -- November 2012
• SAFETEA-LU: An APTA Guide to Transit-Related Provisions -- September 2008