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.

• Aging Americans: Stranded Without Options -- April 2004
• Enhancing Mobility Options of Older Americans -- A Five-Year National Action Agenda -- 2004
• 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
• SAFETEA-LU: An APTA Guide to Transit-Related Provisions -- September 2008