APTA Awards
APTA AWARDS
Called the “best of the best” of the public transportation industry, the APTA Award winners are outstanding role models of excellence, leadership, and innovation whose accomplishments have greatly advanced public transportation.
Nominations will open in Spring 2026
An Annual Awards Program Recognizing Excellence in the Public Transportation Industry
All nominees must be APTA members in good standing.
Each submission must be fully complete, must include facts and statistics in telling the story of your nominee’s achievements, and all nominations must include how the nominee demonstrates APTA core values of Leadership, Integrity, Excellence, Fairness, Teamwork, Professionalism and Accountability.
If you are submitting in more than one category, separate applications must be submitted.
Please view the following categories for more information on criteria.
- Outstanding Public Transportation CEO
- Outstanding Public Transportation Board Member
- Outstanding Public Transportation Business Member
- Distinguished Service Awards
- Special honor reserved for individuals who have long and distinguished careers in the industry
- APTA public transportation system members
Categories:
- Providing 3 million or fewer annual passenger trips
- Providing more than 3 million but fewer than 15 million annual passenger trips
- Providing more than 15 million but fewer than 50 million annual passenger trips
- Providing 50 million or more annual passenger trips
- Honors a public transportation project or program where a transit agency, a prime contractor and a certified small business worked in true partnership to deliver exceptional results
Previous APTA Award Winners
2025 APTA Awards
APTA Awards
2025
2024 APTA Awards
APTA Awards
2024
2023 APTA Awards
APTA Awards
2023
2022 APTA Awards
APTA Awards
2022
2021 APTA Awards
APTA Awards
2021
2020 APTA Awards
APTA Awards
2020
2019 APTA Awards
APTA Awards
2019
2018 APTA Awards
APTA Awards
2018
2017 APTA Awards
APTA Awards
2017
2016 APTA Awards
APTA Awards
2016
2005 – 2015 APTA Awards
APTA Awards
2005-2015