Member FAQs
APTA MEMBER FAQS
Get the answers you need to navigate your benefits with ease. From managing your account access and membership benefits to exploring upcoming events and industry standards, this guide is designed to help you tap into the full value of the APTA community.
Can’t find what you’re looking for? Our team is here to help at membership@apta.com.
How do I . . .
Go to the profile page to review and update your information.
Edit your Profile information including:
- Your Nickname
- Title
- Phone
- Fax
and
- Change your address to a different office/location in the same organization if that address already exists in APTA’s database.
- Provide your business email address to link to your employer and obtain access to member benefits.
- Only use your own unique email address
- Moved to a different job or organization? Contact APTA membership staff to change your profile (membership@apta.com).
- Contact membership staff (membership@apta.com) to change your organizational information, add another branch location, or change the designated contact for your organization
- Contact membership staff if multiple individuals must be added to the database or if your organization’s location and primary contact have to be changed (membership@apta.com)
- Visit Member Directories page
- Only member organizations & their staff are included in the directory
- Attend APTA conferences to display your products/services – visit the Events link for information on Product Showcases at major conferences
- EXPO occurs every three years. Visit the APTA EXPO site to learn more.
- View classified and display ads in the print and online versions of Passenger Transport
- The International Programs & Partners page provides information about the global public transportation marketplace and business opportunities outside the U.S.
- Meet potential customers – exhibit at APTA conferences
- Business member corporate descriptions are listed in the online Membership Organization Directory
- Visit the Committees & Subcommittees to learn about existing committees.
- Contact the committee staff member assigned as the “staff advisor.” Advisors are the liaisons between APTA and the respective committees.
- Complete the Committee Interest form to be assigned to the selected committee.
- Respond to APTA’s “Call for Papers” or “Call for Presentations” emailed to members that requests your proposed topic submissions.
- Visit the specific Present at a Conference page for additional information on topic areas and deadlines.
- Visit the Awards page for a complete list of APTA’s awards programs.
- Visit the professional development page
- Learn about Leadership APTA
- Visit the Emerging Leaders page
- CEUs are available for select sessions at APTA conferences. Visit the conference web pages for more information.
- Access the most up-to-date news of the public transit industry on the Passenger Transport website.
- Learn about advertising opportunities
- Visit the Advocacy, Legislation and Policy link to learn more.
- Read APTA Legislative Updates & Alerts
- Learn about Federal Regulations, Rulemaking and Notices
- Visit the Research Reports page
- Visit the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) page for free access to reports and other research products.
- Visit the Safety and Security page
- Learn about Peer Review opportunities
- Visit the Security & Emergency Management Standards
- Visit the Standards link to learn about all the collaborative work being done to develop consensus-based industry standards