American Rescue Plan Act Provides Critical and Vital Boost to Public Transportation Industry
Signed into law today, the Act provides $30.5 billion of emergency public transit funding
WASHINGTON (March 11, 2021) – Today, President Biden signed into [...]
APTA Praises Senate Passage of American Rescue Plan Act
Statement from APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas
WASHINGTON (March 6, 2021) – “The American Public Transportation Association [...]
APTA Strongly Supports $30.5 Billion of Emergency Public Transit Funding in American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Statement from APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas
WASHINGTON (February 25, 2021) – “The American Public Transportation Association [...]
Public Transit: Connecting the Nation to COVID-19 Vaccines
Public transportation agencies and organizations are helping people get to [...]
APTA Applauds House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Budget Reconciliation Title Providing $30 Billion of COVID-19 Emergency Funding for Public Transit
Statement from APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas
WASHINGTON (February 8, 2021) – “The American Public Transportation Association [...]
APTA Congratulates House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Elected Leaders
WASHINGTON (February 4, 2021) – “On behalf of our 1,500 [...]
APTA Congratulates Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
WASHINGTON (February 2, 2021) – “On behalf of the more [...]
Public Transportation Industry Strongly Supports New CDC Mask Mandate
Statement from APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 1, 2021) – “The American Public Transportation [...]
APTA Mourns the Passing of Delon Hampton
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 28, 2021) – The American Public Transportation [...]
APTA Names Jeffrey A. Nelson New Board Chair
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 28, 2021) – Jeffrey A. Nelson, general [...]
New Independent Economic Analysis Shows Public Transportation Industry Faces $39.3 Billion Shortfall
New surveys show the pandemic’s devastating impacts on transit agencies and transit industry businesses
KEY HIGHLIGHTS An economic analysis conducted by EBP US Inc. [...]
APTA Congratulates President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Vice President Kamala D. Harris
Statement from APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 21, 2021) – “On behalf of the [...]
President-Elect Biden’s COVID-19 Package Provides Critical Emergency Funding for Public Transportation
Statement from APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas
WASHINGTON (January 14, 2021) – “The American Public Transportation Association [...]
Commuter Rail Industry Achieves Positive Train Control Certification
APTA lauds monumental achievement which required industry-wide dedication, cooperation, and innovation
Washington, D.C. (December 29, 2020) – The American Public Transportation [...]
Consolidated Appropriations Act Includes Vital Emergency Funding for Public Transportation
Statement from APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas
WASHINGTON (December 21, 2020) – “The American Public Transportation Association [...]
APTA Congratulates Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Nomination as Secretary of Transportation
WASHINGTON (December 15, 2020) – “The American Public Transportation Association [...]
APTA Leads Industry in Urging Congress to #SavePublicTransit
Day of mobilization and engagement will shine light on dire financial crisis facing the industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 14, 2020) – The American Public Transportation [...]
APTA and the Transit app Partner to Unveil New Ridership Trends Dashboard
New resource helps public transit agencies benchmark against peers by providing up-to-date transit demand data
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and the Transit app [...]
Immediate Action is Needed, with Newly Proposed Bipartisan, Bicameral Coronavirus Relief Plan as Starting Point
Statement from APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas
WASHINGTON (December 3, 2020) – “The bipartisan, bicameral proposal of [...]
77 Percent of American Voters Support Emergency Funding for Public Transportation
By a three-to-one margin, voters also want to see action taken to fix public transportation infrastructure
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 19, 2020) – A supermajority of American [...]
Commuter Rail Industry on Track to Meet Year End Positive Train Control Deadline
Washington, D.C. (November 10, 2020) – The American Public Transportation [...]
APTA Congratulates President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 7, 2020) – “On behalf of the [...]
Voters Across the Country Support Public Transportation in Record Numbers
Voters across the U.S. passed 15 out of 18 measures supporting public transit, boasting a 90% win rate in 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 4, 2020) – In communities across the [...]
APTA, CFTE Heads Preview 2020’s Transit Elections
APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas and CFTE Executive Director Josh Cohen talk November’s biggest public transit elections
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a call Tuesday, American Public Transportation [...]
APTA Honors 2020 Top Public Transportation Leaders
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 22, 2020) – The American Public Transportation [...]
