Public Transportation Takes Us There is urging our nation's leaders to support the authorization bill and increase funding for public transportation in a bipartisan way to provide Americans solutions to the problems we are facing today.

This section is for Congressional leaders and staff who want to access the most recent, most accurate information about public transportation and its impact on the economy, energy production and independence, the environment, and our quality of life.

• APTA Legislative Briefings

  • Fiscal Year 2011 Budget & Appropriations
  • High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail
  • Surface Transportation Authorization
  • Public Transporation and Job Legislation
  • Public Transportation's Role in Energy and Climate Legislation
  • Rail and Bus Transit Safety
  • Transit Security Budget

  Fact Sheets

  • Public Transportation Gets
    Our Economy Moving
  • Public Transportation Helps
    Protect Our Environment
  • Public Transportation Reduces
    Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
  • Public Transportation Enhances
    Our Quality of Life

• Authorization Brochure

  Now is the time to make the critical investments that the nation requires in public transportation. Read "An Investment in America: APTA's 2009 Public Transportation Authorization Recommendations"

  • Authorization Brochure