APTA members and staff mobilized across the country—writing letters and op-eds, holding webinars and press conferences, and strategizing—all to respond to the proposed House Ways and Means title that would have radically reduced public transit funding by eliminating the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund. The pictures below are representative of the many efforts made that paid off in House leadership deciding not to go forward with this change.

Members of Congress joined other public transportation supporters speaking in New York City’s Grand Central Station. From left are Reps. Joseph Crowley (D-NY); Charles Rangel (D-NY); Marvin Holland, PAC director for Transport Workers Union Local 100; Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), a sponsor of an amendment that would restore dedicated federal funding for public transportation; Joseph J. Lhota, chairman and chief executive officer, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority; and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY).	Representatives of the Fort Worth Transportation Authority—Shawna Russell, assistant vice president, government relations, and President/Executive Director Richard Ruddell, also South West Transit Association president—staff the Congressional Call Center at the recent SWTA Annual Conference in Denver.
Rep. Robert Dold (R-IL) addresses the media at an event in Chicago attended by public transportation leaders and other government officials.	TJ Ross, executive director, Pace Suburban Bus, Arlington Heights, IL, speaks at the Chicago event.
Rob Healy, left, APTA vice president-government affairs, and APTA President & CEO Michael P. Melaniphy lead an APTA webinar on federal funding issues.	Joe Costello, left, executive director, Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago, joins Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) at the Chicago press event.
Executives of Puget Sound-area public transportation agencies gather in Seattle to stress their support for federal public transportation funding. From left: King County Metro General Manager Kevin Desmond; Sound Transit Chief Executive Officer Joni Earl, Everett Transit Director Tom Hingson; Todd Morrow, chief of strategic communications, Community Transit; Pierce Transit Chief Executive Officer Lynne Griffith; and Kitsap Transit Executive Director John Clauson.	Joining the discussion of federal public transportation authorization during the SWTA Annual Conference are, from left, Fred Gilliam, RNL; Denver Mayor Michael Hancock; and Melaniphy.