Williams, who delivered comments on behalf of COMTO, discussed the difficulty for DBEs to compete and attain contracts as a DBE and that if it wasn’t for the federal and local equity programs, DBEs would not be able to compete or obtain contracts.
The agency earned APTA’s award in the small urban transit system category characterized by annual ridership of four million or less
Jose Bustamante, chair of APTA's Small Business Committee, discuses his role, and how he is trying to help businesses succeed.
He most recently served as president of a manufacturer of specialty transit equipment for the international transit electrification industry.
The BMBG honored Stephanie through an APTF Scholarship at the BMBG Meeting last January.
His 40-plus years of contributions to APTA helped the business members gain acceptance and approval with the organization and helped the industry make important progress
The award recognizes service to the organization, and particularly in Scully’s case, legislative advocacy on behalf of North American mass transit.
METRO spoke with Barnes about his priorities for his term as APTA chair.
Billions of taxpayer dollars are spent buying buses and railcars every year. Although the national unemployment rate has declined since the Great Recession, for low-income families and communities of color, the unemployment rate remains in the double-digits and good, family-supporting jobs can’t come fast enough. We need strategies that revive U.S. manufacturing and other industries that can create the kind of jobs we want.
Many APTA business members have no idea of the unusual significance of Michael Melaniphy being selected to be the president of the association. Why is it so gratifying to business members? One need only know the history of the many years business members struggled just to be allowed to be members of the public transit association.
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