“On behalf of the 1,500 APTA member organizations and the millions of Americans who rely on public transportation, I congratulate the members of the House for their bipartisan vote today in favor of FAST Act,” said American Public Transportation (APTA) Chair Valarie J. McCall and board member of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.

Noting that the Senate still needs to vote on FAST Act, APTA President and CEO Michael Melaniphy said, “We are one step closer to having the first multi-year, well-funded surface transportation bill in ten years.  This is excellent news for America’s public transportation systems and the communities they serve in small, medium, and large communities.”

McCall and Melaniphy both thank House Speaker Paul Ryan, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster and Ranking Member Peter DeFazio, and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady and Ranking Member Sander Levin for their efforts in moving this legislation forward.