APTA Responds to ASCE’s 2025 Infrastructure Report Card

APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas has released the following statement in response to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2025 Infrastructure Report Card:

“The ASCE 2025 Infrastructure Report Card confirms both the progress we have made and the urgent need to continue investing in America’s public transportation systems.

“Thanks to the funding partnership among federal, state, and local governments, communities are modernizing and expanding public transit and passenger rail to meet their growing mobility demands. From resilient stations and new safety technologies to state-of-the-art vehicles and improved accessibility, federal investment is making a difference in the lives of millions of Americans.

“These investments in public transportation not only make travel more efficient and lessen congestion, they help drive our economy by creating family-wage jobs, spurring innovation, and supporting manufacturers and small businesses. The benefits are felt nationwide as 77 percent of federal transit funding flows to U.S. businesses.

“However, our work is not finished. Needed, predictable federal funding for tomorrow’s transit must continue or we risk falling backward. ASCE estimates a $152 billion funding gap for the nation’s public transit systems.

“APTA and its more than 1,600 member organizations urge Congress to support full investment in the final year of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and to begin work on robust funding in the next Surface Transportation Authorization Act to ensure America’s economic success.”