Event
APTA Legislative Conference
APTA's annual federal policy and advocacy meeting in Washington, DC, running February 28 to March 2, 2027.
The American Public Transportation Association holds its annual policy and advocacy meeting in Washington, DC from February 28 to March 2, 2027. The program has historically paired federal policy briefings with visits to Capitol Hill. A 2027 session program and a venue are not yet posted.
Why it matters for the data layer
Federal reauthorization, FTA rulemaking and changes to National Transit Database reporting get previewed in this room long before they reach the agency staff who have to implement them. For anyone who will eventually be rewriting an NTD submission or a data pipeline because a surface transportation bill said so, this is the earliest reliable read on what is actually moving.
The room is transit agency chief executives and government affairs staff, board members, state association leaders, and the consultants and suppliers who track federal transit policy for a living.