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Four buses—one each from New Flyer, Daimler Buses, Nova Bus, and MCI—participated in the ceremonial trip to the Capitol.

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transportation aide, Erik Stallman. Carter stressed the importance of securing a long-term surface transportation authorization bill as soon as possible, and then the citizen-advocates told their stories of what public transportation means to them. Smith—a citizen-advocate with a South Carolina story to tell—met with Clyburn. She and others first spoke with Clyburn’s legislative director, Danny Cromer, about the prospects for a multiyear authorization bill in the year ahead. When Smith introduced herself to Clyburn, he assured her that he needed no convincing on the value of public transportation to his constituents and that he was a strong supporter of the federal transit program. At the end of the day, Carter put it simply: “It was a wonderful event. We had stories to tell, we had people who listened. We could not have asked for anything more.”

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Millar, APTA Chair M.P. Carter, and other participants in the event meet with Erik Stallman, at left, a staff member for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Visiting the Hill following the event are, from left, Tom Costello of the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District in Urbana, IL; Doran Barnes of Foothill Transit in West Covina, CA; APTA Director-Government Affairs Paul Dean; Carter; Robert J. Dunn of Seifert Transit Graphics, which designed the bus wraps; Deanna Droira-Garcia; Linda Somilleda of Foothill Transit; Rosa Navejar; Millar; Shawna Russell of the Fort Worth Transportation Authority; and Jonathan Maas.

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Althea Smith of Aiken, SC, talks with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-SC) in his office.

From left: Bonnie Arnold of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, Alice Wiggins-Tolbert of Parsons Brinckerhoff, APTA vice chair-marketing & communications, and Morgan Lyons of Dallas Area Rapid Transit were the driving forces behind the event.

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