Minding our own business.(Publisher's Comment)

The holidays came early for me this year. Last October, when I took over as chair of the 1,500 member strong American Public Transportation Association (APTA), our primary goal was reauthorization of the TEA-21 Surface Transportation Authorization Act. Nine months later, Congress passed the $286.4 billion Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act-Legacy for Users (SAFETEA:LU), and a month after that, in August, President Bush inked it into law. Several years of hard work, lobbying and persistence paid off for the entire public transportation industry.