The attached working document records the outcomes from those meetings and provides you a progress report of the position to date (8.27.13). Please consider this tool for use with elected officials and the FTA as you make the case for rural funding. SWTA invites an ongoing dialog among its members. If you have comments or additions to the current position, please submit them to kjoyner@swta.org with MAP-21 Position in the subject line, 

The draft position paper was submitted to APTA’s Authorization Task Force for the August 29 meeting in Chicago and will be considered as the industry develops in national platform. SWTA will also submit the position draft to CTAA, FTA, state DOTS, state associations, and other stakeholders as we solicit feedback and build awareness of the region’s collective voice.