GENERAL MEMBERS

Membership Benefits for General Members

• Subscriptions to Accelerate (COMTO’s industry publication) and News In Motion newsletter
• Access to COMTO’s members-only directory of transportation industry professionals and businesses
• Unlimited searches and postings in COMTO’s members-only Career Center and RFP Board
• Member rates for COMTO national conferences and events
• Networking, mentoring, professional development, and continuing educational opportunities
• Invitations to exclusive local COMTO meetings and events

Individual membership includes any person who is: 1) an employee or a policy board member of a public agency (transit agencies, airports, State DOTs, port authorities, rail companies, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and Federal agencies); 2) an employee of a business engaged in the transportation industry; and/or 3) or an employee of a business engaged in the supply of transportation goods and services.

Student membership includes any person who is currently a full-time high school, graduate or undergraduate student with a major or a minor program of study in transportation, planning or a related field.

Academic Institution membership includes colleges, universities, and vocational schools.

Nonprofit Organization membership includes 501(c)3, 501(c)4 and 501(c)6 organizations, and Metropolitan Planning Organizations.

Small businesses 

Small Businesses (including HUB, DBE, ACDBE, MBE, WBE, VBE, DVBEs) that: 1) supply goods and services to the transportation industry; 2) provide professional consultations services; 3) engage in the construction of transportation facilities; and/or 4) provide professional management services. Dues for this group are reduced to assist small businesses who are certified as any of the categories listed in the first sentence. Gross sales or billings must be $250,000 or less. If higher, the regular "Private Business” dues schedule prevails.

Membership Benefits for Small Business Members

• All General Members benefits
• Up to 2 included company representative memberships
• Logo listed on the COMTO website
• One quarter-page advertisement in an issue of Accelerate
• One quarter-page advertisement in the National Conference program
• Reserved seat on the Small Business Committee

PRIVATE SECTOR AND TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES

Membership Benefits for Private Sector and Transportation Agency Members

• All General Members benefits
• Up to 4 included company representative memberships
• Logo listed on COMTO website
• One half-page advertisement in an issue of Accelerate
• One half-page advertisement in the National Conference program 
  

Private Sector membership includes all private sector firms with the exception of Historically Underutilized Businesses that: 1) supply goods and services to the transportation industry; 2) provide professional consultation services; and/or 3) engage in the construction of transportation facilities; 4) provide professional management services.

Transportation Agency membership includes those entities (transit agencies, airports, State DOTs, port authorities, rail companies, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and Federal agencies) operating any form of organized transportation systems within the boundaries of the United States or its territories and possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Canada or Mexico. Public agencies include all modes of transportation and multimodal organizations.