Business and labor groups don’t often agree on policies affecting the economy or workers. But the need to rebuild America’s crumbling transportation network is a shared interest that brought corporate and labor organizations together when they formed the Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM) Coalition in 2001.

For nearly seven years, Tobin Communications, Inc. (TCI) managed the public face of the ATM. That effort resulted in a historic win at the end of 2021 when Congress passed, and President Biden signed, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

During the campaign, TCI directed the rebuild of ATM’s website and produced over 50 videos that were used in targeted digital advertising and on social media.

Here are some of the videos that helped put the infrastructure issue squarely at the center of the public dialogue:

‘We are America’ — The Message to Congress

America’s Economy & Future Count on Federal Investment in Modern, Safer & Faster Transportation

Note to Policymakers: We Must Ensure that U.S. Infrastructure is Globally Competitive

Elected Leaders Need to Do More Than Just Talk About Transportation

Ohio Transit Agency is Modernizing its Bus Fleet & is Generating a ‘Buzz’ in the Community

America Continues to Dream Big & Do Big As it Overhauls the Nation’s Infrastructure

 

We crafted dozens of written stories that were promoted via ATM’s e-mail newsletter and through its social media channels. The stories helped spur online traffic to the Coalition’s website and increased grassroots engagement. Some of these stories included:

America’s New Approach to Infrastructure … Moving from Reactive to Proactive

Politicians Want to Fix Our Aging Transportation System … But Now Some Are Asking for a Halt to the Taxes that Pay for It

Just-Out Video: America Cannot Be the Shining Hill on the Horizon Without Investment in Transportation

ATM & TCC Release New Video Ad Calling on House to Pass Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

 

TCI secured dozens of radio interviews for members of the Coalition. One of those interviews garnered high-level attention on The Howard Stern show:

Listen to it.

 

We produced over 50 audio podcasts for ATM. Here are four:

Kentucky’s Brent Spence Bridge Eyed for Replacement; Sign of Opportunities With New Infrastructure Vision — Interview with Kate Shanks of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and Chad LaRue of the Kentucky Highway Contractors Association

Podcast: Gas Tax Holiday Is A Mirage for Consumers & Will Weaken American Infrastructure — Interview with Brian Turmail of the Associated General Contractors of America

Less Transportation Revenue Forces Kentucky DOT to Cancel Projects & AASHTO Says U.S. Needs Recovery & Federal Infrastructure Bills — Interview with Jim Tymon of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

Coming Soon: Big Boost in Federal Investment for West Virginia Infrastructure, Bridges — Interview with Dave Meadows of the West Virginia Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers

 

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