About Us

What is COMTO?

Founded in 1971, COMTO is a national organization that empowers all lived experience and contracting opportunities in the multi-modal, multi-billion-dollar transportation industry. Our mission is to connect untapped talent to opportunities through leadership training, professional development, scholarship and internship funding, political advocacy, partnership building and networking opportunities.

Today, COMTO has more than 3,000 members in 40 chapters across the United States and Canada. We represent more than 3 million people in the United States and Canada who work in all modes of the transportation industry. From highways and roads to mass transit systems, from subways to rail systems and from port authorities to airports, COMTO members represent every facet of the transportation industry. This includes trucking, taxi and limousine services. We are the presidents and chief executive officers who determine the direction of major transportation systems and the mechanics and operators who ensure the safe passage of millions of transportation riders every day.

COMTO's Northern California Chapter was founded in 1985, and we support nearly 4,000 professionals from transportation agencies, corporations, academic institutions, industry non-profits, and small businesses within the region.