The Regional Transportation Alliance strives to ensure economic vitality and sustain a world-class quality of life by providing a business leadership focus on mission-critical regional transportation investments.
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The region’s business leaders know that an enhanced transit system is mission-critical for our efforts to attract and retain top talent. After our region’s success in 2009 in gaining approval for local empowerment legislation, the focus has now turned toward the development of regional transit plans in each county in the Triangle.
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The regional business community worked in cooperation with our transportation partners and elected leaders to advance the Triangle Expressway turnpike: the largest highway project in North Carolina history, a traffic signal-free alternative to congested highway 55 in western Wake and southern Durham counties and a faster way to Research Triangle Park.
Click here to learn more about 540 / TRIANGLE EXPRESSWAYThe Regional Transportation Alliance released the results of its most recent spring transit poll Tuesday afternoon, May 15.
Nearly 60% of Orange County voters support sales tax; Wake County numbers remain above 50%
Today marks the achievement of RTA’s highest priority for enhancing domestic air service from RDU Airport: United Airlines will begin nonstop service from RDU to San Francisco (SFO) in August 2012. The creation of a new nonstop flight from RDU to Silicon Valley removes a primary obstacle to expanded business investment and strengthens our region’s ability to attract new companies.
In early February 2012 the NC Department of Transportation raised the speed limit on the Wade Avenue Extension freeway between the I-440 and I-40 interchange areas in west Raleigh from 55 MPH to 60 MPH.
Higher Speed Rail in NC and VA:
Lengthening and Strengthening the Northeast Corridor (NEC)
Friday, April 27, 2012
News 14 Carolina event summary here.
Event slide deck can be downloaded here.
Forge Communications
IBM
NetApp
Cary Chamber of Commerce
VisionPoint Marketing
LORD Corporation
Chapel Hill Carrboro Chamber of Commerce
Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina
Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce
EDGE 4
Quintiles