Regional Transportation Alliance

Updates

Regional Transportation Alliance spring 2012 Transit Poll Results Released

The 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% 

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A home run for RDU, RTA, and our region’s economy

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.

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A new “addition” to our regional freeway network

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.

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Events

RTA 2012 Transportation Breakfast

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.

 

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Regional Calendar

Gold Members

AICPA
Cisco
EDGE
Fairway
Forge Communications
Greater Durham Chamber
Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
GSK
IBM
NetApp
Progress Energy
Quintiles Transnational Corporation
RTP
VisionPoint Marketing

RTA Steering Committee

Clymer Cease
2011-12 RTA chair

Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee – Architects

Aaron Guyton
Legislative and Policy chair

Fairway Outdoor Advertising

Sam Nichols
Streets and Highways chair

First Citizens Bank

Kirsten Weeks
Intercity Higher Speed Rail chair

Cisco Systems

Madhu Beriwal
RDU air service chair

IEM

Karen Ondrick
Events chair

Lenovo

Kathleen Bentley
Member Engagement chair

Fidelity Investments

Robert Sipes
Outreach and Development chair

Progress Energy

Jim Captain
RTA immediate past chair

Credit Suisse

Roger Friedensen

Forge Communications

Mark Skiff

NetApp

Howard Johnson

Cary Chamber of Commerce

Diane Kuehn

VisionPoint Marketing

Rick McNeel

LORD Corporation

Aaron Nelson

Chapel Hill Carrboro Chamber of Commerce

Liz Rooks

Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina

Harvey Schmitt

Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce

Casey Steinbacher

Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce

Steve Brechbiel

Quintiles