January 2008 Newsletter

Registration opens for 2008 Alliance Transportation Breakfast
The Regional Transportation Alliance invites you to attend the Transportation Breakfast on Thursday, February 7, at the Cardinal Club in downtown Raleigh. Breakfast begins at 7:30 am.

This event will include timely presentations about critical mobility issues from special guest speakers Brad Wilson, chair of the 21st Century Transportation Committee, and committee member Senator Richard Stevens. The event will also provide the Alliance with an opportunity to recognize transportation partners and elected leaders who are working to get the Triangle and North Carolina moving.

Two tickets are included with Alliance Gold and Silver membership, and one ticket is included with Alliance Corporate Plus membership. All members can purchase tickets to the event for $25.

Click here to register.

Advance sponsors for this event include Barnhill Contracting Company, Gregory Poole Equipment Co., HNTB, Martin/Alexiou/Bryson, PLLC, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Time Warner Cable, URS Corporation - North Carolina, Ward & Smith, Wilbur Smith Associates, AT&T North Carolina, Credit Suisse, Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc., and Rex Healthcare.

Please call Stephanie at 919-664-7062 or e-mail stephanie@letsgetmoving.org if you would like to join the growing list of sponsors for the Transportation Breakfast.

Members, partners and guests gather to hear 2007 State of Mobility in the Triangle presentation at 6th Annual Meeting
The Alliance held its 6th Annual Meeting on November 29 at the Embassy Suites in Cary. The agenda included the 2007 State of Mobility in the Triangle report, a keynote address by NC Turnpike Chair and NC DOT Secretary Lyndo Tippett, recognition of past Alliance leaders and the 2007 Regional Mobility Awards.

Thank you to event sponsors Puryear Tank Lines, Time Warner Cable, AT&T North Carolina, Barnhill Contracting Company, Excel Moving & Storage, Inc., Gregory Poole Equipment Co., Martin/Alexiou/Bryson, PLLC, Mulkey Engineers & Consultants, PBS&J, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., Earth Tech of NC, Inc., HNTB North Carolina, PC, North Carolina Railroad Company, SRI Surgical, Inc., and Stewart Engineering, Inc!

Roundabouts reign in Carmel, Indiana
The Alliance hosted Carmel, Ind. Mayor James Brainard and Carmel City Engineer Mike McBride in early November. Mayor Brainard and Mr. McBride spoke to Alliance members and local elected officials at the Alliance Transportation Academy Solutions Series sponsored by the Cary Chamber of Commerce, Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc., ARCADIS, URS Corporation - North Carolina, and the North Carolina Metropolitan Coalition. To learn more about how roundabouts have positively impacted the town of Carmel, Ind. and see the presentations from this Academy, click here.

More than 10 million people travel through RDU in 2007
At Raleigh-Durham International Airport, 2007 was a year of growth and development. By the end of the year, more than 10 million people were expected to travel through RDU. This is only the second time in the airport’s history (2000 being the other year) that it has surpassed the 10 million mark. Throughout the year, airlines serving RDU introduced 30 new nonstop flights to new and existing destinations. Other highlights from the year include the return of United Airlines and Midwest Connect after a six-year absence and the introduction of ExpressJet Airlines to RDU. Major construction on Terminal 2, RDU’s newest terminal, also continued. Phase one of the more than 900,000 square foot facility will open next summer.

The Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority recently announced that Southwest Airlines will begin nonstop service to Denver, Colo., on May 10. This is in addition to United Airlines' nonstop service to Denver, which began in the spring of 2007.

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