Marc Dinitz
Vice President of Marketing and Communications
Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
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mdinitz@raleighchamber.org
ANNUAL SUMMER EVENT OF THE REGIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY ON TRANSPORTATION
HIGHLIGHTS NORTH CAROLINA’S FIRST BRT CORRIDOR, FOCUSES ON ACCELERATING REGIONAL BRT NETWORK
CARY, NC — The Regional Transportation Alliance (RTA) Transportation Brunch 2025: Moving Towards A FAST Transit Future, will be held this Friday, Aug. 8, from 9 – 11:30 a.m. at the Westin Raleigh-Durham Airport Hotel. The event will provide the results of the FAST transit 2.0 study, which highlights potential transit priority interconnections for our region’s 10 BRT corridors.
The event will also include an update on construction of the Raleigh New Bern Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) – the first BRT in the Carolinas – as well as a roundtable of business and transportation leaders on accelerating an interconnected BRT network.
Attendees will hear from several elected and transportation leaders and a number of private sector leaders. You can find a full list on page 2.
This year’s brunch event also serves as the annual meeting of the I-40 Regional Partnership – a cooperative initiative of the RTA business coalition and NCDOT since 2009 – that provides an ongoing focus on Interstate 40, the Triangle’s “main street”, to enhance its viability for travel and commerce.
“The annual RTA brunch brings more than 300 regional business, elected, and transportation leaders together to stay on top of mobility challenges. At this year’s event we will highlight the urgency of accelerating construction of our BRT network, including links to RTP and RDU Airport.”
– Sarah Gaskill, FUJIFILM Biotechnologies, 2025 RTA Chair
“The regional business community is laser-focused on accelerating BRT – buses resembling trains – which means we need to build roads for transit as soon as possible. Let’s get moving.”
– Joe Milazzo II, PE, RTA Executive Director
About the Regional Transportation Alliance
RTA is the voice of the regional business community on transportation in the Research Triangle area. More than 100 leading companies work in concert through the RTA alongside more than 25 member chambers of commerce across 13 counties in central and nearby eastern North Carolina. RTA is a regional program of the Greater Raleigh Chamber. Founded in 2002, RTA is a metropolitan, private-public partnership that drives consensus and action.
RTA delivers business leadership to get our region moving faster. Learn more at letsgetmoving.org.
Elected and transportation leaders who will speak at the event include:
- Mayor Janet Cowell, City of Raleigh
- Jennifer Portanova, I-40 Regional Partnership Executive, NCDOT
- Brennon Fuqua, Director of Integrated Mobility Division, NCDOT
- Becca Gallas, Division Engineer, Division 5, NCDOT
- Mike Landguth, President and CEO, Raleigh/Durham Airport Authority
- Brian Smith, President and CEO, GoTriangle
- Paul Kallam, Director of Transportation, City of Raleigh
Private sector leaders who will speak at the event include:
- Sarah Gaskill, Head of External Relations for North Carolina, FUJIFILM Biotechnologies; 2025 RTA Chair
- Scott Levitan, President and CEO, Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina; RTA Legislative and Policy Chair
- Dana Martinez, Head of Corporate Affairs, Amgen; RTA Sustainability and Environment Chair
- Morven MacLean, Project Manager, WSP
- Greg Saur, FAST 2.0 Transit Study Project Manager, WSP
- Kristen Hess, President and CEO, HH Architecture
- Siler Ransmeier, Partner and Director of Design, HH Architecture
- Joe Milazzo II, Executive Director, RTA
