RTA Annual Meeting / State of Mobility
RTA Annual Meeting — The State of Mobility 2025:
“Innovative Approaches to Transportation Funding.”
- Friday, January 24, 2025, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Embassy Suites by Hilton Raleigh-Durham-Research Triangle in Cary
Please call Jacob Rigg at 919.664.7062 or jacob@letsgetmoving.org with questions about registration or sponsorship.
Join more than 400 regional leaders in January 2025 for the 23rd annual meeting of the metropolitan Triangle’s regional business leadership group on transportation. Members of the regional business community will join regional and statewide leaders in transportation and government as we explore new and innovative ways to fund and advance mobility infrastructure in North Carolina.
The RTA annual meeting is a can’t-miss gathering of regional business leaders, members, elected officials, transportation partners, and other colleagues from our region and state. The event will also feature the annual State of Mobility presentation. All RTA members have one or more tickets included with their membership; additional tickets are available. Sponsorships are $999 and are open to both RTA members and non-members.
This RTA event will include interactive discussion and engagement opportunities for all attendees.
List of confirmed speakers
- Jay Irby, First Citizens Bank, RTA chair
- Joe Milazzo, RTA executive director
- more to be announced as we get closer to the January 2025 date
Sponsors of the RTA annual meeting – The State of Mobility 2025
Event sponsors
- Amgen
- First Citizens Bank
- Kane Realty
- Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina
- Please call 919.664.7062 or jacob@letsgetmoving.org to serve as an event sponsor.
Sponsorship options
Presenting Sponsor ($5,000)
- Event “presented by” your company
- Opportunity to participate in event agenda
- Reserved parking with firm logo
- Prominent recognition at event and on RTA event webpage
- Plus all Event Sponsor benefits below
- Restricted to RTA Sustaining Gold or higher members, Senior Regional Partners, and other public sector partners
Event Sponsor ($999)
- Company name displayed on event signage and event agenda
- Name and verbal recognition at event
- Name recognition in RTA promotional e-mails and on RTA event webpage
- Registration for eight (8) participants at event with at-table name recognition
- RTA membership is not required to serve as an Event Sponsor
Note: RTA Gold, Silver, and Bronze memberships also include recognition benefits at and tickets to all events
Tickets included with RTA membership, and additional ticket pricing:
- RTA Gold members receive 8 tickets included with their membership investment.
- RTA Silver members receive 4 tickets included with their membership.
- RTA Senior Regional Partners, and Bronze members receive 2 tickets included with their membership.
- All RTA Gold, Silver, and Bronze members also receive recognition at the event.
- RTA Standard members have 1 ticket included with their membership.
- Additional RTA member tickets are $75
- Non-RTA member tickets are available for $150
- Nonprofit partner tickets are $75
- Public-sector partner/elected official tickets are $45
- Note: RTA reserves the right to limit event attendance at any time depending on pandemic conditions
No registration refunds after Thursday, January 16, 2025
RTA is a regional program of the Raleigh Chamber, which has determined that this event is permitted under Section 138A-32(e)(1)c of the General Statutes.
Friday, January 26, 2024
Embassy Suites by Hilton Raleigh-Durham-Research Triangle in Cary
Get the business perspective on transportation trends and progress in the Triangle at the 22nd annual RTA State of Mobility event. Hundreds of regional leaders will gather for insights on upcoming and future transportation initiatives that will drive our economy.
- Event sponsorship: $999 – Company name displayed on event signage and event agenda, name and verbal recognition at event, name recognition in promotional emails and on event webpage, registration for six (6) with at-table name recognition.
- RTA Gold, Silver, and Bronze memberships also include recognition and visibility at all RTA events.
See details at letsgetmoving.org/benefits.
You can learn more about the 2022 event, the RTA 21st annual meeting, here.
Part 1 Online Only Jan. 24th 11 a.m. – Noon
Part 2 In Person Only Jan. 31st 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Embassy Suites Raleigh-Durham-Research Triangle in Cary
Get the business perspective on transportation trends and progress in the Triangle at the annual RTA State of Mobility event. Hundreds of regional leaders will gather for insights on upcoming and future transportation initiatives that will drive our economy.
- Event sponsorship: $999 – Company name displayed on event signage and event agenda, name and verbal recognition at event, name recognition in promotional emails and on event webpage, registration for six (6) with at-table name recognition.
- RTA Gold, Silver, and Bronze memberships also include recognition and visibility at all RTA events.
See details at letsgetmoving.org/benefits.
You can learn more about the 2023 event, the RTA 21th annual meeting, here.
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Embassy Suites Raleigh-Durham-Research Triangle in Cary
Get the business perspective on transportation trends and progress in the Triangle at the annual RTA State of Mobility event. Hundreds of regional leaders will gather for insights on upcoming and future transportation initiatives that will drive our economy.
- Event sponsorship: $999 – Company name displayed on event signage and event agenda, name and verbal recognition at event, name recognition in promotional emails and on event webpage, registration for six (6) with at-table name recognition.
- RTA Gold, Silver, and Bronze memberships also include recognition and visibility at all RTA events.
See details at letsgetmoving.org/benefits.
You can learn more about the 2021 event, the RTA 20th annual meeting, here.
RTA Transportation Brunch
RTA Transportation Brunch 2024:
Accelerating Multimodal Freeways in the Metropolitan Triangle
In concert with the I-40 Regional Partnership
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Westin Raleigh-Durham Airport
3931 Macaw Street, Raleigh, NC
[Just off the Lumley Rd exit of I-540, in the Brier Creek area; see below for directions]
Click here to register or to sponsor the event. See below for list of current sponsors.
Confirmed speakers:
- Julie White – NCDOT Deputy Secretary for Multimodal Transportation
- Brennon Fuqua, PE – NCDOT Integrated Mobility Division, Interim Director
- Nick Morrison – NCDOT Integrated Mobility Division; FAST study project manager
- Greg Saur, PE – WSP, VP Transit and Rail; FAST study project manager
- Jennifer Portanova, PE — NCDOT Mobility and Safety Division, State Transportation Systems Management & Operations Engineer and I-40 Regional Partnership executive
- Tracy Parrott, PE – NCDOT Division 5, Deputy Division Engineer
- J.J. Eden – NC Turnpike Authority, executive director
- Joe Milazzo II, PE, RTA executive director
- Jay Irby, RTA chair
Join more than 300 regional leaders for the annual summer meeting of the metropolitan Triangle’s regional business leadership group on transportation. For the 2024 meeting, members of the regional business community will join regional and statewide leaders in transportation and government as we explore projects and initiatives to accelerate multimodal freeways in the Triangle that will help get us moving faster, together.
This year’s brunch event will be held in concert with the I-40 Regional Partnership — a cooperative initiative of RTA and NCDOT with other area partners, founded 15 years ago to provide an ongoing focus on I-40 for travel and commerce.
Tickets included with RTA membership, and additional ticket pricing:
- RTA Gold level members receive 4 tickets included with their membership investment.
- RTA Silver members, Senior Regional Partners, and Bronze members receive 2 tickets included with their membership.
- All RTA Gold, Silver, and Bronze members also receive recognition at the event.
- RTA Standard members have 1 ticket included with their membership.
- Additional RTA member tickets are $75
- Non-RTA member tickets are available for $150
- Nonprofit partner tickets are $75
- Public-sector partner/elected official tickets are $45
- Note: RTA reserves the right to limit event attendance at any time depending on pandemic conditions
No registration refunds after Tuesday, July 30, 2024, although you may transfer your registration to another colleague after that date.
Sponsorships
Current sponsors:
- Martin Marietta
- Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority
- Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina
- The SunRock Group
- Presenting Sponsor ($5,000)
- Event “presented by” your company
- Opportunity to participate in event agenda
- Reserved parking with firm logo
- Prominent recognition at event and on RTA event webpage
- Plus all Event Sponsor benefits below
- Restricted to RTA Sustaining Gold or higher members, Senior Regional Partners, and other public sector partners
Event Sponsor ($999)
- Company name displayed on event signage and event agenda
- Name and verbal recognition at event
- Name recognition in RTA promotional e-mails and on RTA event webpage
- Registration for eight (8) participants at event with at-table name recognition
- RTA membership is not required to serve as an Event Sponsor
Note: RTA Gold, Silver, and Bronze memberships also include recognition benefits at and tickets to all events
RTA 2023 Transportation Breakfast event
Launching BRT Across the Triangle
July 21, 2023
8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Westin Raleigh/Durham Airport (note new location for 2023)
3931 Macaw Street
Raleigh, NC 27617
[Just off the Lumley Rd exit of I-540, in the Brier Creek area)
Presenting Sponsor ($5,000)
- Event “presented by” your company
- Opportunity to participate in event agenda
- Prominent recognition at event and on RTA event webpage
- Plus all Event Sponsor benefits below
- Restricted to RTA Sustaining Gold or higher members and Senior Regional Partners
Event Sponsor ($999)
- Company name displayed on event signage and event agenda
- Name and verbal recognition at event
- Name recognition in RTA promotional e-mails and on RTA event webpage
- Registration for eight (8) participants at event with at-table name recognition
- RTA membership is not required to serve as an Event Sponsor
Note: RTA Gold, Silver, and Bronze memberships also include recognition benefits at and tickets to all events
Friday, July 22, 2022
The Umstead Hotel and Spa in Cary
The regional business community hosts the annual RTA Transportation Breakfast featuring guest speakers from across the state and/or nation to highlight current and emerging trends in mobility and commerce. More than 200 business, elected, and transportation leaders will attend the event at The Umstead Hotel and Spa. Learn more about the 2022 event here.
The RTA Transportation Breakfast, presented by the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina was an opportunity for the regional business community to come together and celebrate purposeful, collaborative, and focused efforts on mobility innovation that is literally changing and saving lives. For this year, we heard from RTA Gold member United Therapeutics and two of their partner companies on an initiative that represents the marriage of life science and mobility.
You can view the entire RTA Transportation Breakfast deck here.
You can also download the videos from several of our keynote speakers: (Blain Newton, BETA Technologies; Mikael Cardinal, Unither Bioélectronique; Thomas Kaufman, United Therapeutics).
RTA Regional Leadership Tours
RTA Regional Transit Awareness Day:
Thursday, September 29, 2022 – draft schedule overview
(all times approximate; agenda subject to change)
- 7a – 7:15a – Attendee arrival, at RTP
Participants will meet at 800 Park Offices Drive, RTP
Attendees requested to arrive by 7:15 am
Attendee registration occurs here; includes distribution of nametags, Whisper units
Tripper buses will shuttle attendees to GoTriangle Regional Transit Center (RTC)
Event buses provided by Chapel Hill Transit and GoDurham/City of Durham - 7:30a – Welcome breakfast and Leadership briefing 1: Overview of day, Cary focus, RTC, at GoTriangle RTC
Breakfast provided by GoCary/Town of Cary - 8:30a – Transit field visit 1: RTC to Raleigh via regional/local bus
- 9:15a – Leadership briefing 2: Raleigh, at Union Station
Refreshments provided by GoRaleigh/City of Raleigh - 10:00a – Transit field visit 2: Raleigh to Durham via passenger rail
Dedicated passenger coaches provided by NCDOT - 10:30a – Leadership briefing 3: Durham, at Durham Station
- 11:30a – Transit field visit 3: Durham to Chapel Hill and Carrboro via regional/local bus
- 12:15p – Lunch and Leadership briefing 4: Chapel Hill and Carrboro, at Hilton Carrboro
- 1:45p – Transit field visit 4: Carrboro and Chapel Hill to RTP via regional/local bus
- 2:30p – Closing reception/discussion at RTP, 800 Park Offices Drive
- Closing reception hosted by the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina
- by 4:30p – event scheduled to end
Presentation decks
- City of Raleigh / GoRaleigh
- GoTriangle / Employer Services
- NCDOT / Rail Division, Integrated Mobility Division
- Town of Cary / GoCary
- Town of Chapel Hill / Chapel Hill Transit
- RDU International Airport
Media coverage (WRAL-NBC 5, WNCN-CBS 17)
Our last RTA Tour was March 28-31, 2022 in South Florida; see also prior tours here.
The RTA tour unites business, elected, transportation leaders from across the Triangle to learn about innovative mobility solutions from a peer market. The visit draws regionally for this high-impact opportunity to introduce new transportation practices that support our regional economy.
- Tour sponsorship: $2000 – name recognition on event webpage, in promotional emails, and on tour agenda, as well as verbal recognition during the tour. Does not include tour registration.
- RTA Gold, Silver, and Bronze memberships also include recognition and visibility at all RTA tours.
RTA General Membership Meetings
RTA Field Visit – Complete 540
March 23, 2023
Tuesday, January 10, 2023; 10 am — Electrification in Transportation: Advanced Clean Trucks – Zoom Recording
- Zach Pierce, NC Governor’s office
- Mike Abraczinskas, NC DEQ, Division of Air Quality
- Robin Barrows, NC DEQ, Division of Air Quality
- Mark McIntyre, Duke Energy
- Sarah Gaskill, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, RTA sustainability and environment chair
Tuesday May 17, 2022
I-885 Construction Site
The regional business community hosts General Membership meetings as a way to connect members together and learn about key issues in North Carolina as well as potential solutions . Registration for members now open
Event sponsorship: $999 – company name displayed on event signage and event agenda, name and verbal recognition at event, name recognition in promotional emails and on event webpage, registration for six (6) with at-table name recognition.
- RTA Gold, Silver, and Bronze memberships also include recognition and visibility at all RTA events.
See details at letsgetmoving.org/benefits.
The Regional Transportation Alliance presents various events throughout the year to bring the regional business community and our public-sector partners together on key issues.
Event sponsorships
RTA event sponsorships for our major annual events are open to any company and are not limited to RTA members. Sponsorships of the RTA regional leadership tour requires RTA membership. To become a sponsor, or for more information, call 919.664.7062 or email us.
