Board of Trustees

Mission Statement

Triangle Transit improves our region’s quality of life by connecting people and places with reliable, safe, and easy-to-use travel choices that reduce congestion and energy use, save money, and promote sustainability, healthier lifestyles, and a more environmentally responsible community.

Triangle Transit operates regional bus and shuttle service, paratransit services, and ridematching, vanpools, provides commuter resources, an emergency ride home program, hosts TriangleTransit.org and GoTriangle.org. The agency will also help implement future regional transit improvements as a member of the GoTriangle family of services.

All meetings are held in the Board Room at Triangle Transit’s administrative offices at 4600 Emperor Blvd., Suite 100, in Durham. Click here for directions.

  • Monthly Meeting: 4th Wednesday, 1:00 p.m. (except November & December, 3rd Wednesday)

  • Public Comment: The public comment period is held at the regular monthly Board of Trustees meeting to give citizens an opportunity to speak on any item. The session is no more than 30 minutes long and speakers are limited to no more than three minutes each. Speakers are required to sign up prior to the start of the meeting with the Clerk to the Board.

Board members

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Triangle Transit is governed by a 13-member Board of Trustees. Ten members are appointed by the region’s principal municipalities and counties to staggered four-year terms. Three ex officio non-voting members are appointed by the North Carolina Secretary of Transportation. The Board of Trustees possesses the general legislative powers of Triangle Transit.

Officers

Fred N. Day IV    Ed Harrison

Fred N. Day IV
Chair
Wake County
Appointed 2010

  

Ed Harrison
Vice Chair
Town of Chapel Hill
Appointed 2009

Jeff Merritt    Bernadette Pelissier

Jeff Merritt
Secretary
Wake County
Appointed 2006

  

Bernadette Pelissier
Treasurer
Orange County
Appointed 2012

Members

Mary Ann Baldwin    William V. Bell

Mary Ann Baldwin
City of Raleigh
Appointed 2009

  

William V. Bell
Durham City/County
Appointed 2012

Fred Foster, Jr.    Sig Hutchinson

Fred Foster, Jr.
Durham County
Appointed 2013

  

Sig Hutchinson
City of Raleigh
Appointed 2006

Ellen Reckhow    Jennifer Robinson

Ellen Reckhow
Durham City/County
Appointed 2013

  

Jennifer Robinson
Town of Cary
Appointed 2012

  

Vacant
NC Board of Transportation

  

Vacant
NC Board of Transportation

For other information related to the Board of Trustees, email Michelle Dawson, Clerk to the Board of Trustees.

Meeting minutes

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2013

January
February

2012

January
January (WS)
February
March
April
April (SM)
April (WS)
May
June
*No July meeting*
August
September
October
November
December

2011

January
February
March
April
May
June
August
September
October
November
December

All of the above minutes are in PDF format. Requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Information about Board minutes not shown here is available from the Clerk to the Board.

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