Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is the governing body of the Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority, which operates as Triangle Transit.

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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The 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

Bill Strom  Jeff Merritt

Bill Strom
Chair
Town of Chapel Hill
Appointed 2002
Term Expires 2009

  

Jeff Merritt
Vice-Chair
Wake County
Appointed 2006
Term Expires 2009

Ellen Reckhow  Joe Freddoso

Ellen Reckhow
Secretary
Durham County
Appointed 2005
Term Expires 2011

  

Joe Freddoso
Treasurer
Wake County
Appointed 2008
Term Expires 2010

Members

  William V. Bell   Sig Hutchinson

Mary Ann Baldwin
City of Raleigh
Appointed 2009
Term Expires 2011

  

William V. Bell
Durham City/County
Appointed 1996
Term Expires 2005

  

Sig Hutchinson
City of Raleigh
Appointed 2006
Term Expires 2009

Alice Gordon     William G. Smith

Alice Gordon
Orange County
Appointed 1995
Term Expires 2009

  

Julie Aberg Robison
Town of Cary
Appointed 2009
Term Expires 2011

  

William G. Smith
City of Durham
Appointed 1998
Term Expires 2009

Nina Szlosberg

Nina Szlosberg
NC Board of Transportation
Appointed 2001

Board & Committee Meeting Calendar

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Month Personnel Planning & Legislative Operations & Finance Board Work Session Board Meeting
Time
 11:30am - 1:30pm
As scheduled		 11am - 1pm 1st Tuesday except* 1:30 - 3:30pm 1st Thursday except* 11am - 3:30pm
As scheduled		 1 - 5pm
4th Wed. except *
Jan Canceled Canceled Jan. 8 Jan. 15, 9:30 a.m. Jan. 15, 9:30 a.m.
Feb Feb. 12, 2 p.m. Feb. 3 Feb. 13 Feb. 25
Mar Mar 25. 11 a.m. Mar. 3 Mar. 5 Mar. 25
April April 7 April 2 FY 2010 Budget, April 27, 11:30 a.m. April 22
May May 5, 1 p.m. May 5 May 7 May 27
June Cancelled June 4 June 24
July Cancelled July 8 (note date change) July 22
Aug Aug. 4 Aug. 6 Aug. 26
Sept Sept. 1 Sept. 1 Sept. 3 Sept. 23
Oct Oct. 6 Oct. 1 Oct. 28
Nov * Nov. 3 Nov. 5 * Nov. 18
Dec Dec. 1 Dec. 3 * Dec. 16

Meeting dates listed above are subject to change. Unless otherwise published, all meetings are held in the Board Room of the Triangle Transit Administrative Offices. Click here for directions.

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

Meeting minutes

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2009

January
February
March
April
May

2008

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
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.

If you are visually impaired, please contact the Clerk to the Board to receive Board meeting minutes in an alternate format.

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