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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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

Jeff Merritt  Ellen Reckhow

Jeff Merritt
Chair
Wake County
Appointed 2006
Term Expires 2011

  

Ellen Reckhow
Vice-Chair
Durham County
Appointed 2005
Term Expires 2011

Sig Hutchinson  

Sig Hutchinson
Secretary
City of Raleigh
Appointed 2006
Term Expires 2009

  

Mary Ann Baldwin
Treasurer
City of Raleigh
Appointed 2008
Term Expires 2011

Members

William V. Bell   George Cianciolo   Joe Freddoso

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

  

George Cianciolo
Town of Chapel Hill
Appointed 2009
Term Expires 2009

  

Joe Freddoso
Wake County
Appointed 2008
Term Expires 2011

  
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-Landis
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
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
As scheduled
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. 1st Tuesday except* 10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 1st Thursday except* 10 a.m.
As scheduled
1 - 5 p.m.
4th Wed. except *
Jan Cancelled *Jan. 14 Jan. 27, 10 a.m. Jan. 27
Feb Feb. 2 Cancelled Cancelled Feb. 24
Mar Cancelled Mar. 4 Mar. 24
April April 6 April 1 FY 2011 Budget, April 28, 10 a.m. April 28
May May 11 *May 11 May 6 May 26
June June 1 June 3 June 23
July *July 13 July 1 July 28
Aug Aug. 3 Aug. 5 Aug. 25
Sept Sept. 7 Sept. 7 Sept. 2 Sept. 22
Oct Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 27
Nov *Nov. 9 Nov. 4 *Nov. 17
Dec Dec. 7 Dec. 2 *Dec. 15

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
June
July
August
September
October
December

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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