Research Triangle Park, N.C. – The Triangle Transit Authority (TTA) will make changes to its service schedule on several routes beginning August 7.

“Our goal is to provide the best service we can for our riders,” said TTA director of commuter resources John Tallmadge.  The new schedules will be available at TTA’s Transfer Center and on its buses.  More information about the changes can be found on-line at www.rideTTA.org.

The changes affect:

• Route 102 service for Garner, Forest Hills Shopping Center, White Oak Shopping Center and Raleigh
• Route 301 serving RTP, Harrison Avenue, Cary Train Station, Crossroads Plaza, NCSU, and Downtown Raleigh
• Route 305 service between Lake Pine Plaza, Waverly Place, NCSU, and Downtown Raleigh
• Route 310 service for RTP, Davis Drive, High House Rd @ Cary Parkway, Galaxy Food Shopping Center in Apex and Lake Pine Plaza
• Route 311 service between RTP, EPA, NIEHS, NC 55, Lake Pine Plaza, Galaxy Foods Shopping Center, Downtown Apex
• Route 412 S -Saturday service for Durham, Chapel Hill, RTP and points between
• Route 600 express service serving Downtown Durham, NCSU @ Gardner St, and Downtown Raleigh
• Route 650 express service serving Downtown Raleigh, NCSU @ Gardner St, District Rd. Park-and-Ride, Downtown Durham, and Duke University Medical Center

TTA has redesigned its bus route brochures to make them easier to understand and more appealing to riders.  The brochures feature an updated color scheme and color-coded timetables that match each map and are read vertically rather than horizontally, which is easier on the eyes. 

In addition to traditional street maps to show each bus route, the addition of “line maps,” also called “spider maps,” show the major stops on each route as dots along a line, much like the subway maps in major metropolitan areas around the world.  The new schedules are also printed on chlorine-free, 100% post-consumer recycled content paper, using vegetable-based inks.

TTA is a regional public transportation provider, offering a wide variety of transit and vanpool services to North Carolina's greater Triangle Region and outlying counties. Bus service is available to Apex, Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, Garner, Hillsborough, RDU International Airport, RTP and Raleigh. 

The Triangle Transit Authority also provides commuter resources and hosts GoTriangle.org, the popular on-line resource for public transportation information in the Triangle and ShareTheRideNC.com, the state's rideshare matching service.

TTA plans to implement a 28-mile rail transit system with 12 stations connecting Durham, RTP, Cary and Raleigh, with shuttles linking RDU International Airport and RTP.   For more information, visit www.rideTTA.org or call (919) 549-9999.