"The Triangle Transit Authority Board of Trustees and staff recognize the important role we share in preserving this region's reputable quality of life.
We are committed to providing an enhanced public transportation network that connects people and places throughout the Greater Triangle Region."
History
The 1989 Session of the NC General Assembly enabled the creation of the Triangle Transit Authority as a regional public transportation authority serving Durham, Orange and Wake counties. The new unit of local government was chartered by the NC Secretary of State on December 1, 1989.
The 1991, the NC General Assembly, subject to County approvals, authorized the TTA to levy a vehicle registration tax of up to $5 per registration. This tag tax finances the regional bus operations, ridesharing program and planning program.
In 1997, the NC General Assembly, subject to County approvals, authorized the TTA to levy a rental vehicle tax of up to 5% of gross receipts. This tax, effective January 1, 1998, will finance future capital projects.
The TTA was created to plan, finance, organize, and operate a public transportation system for the Research Triangle area. It has three main program areas:
- Regional Bus Service
- Rideshare Service
- Regional Transit Planning
TTA is governed by a thirteen member Board of Trustees. Ten members are appointed by the region's principal municipalities and counties and three members are appointed by the North Carolina Secretary of Transportation.
Mission Statement
To plan, facilitate, and promote, for the Greater Triangle Community, an affordable, safe and secure customer-oriented public transportation network which provides mobility, promotes economic opportunities, and protects the environment.
Goals
- Continue to operate a fiscally responsible
public agency utilizing good business principles.
- Work with cities, counties, Metropolitan Planning Organizations and other interested parties in examining transportation corridors, considering land use, economic activity, population patterns, and connections among these three elements and transportation.
- To provide safe, secure and reliable service that protects employees and passengers and minimizes property damage to vehicles and facilities.
Objectives
- Implement the Regional Transit Plan consistent with the input and participation of the Public and Local Governments.
- Develop a public transportation educational and marketing program enhanced by market research.
- Develop a multi-modal transportation system, responsive to public needs, which includes:
- expansion of the Vanpool, Buspool and Carpool Matching Service;
- a comprehensive regional bus service, complementing or consolidating existing public and private transportation systems; and
- working with Federal, State and local governments to encourage the development of alternatives to single occupant vehicle usage.
- Implement safety and security systems that require safe work habits and provides safe and secure transit services and facilities free from aggressive, threatening, violent or destructive acts.
Revised at the November 1997 Triangle Transit Authority Board of Trustees meeting
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