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

Ellen Reckhow    Fred N. Day IV

Ellen Reckhow
Chair
Durham County
Appointed 2005

   

Fred N. Day IV
Vice Chair
Wake County
Appointed 2010
Ed Harrison    Julie Robison

Ed Harrison
Secretary
Town of Chapel Hill
Appointed 2010

   

Julie Aberg Robison
Treasurer
Town of Cary
Appointed 2009

Members

William V. Bell    Michael D. Page

William V. Bell
City of Durham
Appointed 2012

   

Michael D. Page
Durham City/County
Appointed 2012
Bernadette Pelissier   

Bernadette Pelissier
Orange County
Appointed 2012

   

Mary Ann Baldwin
City of Raleigh
Appointed 2008

   
Nina Szlosberg    Chuck Watts

Nina Szlosberg-Landis
NC Board of Transportation
Appointed 2001

   

Chuck Watts
NC Board of Transportation
Appointed 2010
Jeff Merritt    Sig Hutchinson

Jeff Merritt
Wake County
Appointed 2006

   

Sig Hutchinson
City of Raleigh
Appointed 2006

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

Meeting minutes

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2012

January
January (WS)
February
March

 2011

January
February
March
April
May
June
August
September
October
November
December

2010

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
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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