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The Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority, known as GoTriangle, previously Triangle Transit, and originally Triangle Transit Authority or TTA, provides regional bus service to The Triangle region of North Carolina in the counties of Wake, Durham and Orange. The ''GoTriangle'' name was adopted in 2015 as part of the consolidated GoTransit branding scheme for the Triangle. == History == The 1989 session of the North Carolina 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. In 1991, the NC General Assembly, subject to County approvals, authorized Triangle Transit to levy a vehicle registration tax of up to $5 per registration. This tag tax finances the regional bus operations, vanpooling program and planning program. In 1997, the NC General Assembly, subject to County approvals, authorized Triangle Transit to levy a rental vehicle tax of up to 5% of gross receipts. This tax, effective January 1, 1998, will finance future capital projects. Triangle Transit 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 # Vanpool service # Regional transit planning From 1995, the cornerstone of Triangle Transit's long-term plan was a 28-mile rail corridor from northeast Raleigh, through downtown Raleigh, Cary, and Research Triangle Park, to Durham using DMU technology. There were proposals to extend this corridor 7 miles to Chapel Hill with light rail technology. However, in 2006 Triangle Transit deferred implementation indefinitely when the Federal Transit Administration declined to fund the program.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2006/08/14/daily42.html )〕 Planning began on a new light rail project between Durham and Chapel Hill in 2013. On March 17, 2008, after 15 years as Triangle Transit Authority, the Board of Trustees changed the agency's name and logo to Triangle Transit. Triangle Transit Board Chair Sig Hutchinson announced its new promise to the Triangle:
GoTriangle 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GoTriangle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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