RTA 2026 Leadership Briefing and Field Visit to Annapolis and Suburban Maryland
Please save the date and plan to register for our first overnight out-of-market field visit in more than four years: On July 20 and 21, RTA and our partners will visit the Annapolis, Central Maryland, and Suburban Maryland area. We will have an opportunity to learn about and/or visit various examples of multimodal infrastructure and priorities, including BRT, junior freeways, ramp management, transit policy, and more.
Honorary chairs for the Maryland tour are NCDOT Chief Engineer Patrick Norman and NCDOT Deputy Secretary for Multi-modal Transportation Julie White.
Click here for the event page, including registration and sponsorship options. Space is limited for the tour; please let me know if you have questions.
Successful I-40 / Orange County field visit
RTA members and partners enjoyed our first RTA field visit of 2026 earlier this week, to a portion of the I-40 widening project in Orange County.
As we have noted in prior weekly briefings, this I-40 corridor improvement is essential for the entire state, as it represents the final segment of the 200+ mile I-40/85 freeway corridor between Raleigh and Charlotte that is not yet at least three lanes per direction.
The regional business community applauds our partners at NCDOT Division 7 for their vital leadership on this important multimodal freeway, and we look forward to the next RTA field visit opportunities, including the RTA tour to Annapolis and Suburban Maryland, described above. Learn more about the visit, including some photos, from this week’s blog.
Thank you for your continued support and partnership. I hope everyone has a blessed and safe holiday week/weekend.
Let’s get moving.
Joe
