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The I-885 Connector is only months away from completion. This will create a vital regional linkage while advancing a new multimodal freeway loop for Durham.

We have an opportunity and an obligation to combine the natural advantages of our location and layout with the revealed commuting advantage of the nature of our work and our ongoing transportation investments.

The RTA Steering Committee has endorsed an exciting concept for 15-501 and will work with our partners to improve and accelerate recommendations for the corridor.

Despite the pandemic, growth in our region is accelerating — and we will likely see the emergence of a larger ring of prosperity and opportunity in central North Carolina.

The regional business community will continue to grapple with a number of issues over the coming year where the question about opportunity costs will be essential.

The regional business community is pleased to support a vital discussion on state transportation funding, including the NC Chamber’s Destination 2030 initiative, and the ongoing NCDOT FIRST Commission study.

For this week’s post, I celebrate the Blue Ridge Parkway, America’s longest linear park, and invariably among the visited portions of the National Park Service in the country.

This week we held the 12th annual meeting of the I-40 Regional Partnership with updates on over a dozen active and upcoming projects in the Triangle.

This week’s virtual RTA Transportation Breakfast included excellent presentations on two RTA-led studies, and an executive discussion on making enhanced transit a reality.

The FAST and zero fare pilot studies cannot provide the specific implementation “answer” for either of these initiatives– but they can point the way toward a more effective multimodal future.