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Raleigh Transit Authority
COVID-19:
The Governor has issued executive orders requiring individuals to remain in their homes, except for certain activities, closing many businesses to the public, and prohibiting any gatherings which do not comply with its terms. Because of the risks to the public that would arise from continued in person meetings, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 166A-19.24, the City is converting Raleigh Transit Authority meetings to a remote electronic format for the duration of the State of Emergency.
May 28 Special Meeting:
The May 28, 2020 special meeting of the Raleigh Transit Authority will be a remote meeting conducted by electronic means. The meeting will be held at 3:30 p.m.
May Agenda
The Raleigh Transit Authority meeting will be broadcast live on RTN 11, the city's website and Youtube channel.
Meeting Minutes
Public Participation
If you'd like to submit a comment for an upcoming virtual meeting, please email GoRaleigh@raleighnc.gov.
Purpose
Established in the City Code to set general policy within funding and budgeting parameters approved by the Raleigh City Council. The Authority is comprised of nine citizens who are appointed by the Raleigh City Council. Authority members serve for two year terms without pay.
Established by Ordinance No. (1975)-1.
The Raleigh Transit Authority (RTA) conducts regularly scheduled, monthly business meetings. All Authority meetings are open to the public. The dates and locations of all Authority meetings are publicized. Regular business meetings are normally scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of the month, September through May. Occasional, special "called" meetings may be held. The Authority also encourages public input.
Finance and Policy Committee
- Meeting Schedule: First Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
- Members: Michael Stevenson - Chair, Daniel Coleman, Morris Cook, Tolulope Omokaiye - Ex-Officio
Reviews any budget/financial issues referred from the Transit Authority and other sub-committees as well as studies questions/policies related to transit and the GoRaleigh Access program.
Route Committee
- Meeting Schedule: First Tuesday at 11 a.m.
- Members: Chair - Nathan Spencer, Christopher Jones, Ex-Officio - Tolulope Omokaiye
Studies questions dealing with routes, services, passenger amenities.
Marketing Committee
- Meeting Schedule: First Thursday at 12 p.m.
- Members: Chair - Karen Rindge, Brian Burnett, Tolulope Omokaiye - Ex-Officio
Formulates annual marketing program for Transit Authority approval and monitors program execution by staff.
Members
- Corey Branch
City Council Liaison - Tolulope Omokaiye
Chair - Nathan Spencer
Vice Chair - Christopher Jones
- Karen Rindge
- Michael Stevenson
- Daniel Coleman
- Morris Cook
- Brian Burnett
- Joshua Gill
- Sara Prado - Alternate
- Robert Owens - Alternate
Raleigh Transit Authority, RTA Finance, RTA Route and RTA Marketing Committee meeting dates can be found on the City of Raleigh's Event Calendar.
2020 Monthly Performance Reports
2019 Monthly Performance Reports
July 2019 RTA Work Session