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Triangle Transit Authority The Research Triangle region comprises the counties of Wake, Durham, and Orange. The principal municipalities in the area include Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Cary. Growth in the Research Triangle region has created the need to consider new transportation solutions. The 1990 estimated population totals 696,938 persons. The population of the three county area is projected to expand to approximately 1,200,000 in 2010. The 1989 Session of the North Carolina General Assembly amended Chapter 160A of the General Statutes by adding Article 26 which enabled the creation of regional public transportation authorities. The Boards of Commissioners in Durham, Orange, and Wake Counties each held a public hearing, published articles of incorporation, and passed resolutions creating the Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority (a/k/a Triangle Transit Authority or TTA). The new unit of local government was chartered by the Secretary of State on December 1, 1989. The 1991 Session of the NC General Assembly enacted House. Bill 80 which permits regional public transportation authorities to levy a vehicle registration tax of up to $5 per registration. Following public hearing, a tax levy of $5 per registered vehicle was approved by the TTA Special Tax Board, the Boards of County Commissioners of Wake, Durham, and Orange Counties, and the Triangle Transit Authority Board of Trustees. This tax will form the basic operating funding for regional transit services in the Triangle. The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles began collection of the tax on January 1, 1992. The TTA was created to plan, finance, organize, and operate a public transportation system for the Research Triangle area. It 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. In May, 1993, the TTA Board of Trustees adopted the following revised Mission Statement and Goals: Mission Statement To plan, facilitate, and promote, for the Greater Triangle Community, an affordable, customer- oriented public transportation network which provides mobility,promotes economic opportunities, and protects the environment. Goals ♦ Continue to operate a fiscally sound, well-run public enterprise, utilizing Total Quality Management. ♦ Develop a multi-modal transportation system which includes: • expansion of the Tri-A-Ride Carpool and Vanpool Program; • a comprehensive regional bus service, complementing existing public and 1