Economy & Business 2025: Business Leadership and Mobility
Joe Milazzo II, PE
Executive Director, Regional Transportation Alliance
The Regional Transportation Alliance (RTA) has served as the voice of the regional business community on transportation for more than two decades. Our mission is to deliver business leadership to get our region moving faster.
As our market continues to increase in population, size, and overall growth rate, it has become increasingly challenging – and essential – to meet the demands for mobility infrastructure.
The regional business community has redoubled our collaboration, research, and outreach efforts to bring solutions to reality faster. With our region’s first dedicated BRT corridor and a new, longer primary runway at RDU both going under construction in 2025, now is the time to seize the momentum for accelerated, comprehensive investments across all modes of transportation.
RTA, NCDOT, and partners are zeroing in on specific Freeway, Arterial, Street, and Tactical (FAST) transit projects, including new I-40 freeway BRT linkages to RDU Airport and Research Triangle Park.
Eighteen miles of the turnpike 540 beltway opened this past fall, and the final 10 miles are under construction. In 2025, we will continue to pursue the accelerated upgrade of US 1 to a multimodal freeway north of I-540, and the development of a SMART freeway (Systematic Management of Adaptable Roadways through Technology) for I-40 to keep us moving.
The regional business community will continue to support and advance innovative, cost-effective, sustainable, and accelerated mobility solutions in 2025 in concert with our partners across the region, state, and nation.
“The regional business community is laser-focused on ensuring that our metropolitan transportation system keeps up with our area’s growth – from accelerating a regional BRT network to expanding RDU Airport.” -Joe Milazzo II, Regional Transportation Alliance
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