Are we ready to pay price for life in fast lane
(News and Observer – November 27, 2012)

"A lot of markets the Triangle competes with are putting in express lanes (or) HOT lanes, different ways to provide a reliable travel-time option in congested corridors," said Joe Milazzo II, the group's executive director.

Boosters see no humor in ‘Crawleigh’ moniker
(News and Observer – November 1, 2012)

Part of the problem with Crawleigh is it didn’t tell anyone what construction is happening where, said Joe Milazzo, executive director of Regional Transportation Alliance. Something like “I-440 Rebuild” would describe and locate the pain while pointing to the future.

Lilac Route for loop could run into a legal roadblock
(News and Observer – May 23, 2012)

Joe Milazzo, executive director of the Regional Transportation Alliance, said it might not be necessary to change the law in order for DOT engineers to study the Lilac Route.

Reopen study of TriEx Red Route or risk funding
(News and Observer – April 10, 2012)
 
The Federal Highway Administration has indicated that funding for the southeastern stretch of the Triangle Expressway could be in jeopardy unless the widely reviled Red Route gets a closer look.  “We’re hoping to find a solution that works for everyone, because we’ve got to get this road built,” Joe Milazzo, executive director for the Regional Transportation Alliance, said.

60 mph legal on Wade extension
(News and Observer – February 16, 2012)

After a study confirmed that most drivers go 65 mph – safely – on the busy Wade Avenue Extension in West Raleigh, the state Department of Transportation raised the speed limit there from 55 mph to 60 mph.  “We’re asking the question,” said Joe Milazzo II, executive director of the Regional Transportation Alliance. “Would this more accurately reflect the way people travel? Would they be able to do it safely?”

DOT tests idea: buses to ride I-40 shoulder
(News and Observer – January 25, 2012)

The state Department of Transportation, Triangle Transit and several other members of an “I-40 Partnership” are going to try a “bus on shoulder system” on a section of Interstate 40 in southern Durham County. The I-40 Partnership is coordinated by the Regional Transportation Alliance, an association of Triangle chambers of commerce.

Deal sets train on fast track
 (News and Observer – March 22, 2011) 

“It connects the two largest cities in the state right across the Piedmont crescent, with faster travel times that have become increasingly competitive with the automobile,” said Joe Milazzo II, executive director of the Regional Transportation Alliance, a Triangle business group.

Most still support transit sales tax
(News and Observer – March 20, 2011)

“While support for the tax has gone down slightly in both Orange and Wake, the support for a sales tax remains above 50 percent in all counties,” said Joe Milazzo II, executive director of the Regional Transportation Alliance.

Triangle rail plans chug on
(News and Observer – March 23, 2010)

Joe Milazzo II, executive director of the nonprofit Regional Transportation Alliance, will release three-county poll results he says are “not celebratory, but they are promising” for transit supporters.

Proposed East End Connector on track
(The Herald Sun – January 15, 2010)

They also pointed out that the project now enjoys regional support. Thanks to help from the Regional Transportation Alliance and its executive director, Joe Milazzo, Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker has gotten behind the project.

East End Connector gets a regional branding push
(Bull City Rising blog – December 11, 2009)

If you're looking for a lesson in branding, you could do a lot worse than the Regional Transportation Alliance's new campaign to push for the East End Connector.

“It will allow the Triangle region as a whole – Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park – to connect to Interstate 85,” Joe Milazzo, executive director of the Regional Transportation Alliance, said.

Group offers low-cost solutions to troubled intersections
(WRAL TV – Sept. 23, 2009)

The Regional Transportation Alliance, which consists of local engineers, city and business leaders, recently analyzed nearly three dozen problematic intersections in area municipalities and identified 10 intersections where smaller and less expensive solutions could be implemented to improve traffic flow and safety.

Transit Tax Finds Backing
(News and Observer – March 25, 2009)

Triangle voters are leaning in favor of a proposed local sales tax increase to pay for bus and rail transit improvements, according to a poll commissioned by a pro-transit business group. Joe Milazzo II, executive director of the Regional Transportation Alliance, said the results show “a promising level of initial support, given the current focus on the economy.” 

Investment for mass transit needed now, group says
WRAL-TV, December 9, 2018

The Regional Transportation Alliance, at its annual meeting Tuesday, supported a vision for mass transit in the Triangle that would include commuter rail and more buses.

The organization, which focuses on ways to relieve traffic congestion in an effort to promote strong business in the area, also believes there should be an investment in road projects to help ease congestion and the problems that go along with it.

The group is focusing its efforts on finishing the new stretch of N.C. Highway 540 from Morrisville to Holly Springs and widening a section of Interstate 40 between Raleigh and Cary.

It also wants improved air service at Raleigh-Durham International Airport and more flights to more destinations.

"Those investments certainly have a cost, but there's also a cost of doing nothing," said RTA's executive director, Joe Milazzo. "If we choose to do nothing at all, we know what's going to happen: more congestion, lack of options – it's going to make us less competitive, overall."

"You've got to anticipate it," Milazzo said. "We see the population coming. Those investments need to occur."

Forum looks at eliminating left turns at major intersections
(WRAL – Sept. 11, 2008)

State transportation leaders met Thursday afternoon to discuss an idea that would eliminating left turns at busy intersections in an effort to reduce traffic congestion. The idea is already in place in Greensboro and has saved more than 2 million hours of delay since the 1970s – about 150 hours a day – according to the Regional Transportation Alliance, which is sponsoring a forum on the matter.

6 lanes proposed for I-40 Stretch
(News and Observer – September 25, 2007)

here are new efforts this fall to get the state moving on Wake County's top road improvement priority: widening Interstate 40 between Wade Avenue in West Raleigh and U.S. 1/64 in Cary.

"It may need eight lanes at some point, but it certainly needs more than the four lanes it has now," said Joe Milazzo II, executive director of the Regional Transportation Alliance, a business advocacy group. "And $30 million's cheaper than $60 million."

Turnpikes would get us moving again
(News and Observer – April 2, 2006)

- By: Joe Milazzo II, executive director of the Regional Transportation Alliance.

The Regional Transportation Alliance — the regional business leadership group that focuses on relieving traffic congestion and enhancing mobility — supports the accelerated completion of Interstate 540 and Triangle Parkway.