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Most people think of transit as a service offered solely for people who need it, and have no other options. And while a large portion of public transit ridership across the country may be made up of these kinds of people, that doesn't mean everyone else can't utilize these services that are offered to them. And it's certainly possible to ride public transit just because it's cool. Yes, cool. We at The Triangle Commuter are just regular dudes who live in 2-story single family homes in the suburbs of West Cary and Holly Springs. But there's something about transit that we've grown to love. Yes, we may be a little chemically imbalanced, but there's a real fascination that can be found around public transit, especially here in the Research Triangle. There's a huge market for all types of transit here - with 3 cities (Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill) and all of those in-between towns such as Cary, Apex, and Morrisville making up North Carolina's Research triangle, over 2.3 million people call this region home. 8 fixed-route transit agencies serve the Triangle, these of course are the local city-based routes of GoRaleigh, GoDurham, GoCary, and its' affiliate GoApex, alongside the college routes like Chapel Hill Transit, N.C. State Wolfline, and Duke Transit, and of course our regional service that connects all of these agencies and more, GoTriangle. Alongside these, we have a fair amount of microtransit around here for the smaller towns too, such as the Morrisville Smart Shuttle, GO Wake Forest, GoRaleigh Microlink, and the newest of them all, the Holly Springs Hopper. As you can tell, with this many agencies at hand, a lot of people rely on and are interested in our local transit, and they deserve to know when important things are happening. While outlets such as WRAL, CBS 17 and the News & Observer do a good job of covering the more major events, a lot more happens behind the scenes that most people aren't aware of. So, our goal is to let everyone know when things that may affect them (for better or for worse) happen, even if it's not very significant. Examples of these things include when an agency receives new buses, or retires some, infrastructure improvements, service changes, new routes, you name it, whatever it is, we'll be here to cover it. We hope we can improve your transit experience and help you learn a little more about it. We hope to be able to publish at least one article per week, depending on what happens during said week.Â
There's just two of us here. That's pretty much it.
Jude standing in front of the first bus he rode, a now retired GoTriangle 2008 Gillig, #2843.
Jude is the main writer and editor for The Triangle Commuter. He became a true bus nerd in 2024, but the love for large vehicles has always been there, for some unexplained reason. You can get him to do almost anything if it involves a GoTriangle 2008 Gillig.
Dylan pointing at a GoDurham bus stop sign, because why not.
Dylan may not write as much as Jude, but he certainly knows a lot more than Jude when it comes to transit. Dylan started getting into transit around the same time as Jude, yet it didn't take nearly as long for the 'tism to fully take over. You can also get Dylan to do almost anything if it involves a 2008 Gillig, but from GoDurham instead of GoTriangle.