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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. No you're not (at least as far as I know) dyslexic, I did say because it's cool. We at The Triangle Commuter are just regular dudes who live in 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. Not to mention, the Research Triangle Park in Durham provides thousands of jobs that citizens commute to and from daily. 8 fixed-route transit agencies serve the Triangle, these of course being local city-based routes like GoRaleigh, GoDurham, GoCary, and GoApex, alongside the college routes like Chapel Hill Transit, N.C. State Wolfline, and Duke Transit, as well as our regional service that connects all of these agencies and more, GoTriangle. Alongside these, we have a fair amount of micro-transit around here for the smaller communities as well, 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, and what these things are. While larger local outlets do a good job of covering the 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. Our goal is to improve your transit experience and help you learn a little more about it. We hope to be able to publish monthly recaps and breaking news articles, on top of editorials here and there to scratch the occasional brain itch pertaining oddly specific things we may have from time to time.Â
There's just two of us here. That's it.
Jude standing in front of the first bus he rode, a now retired GoTriangle 2008 Gillig, #2843.
I am the main writer and editor for The Triangle Commuter. I became a true bus nerd in 2024, but the love for big vehicles that make big noise has always been there, for some unexplained reason (I have my speculations, but I'll leave them to myself). You can get me to do almost anything if it involves a 2008 Gillig.
Dylan pointing at a GoDurham bus stop sign, because why not.
Dylan may not write as much as Jude, but he is certainly knowledgeable when it comes to transit. He became interested in transit around the same time as Jude, yet it didn't take nearly as long for it to fully take over. You can also get Dylan to do almost anything if it involves a 2008 Gillig, specifically from GoDurham.