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====Public transit==== [[File:GoTriangle2706 800Short.jpg|thumb|[[GoTriangle]] bus]] Public transportation in and around Raleigh is provided by [[GoRaleigh]] (formerly Capital Area Transit),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.raleighnc.gov/transit |title=The Official City of Raleigh Portal β Capital Area Transit |publisher=Raleighnc.gov |date=January 1, 1970 |access-date=January 4, 2012}}</ref> which operates 33 fixed bus routes, including the [[R-Line (Capital Area Transit)|R-Line]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-02-16|title=Raleigh starts downtown circulator - Raleigh - News & Observer|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/news/wake/raleigh/story/1404670.html|access-date=2023-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216122445/http://www.newsobserver.com/news/wake/raleigh/story/1404670.html |archive-date=February 16, 2009 }}</ref> and the Wake-Forest Loop. Although there are 33 routes, some routes are designed to cover multiple other routes at times when they are not served. Depending on the time of the day, and the day of the week, the number of routes operating is between 5 and 29. Raleigh is also served by [[GoTriangle]] (formerly Triangle Transit Authority). GoTriangle offers scheduled, fixed-route regional and commuter bus service between Raleigh and the region's other principal cities of Durham, Cary and Chapel Hill, as well as to and from the [[Raleigh-Durham International Airport]], [[Research Triangle Park]] and several of the region's larger suburban communities. Triangle Transit also coordinates an extensive [[vanpool]] and [[carpool|rideshare]] program that serves the region's larger employers and commute destinations. [[North Carolina State University]] also maintains its own transit system, the [[Wolfline]], that provides [[zero-fare]] bus service to the general public along multiple routes serving the university's campuses in southwest Raleigh.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://transportation.ncsu.edu/wolfline/ |title=Wolfline Information |website=NCSU.edu |date=January 26, 2019 |publisher=[[North Carolina State University]] |access-date=October 8, 2021}}</ref> Government agencies throughout the Raleigh-Durham metropolitan area have struggled with determining the best means of providing fixed-rail transit service for the region. From 1995 the cornerstone of Triangle Transit's long-term plan was a 28-mile rail corridor from northeast Raleigh, through downtown Raleigh, [[Cary, North Carolina|Cary]], and [[Research Triangle Park]], to [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]] using [[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]] technology. There were proposals to extend this corridor 7 miles to [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]] with [[light rail]] technology. However, in 2006 Triangle Transit deferred implementation indefinitely when the [[Federal Transit Administration]] declined to fund the program due to low ridership projections. The region's two [[metropolitan planning organization]]s appointed a group of local citizens in 2007 to reexamine options for future transit development in light of Triangle Transit's problems. The Special Transit Advisory Commission (STAC) retained many of the provisions of Triangle Transit's original plan but recommended adding new bus services and raising additional revenues by adding a new local half-cent sales tax to fund the project.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.transitblueprint.org/stac.shtml |title=Regional Transit Infrastructure Blueprint |publisher=Transitblueprint.org |date=May 21, 2008 |access-date=January 4, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106111406/http://www.transitblueprint.org/stac.shtml |archive-date=November 6, 2011}}</ref> [[Greyhound Lines]] provides an inter-city bus service to Durham, Charlotte, Richmond, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and other cities.
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