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• Position: TRIANGLE REGION - Triangle Transit growth - Brief article

It's not easy getting three counties and 17 municipalities to cooperate, but that's the task of Triangle Transit, the Durham-based agency in charge of plotting regional transportation initiatives and strategy. By most standards, CEO and General Manager David King has been successful. In eight years at the helm, he has expanded service, doubled ridership to 1.7 million and spearheaded the passage of a half-cent sales tax in Orange and Durham counties to finance a planned light-rail line there. King, 68, will step down by May--or sooner if Triangle Transit's board can find a replacement. His successor will be tasked with mapping transit options for a region that is rapidly growing. "You can't wait until a tsunami of growth happens before you do anything," King says. Between the 2010 census and a July 2013 survey, the Raleigh-Cary metro population surged 7%, to about 1.2 million, the 11th-fastest growth rate in the country. The...