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Triangle Transit will start direct bus service from downtown Raleigh to Raleigh-Durham International Airport in August.

The RDU bus service will be offered Monday through Saturday (day corrected 5/28/10) from Moore Square and N.C. State University to RDU, then continue to the regional transit center on Slater Road near Research Triangle Park. The buses will run every 30 minutes during the day, and hourly in the evening and on Saturday.

The Raleigh-RDU service was approved Wednesday by Triangle Transit trustees along with other schedule and route changes that will take effect Aug. 16. The three-county agency is simplifying its schedule with a plan to replace several routes based in Durham, Chapel Hill and Raleigh with fewer routes. ... [MORE]

Failed fountains will be reborn as planters when Raleigh's Capital Area Transit gives its Moore Square Transit Station a makeover.

The work, including an architectural and engineering assessment, will start this fall.

Better signs, shelters and lighting are promised. A new ticketing area. And, since the buses have been backing up onto Wilmington Street, they'll look for a way to add a third bus lane.