The Special Transit Advisory Commission is a group of Triangle residents asked to develop new priorities for major rail or bus transit improvements over the next three decades.

The group held its first meeting Wednesday. City and county elected officials who make up the Triangle’s two transportation planning agencies have asked the group to make its recommendations Oct. 31.

Plans to involve Triangle residents in the process will be developed in coming months. Information about the effort is available online at www.transitblueprint.org

Here are the 29 voting members of the Special Transit Advisory Commission.

Co-chairs:

Bill Cavanaugh, Raleigh, retired Progress Energy chairman and CEO

George Cianciolo, Chapel Hill, Duke University Medical Center pathology professor

Vice chairs:

Robert “Bo” Glenn, Durham, retired lawyer, Durham Open Space and Trails Commission chair

Smedes York, Raleigh, York Properties president, former mayor

Other members:

Cassandra Atkinson, Durham, NC Central University public administration professor

Tom Bradshaw, Raleigh, CitiGroup Global Markets public finance director, former Raleigh mayor and state transportation secretary

Gerry Cohen, Raleigh, NC General Assembly legislative drafting director

Daniel Coleman, Raleigh, contractor

Trish Dowty, Cary, SAS vice president

Carolyn Elfland, Chapel Hill, UNC-CH associate vice chancellor

Greg Flynn, Raleigh, architect

Chris Harder, Durham, NC governor’s office senior budget analyst, Durham Area Transit Authority board member

Mike Hendren, Wake Forest, chamber of commerce officer

Cal Horton, Chapel Hill, former town manager

Jodi LaFreniere, Morrisville, chamber of commerce president

Jennifer Lewis, Cary, Louis Berger Group transportation planner

Rusine Mitchell-Sinclair, Raleigh, IBM senior state executive

Sam Nichols Jr., Durham, First Citizens Bank senior vice president

Sandy Ogburn, Durham, former city council and Triangle Transit Authority member

Mack Paul, Raleigh, Kennedy Covington attorney

Bernadette Pelissier, Hillsborough, Sierra Club local chair

Roger Perry, Chapel Hill, East West Partners president, Triangle Tomorrow chair

Frank Price, Clayton, planning board chair

Tim Reed, Raleigh, Sierra Club officer

Holly Reid, Hillsborough, Eno River Association president

Warren Sawicki, Fuquay-Varina, chamber of commerce member

Mike Shiflett, Durham, president, American Labor medical equipment company

Frank Timberlake, Zebulon, National Agri-Marketing Association Carolinas/Virginia president

Ed Willingham, Raleigh, First Citizens Bank regional vice president, Regional Transportation Alliance chair

Sources: Capital Area and Durham Chapel Hill Carrboro metropolitan planning organizations