About Spokane Regional Transportation Council

SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization for Spokane County. Regional transportation planning requires an understanding of the past, recognition of current conditions, and the ability to provide an economically achievable, environmentally balanced, and consumer-friendly transportation system that enables the Spokane community to reach its full potential.

As a local intergovernmental agency, SRTC encourages coordination and collaboration between planning and transportation departments in the City of Spokane, City of Spokane Valley, Spokane County, the Washington State Department of Transportation and small cities and towns in order to assure cohesive connectivity throughout Spokane County. Click here to read the Interlocal Agreement between the agencies listed above designating a Regional Transportation Council.

Modeling is the method of forecasting how society will use the transportation system now and in the future. Modeling analysis explores various modes of travel including bus, light rail, auto, and carpool. Transportation Modeling also considers the demand on the transportation system. This socioeconomic method assists the public, community leaders and the regional SRTC partner agencies (Spokane County, City of Spokane, City of Spokane Valley, Washington State Department of Transportation and Spokane Transit Authority) in making future transportation decisions and investments.

All modelers in the region are invited to participate, and the public is encouraged to attend. For more information and meeting times call SRTC at (509) 343-6370.

Services SRTC offers to local governments include transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information and analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographical information services, trip generation rates and traffic analysis zone data. SRTC offers each of these services in fulfillment of its mission:

"SRTC provides for the safe and efficient movement of people and goods into, within, and through the Spokane Region with an integration of balanced
multi-modal transportation choices."

For further contact information click here to view our 'Contact Us' page.

Spokane Regional Transportation Management Center

The SRTC suite of offices also houses the Spokane Regional Transportation Management Center, a multi-jurisdictional control facility to enhance and support advanced transportation management capabilities.

The SRTMC operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with Center operators monitoring cameras along the Interstate 90 corridor and at several downtown Spokane intersections and coordinating with local agencies, such as the 911 center and state police from Washington and Idaho. The operators control devices used to monitor and control traffic, such as closed-circuit TV cameras, message signs, traffic measurement stations and highway advsiory radio stations. To visit the SRTMC website, click here.

The Spokane Regional Transportation Council (SRTC) hereby gives public notice that it is the policy of the agency to assure full compliance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. Title VI requires that no person in the United States of America shall, on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity for which SRTC receives federal financial assistance. Any person who believes they have been aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice under Title VI has a right to file a formal complaint with SRTC. Any such complaint must be in writing and filed with SRTC's Title VI Coordinator within one hundred eighty (180) days following the date of the alleged discriminatory occurence.