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Bike Month Upcoming Events
May is Bike Everywhere Month in Spokane and there are several events coming up to celebrate this week and next: May 10, 6 PM - Latah Creek Trail Ride. Meet at Sandifur Bridge, Clarke & Riverside. Mixture of compact gravel and paved roads. May 11, Noon -...
Airport Sign Installation Will Close Lanes
Spokane International Airport will be installing new overhead signs on inbound and outbound Airport Drive during the next two weeks dependent on weather conditions. The new signage will provide passengers with up-to-date information and directions when arriving or...
May TTC and TAC Meetings Cancelled
The regularly-scheduled meetings of SRTC's Transportation Technical Committee (TTC) and Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) are cancelled in May and will be replaced by a joint training session on walkability and ADA compliance on May 23 from 12-5 p.m. A very...
SRTC Board Meeting This Week
The monthly meeting of SRTC's Board of Directors is this week, on Thursday, May 10 at 1 p.m. All SRTC committee meetings are held in our conference room at 421 W. Riverside (the Paulsen Center building), suite 504. The meeting agenda is here. Please feel free to...
SRTC Education Series Includes Roundabout Community Conversation
SRTC has started an Education Series for 2018 and we've added a new page to our website dedicated to it to let everyone know what we have coming up. Here are a few events that are scheduled so far: July 10 & 11 MICK CORNETT Former Oklahoma City Mayor Mick...
Tampa Residents Protest Decision to Cancel Road Diet Project
There has been a lot of disagreement in recent years on "road diets," narrowing or reducing lanes on a roadway to make room for bicyclists and pedestrians and provide safer crossings for people walking. While I think everyone pretty much agrees anymore that streets...
Chinese Traffic Offenders Let Off- If They Confess Via Social Media
You can forget traffic school, traffic offenders in southwestern China can have their infractions dropped if they confess to their wrong-doings on social media- and get a set number of "likes." The South China Morning Post reports that scooter drivers in Dazhou,...
SCC Graduates First Deaf Truck Driver From Commercial Driving Program
There's an interesting article in the Spokesman-Review today about Spokane Community College recently graduating its first deaf truck driver from its commercial driving program. Justin Brooks was born deaf, meaning, until recently he wasn't eligible for a commercial...
Tunnel Under Puget Sound to Bainbridge Island Proposed
An idea being floated this week to Kitsap County commissioners would connect Seattle and Bainbridge Island with a tunnel, rather than a ferry. Q13 Fox News reports that a retired civil engineer, Bob Ortblad, says it would pay tax dollars, help the Orcas thrive and...
Transportation Technical Committee Meeting April 25
The next meeting of the Transportation Technical Committee (TTC) is next Wednesday, April 25 at 1:30 p.m. here at SRTC, 421 W. Riverside, Suite 504 (Paulsen Center building). The meeting agenda is here. Everyone is welcome at TTC meetings so please attend if anything...