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Data Indicates Uber and Lyft Are Making Traffic Worse In Boston
New research says ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft are making rush-hour traffic even worse in Boston, according to StreetsBlog USA. Boston's Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) polled 944 ride-hailing passengers in Boston about their travel habits, using...
White House to Reportedly Unveil Infrastructure Plan Monday
President Donald Trump plans to unveil details of his long-awaited plan to generate at least $1.5 trillion in infrastructure improvements over 10 years next Monday, February 12, according to a White House official and reported by CNBC. Speaking anonymously, that...
Share Ideas On Ways to Enhance Neighborhoods Around NSC
Have an idea of what the community spaces along the North Spokane Corridor should look like? A series of “charrettes” hosted by the Washington State Department of Transportation begin in late February where citizens can contribute ideas on public places and amenities...
Scammer Tries to Charge Resident to Clear Brush from Sidewalk
A scam warning from Spokane County. If someone comes to your home and claims to be a contractor hired by Spokane County to cut back low-hanging tree branches and bushes crowding sidewalks, do not give them any money. This recently happened to an elderly lady in the...
Spokane Transit Authority Call for Projects
Spokane Transit Authority has opened a Section 5310 grant Call for Projects. Attached is a link to the STA website with all the details: https://www.spokanetransit.com/about-sta/public-notices
Input Needed on Riverside Avenue Project
The City of Spokane is developing a project to rebuild Riverside Avenue in downtown Spokane between Division and Monroe streets. Much of this section of Riverside is included in the route of Spokane Transit Authority’s Central City Line (CCL), a planned 6-mile bus...
Help Design Central City Line Stops- Online
We know you're busy. You not only work or go to school, but run the kids to soccer practice and math club, walk the dog, cook dinner, pack lunches, go to the gym, pay the bills, clean the house, shovel the walk, etc. etc. Which is why less and less people have...
“Self-Healing” Concrete Uses Fungus to Fill Cracks
There are self-driving cars, automated assembly lines and now self-healing concrete. Wait- self-healing concrete?? Yes, it's supposedly a new thing. And it uses fungus, of all things, to do the healing. According to New Atlas, this new concrete, developed by...
Fake Snow Car Earns the Builder a Fake Parking Ticket
A Canadian man's plan to have a little fun at the expense of snow plow drivers worked a little too well. On the street in front of his Montreal home, Simon Laprise created a life-size model of a DeLorean DMC-12 car, which was made famous in the “Back to the Future”...
Spokane Valley Community Meeting
Spokane Valley is hosting a community meeting on two projects- the Sprague-Sullivan to Corbin street preservation project and the Appleway Trail-Sullivan to Corbin project- from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6 in the Commons area of Greenacres Middle School, 17409 E....