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Pines Improvement Project Community Meeting
City of Spokane Valley officials will present an updated design to increase safety, reduce the risk of collisions and improve traffic flow on Pines Road at Grace Avenue at a community meeting from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3 at CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426...
Traffic Calming Training Meeting
The City of Spokane is holding a 2018 neighborhood council traffic calming training on January 8th at City Hall from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Council Briefing Center. The session will include reviewing program updates and updating an application. A representative...
SRTC Closed Monday, Dec. 25
Seems pretty obvious, but SRTC and other government offices will be closed Monday for the Christmas holiday. SRTC re-opens at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 26 but some offices, like Spokane Valley City Hall, remain closed that day so call before heading out to take care of...
New NSC Place “Story Map” Needs Your Input
What should the area around the North Spokane Corridor (NSC) look like when the new freeway is complete? That's what the Washington State Department of Transportation is teaming up with Eastern Washington University to find out. WSDOT and its partners created the NSC...
New Report Says Washington Drivers Fifth Worst in U.S.
The stereotype about Spokane drivers is that we run red lights, don't use our turn signals and go slow in the fast lane. But we might not be alone. An analysis of federal data released by a Seattle-area insurance company says, along with our Western Washington...
Transportation Technical Committee Meeting Dec. 20
The monthly meeting of the Transportation Technical Committee (TTC) is next Wednesday, Dec. 20 at 1:30 p.m. in SRTC's conference room. The meeting agenda is here. If you haven't heard it yet, you may want to stop by for the presentation on the Spokane Cultural Trail....
Pedestrian Tickets Lead to Suspended Drivers’ Licenses
Ouch! Duval County (which is mostly made up of Jacksonville, Florida) is serious about their walking issues. Two thousand people there have received tickets for some sort of walking infraction between 2012 and 2016, according to ProPublica. And about half that amount...
Council Will Consider More School Zone Cameras, How to Spend Fine $
Spokane's City Council is planning to put more school zone cameras in next year, doubling the number in our area from two to four. According to the Spokesman-Review, the new cameras will go up around Ridgeview and Willard elementary schools in north Spokane. City...
The Brooklyn Bridge: Not Just For Traversing the River Anymore
The Brooklyn Bridge is apparently now the "it" place to be if you live in New York. In recent years, according to the New York Times, the elevated promenade of the iconic bridge has become clogged with tourists posing for pictures, vendors selling knickknacks and...
WA Drivers Set Record for Miles Driven
Washington drivers hit a record for miles driven in 2016. The Spokesman-Review's "Getting There" column says we drove more than 60 billion miles last year. The Washington State Department of Transportation's report, called Gray Notebook and covering the years 2014 to...