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SRTC Board Meeting December 14
Next Thursday, December 14 is the monthly SRTC Board meeting. The agenda is here. This is the big one we've been waiting for. After almost two years of working on it, we will be asking the Board to approve our long-range transportation plan, Horizon 2040. And...
Ellensburg Shows Small Towns Can Have Nice Things Too
Ellensburg is getting some love from Streetsblog USA for demonstrating that for most people to ride a bike for transportation doesn’t require a town to be big, rich or cutting edge. The college town of 20,000 recently became one of the smallest cities in the country...
Perry District Parking Solutions Needed
There has been a shift in the planning world to an emphasis on "non-motorized" transportation and "neighborhood centers." The south Perry District is a good example of this- an area of small businesses surrounded by neighborhoods within easy walking distance. Now...
New SR 26 Live Traffic Cameras Available
Travelers can now get weather information and a live look at highway conditions from two new weather stations with traffic cameras installed along State Route 26 in eastern Washington. The camera feeds are now available on the WSDOT Traffic and Cameras web page. ...
App Credited for Cutting Vancouver Bike Thefts By 30%
Worried about keeping your bike from being stolen? There's an app for that. Or at least there is if you living in Vancouver, B.C. And it's cut bike thefts there by 30% since being adopted two years ago. According to CBC News, Vancouver officials adopted a...
BMW Wants to Build Elevated Bikeways
BMW is known for building luxury cars but now it wants to branch out- into bike infrastructure. According to Wired, the automaker wants to build a network of bike lanes above street level and call I the the E3 Way— elevated, electric, and efficient. BMW says this...
Study Says Pokémon Go Caused Increased Traffic Accidents
We all should have seen this coming. That cute little yellow guy all the kids love is really a killer. That's right, a new study from Purdue University says traffic accident reports suggest that Pokémon Go caused a marked increase in vehicular damage, injuries, and...
Transportation Technical Committee Meeting Wednesday, Nov. 29
The monthly meeting of the Transportation Technical Committee (TTC) is this Wednesday, November 29 at 1:30 p.m. in the SRTC conference room. The meeting agenda is here. If anything on it catches your eye, please feel free to attend, all SRTC committee meetings are...
Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting Nov. 27
The monthly meeting of the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) is next Monday, November 27. The meeting agenda is here. All SRTC committee meetings are open to the public and we encourage anyone who is interested to attend. And if you have a transportation thought...
Coffee to Power London Buses
Waste coffee grounds will be used to help power some of London's buses. According to the BBC, a biofuel created by blending oil extracted from coffee waste with diesel is to be added to the public transport fuel supply. Technology firm bio-bean says it has produced...