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Department of Licensing Waits Times Increase
Need to renew your drivers license or have other business with the Spokane Driver Licensing Office? Plan some extra time to take care of it. The Spokesman-Review says that almost every morning in recent weeks, there has been a line at the office before it opens so...
Spokane Gets First Guerrilla Bike Lane
Spokane has finally had it's first guerrilla bike lane. According to the Spokesman-Review, someone who was obviously not part of a road painting crew painted a bike lane on Riverside Avenue in the west end of downtown Spokane near Spokane Fire Station No. 4,...
Local Road Construction Update
WSDOT US 2/STEP Access Roundabout-West end of Airway Heights- Construction is starting on a new roundabout on Highway 2 just west of Craig Road. It will provide access to the new Spokane Tribe of Indians STEP casino development and add improvements at the Craig Road...
Article Sheds Light on Brick Streets Hidden Under Asphalt
There have been many questions over the years about why we have so many potholes in our streets and isn't there a different material roads could be built out of? Well, in the early part of the 20th century, there was a different material used and it appears to have...
Beijing Workers Commute Six, or More, Hours a Day
At a meeting recently, someone mentioned that they have a 35 minute commute to work. Several people reacted as if they had been told that person flies in from Mars every day. Well if you think 35 minutes is too long, how about six hours- daily?? Hundreds of thousands...
Southwest Launches Nonstop Service to Sacramento
Spokane International Airport announced today that Southwest Airlines launched new daily year round nonstop service to Sacramento International Airport. In addition to Sacramento, Southwest provides daily, year round nonstop service to Boise, Oakland, Denver, Phoenix,...
August SRTC Board Meeting Cancelled
The monthly meeting of SRTC's Board, scheduled for August 10, has been cancelled due to a lack of action items and to give Board members a "summer break." The next meeting will be September 14.
German Man Swims to Work to Avoid Traffic
Driving to work can be so boring. And time consuming. Commuting can just be a bummer in general. A German man, Benjamin David, has found a way to make his more eventful. According to the website Good, he swims the Isar river every day in the summer, and sometimes in...
Local Road Construction Update
SPOKANE COUNTY Craig Road Improvement Project, Medical Lake-Four Lakes Road to SR-902- Overlay of the existing asphalt. Lane restrictions both directions through the end of August. Market Street, Houston to Lincoln- Installing curb, sidewalk, ramps, catch basins,...
US 2 Project Open House
The Washington State Department of Transportation is making some improvements to US 2 in the Mead area and wants to tell you about it at an open house next Thursday, Aug. 3 from 5-7 p.m. at Mt. Spokane High School, 6015 E. Mt. Spokane Park Drive. The US 2/Deer Road to...