Tuesday, July 26, 2011

City Council Press Candidate Calls Streetcar 'Sexy'

Spokane City Council President candidate Victor Noder had some... um... interesting things to say about transportation in Spokane when he sat down with the Spokesman-Review to explain why he's the best candidate for the position.

In fact, his answers to many of the questions, across a variety of issues, are interesting. Why does he feel he's the best candidate? His looks, for one thing. Would he support a tax boost for libraries? Noder feels libraries are a place for bums to 'crash out' among other things. In response to the question should a new Street Bond include money to pay for sidewalks, bike lanes, street trees or other improvements besides pavement from “curb-to-curb" Noder responded "Street trees conflict with yard gardens."

Do your homework before you vote folks and check out your candidates. The Noder interview is here. I'll post other candidate interviews as they're published.

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About SRTC

SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.

SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.