Some Worried Transportation Bill Could Skimp On Environmental Reviews
Text hasn't been released yet, but a summary of the House Transportation Committee’s reauthorization bill has some people worried that repeated use of the term 'streamlining' in reference to project delivery may actually indicate a desire to gut environmental review processes and cut back on public input efforts.
The
D.C. Streets Blog has a look at the bill.
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.
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