Proposed Bill Would Maintain Highway & Transit Funding
2012 highway and transit funding would be maintained at current levels under a bill passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee late last week. The committee proposes $41.1 billion for highways and $8.34 for transit, compared to the House’s proposal of $27 billion and $5.2 billion respectively.
You can find more details on the Transportation Issues Daily blog.
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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