SAFETEA-LU Extended Six Months
SAFETEA-LU, the federal transportation spending bill, will be renewed for six months under a Senate-House agreement reached late Friday. Congress will likely vote on the deal within the week. There are some major concerns that come along with the extention though.
Transportation Issues Daily has a rundown of three possible issues that could be exacerbated by the deal.
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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