Monday, October 31, 2011

New Transportation Bill May Not Require 'Enhancements'

The argument continues behind the scenes as to whether federal funds should continue to be spent on transportation 'enhancements,' such as pedestrian safety, bicycle trails, landscaping and historic preservation.

Currently states and metropolitan planning organizations are required to fund enhancements. House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica
says though that they won’t be included in the long-term (transportation) funding bill he expects to produce this fall. 'Planetizen' has the whole story.

No comments:


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.