Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Extra DUI Patrols Start Friday

Starting this Friday, Mar. 9, through Sunday, Mar. 18, local law enforcement will conduct extra DUI patrols in Spokane County.

St. Patrick’s Day has become a popular night out to celebrate, which is why officers from the Cheney, City of Airway Heights, Eastern Washington University, Liberty Lake, Spokane and Spokane Valley Police Departments, the Spokane and County Sheriff’s Office and the Washington State Patrol will commit extra patrol hours to make the roadways safer for everyone.

During this same time period last year in Spokane County, 74 people were arrested for driving under the influence. On St. Patrick’s Day 2009, 37 percent of the drivers and motorcyclist involved in fatal crashes had a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .08 or above, according to statistics by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
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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.