Monday, June 18, 2012

Hoopfest DUI Patrols June 29 & 30


Local DUI patrols will be held June 29 and 30th in conjunction with Hoopfest. The purpose of the patrols is to get impaired drivers off the roads and make Hoopfest a safe family event for everyone. The patrols are funded by a grant from Washington Traffic Safety Commission and supported by the Spokane County Target Zero Task Force.

The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, Spokane Valley Police Department, Spokane Police Department, Cheney Police Department, EWU Police Department, Washington State Patrol, City of Airway Heights Police Department and the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office will be participating in the extra emphasis patrols.

In Spokane County, 47% (69 of 147) of all traffic deaths from 2006 through 2010 involved an alcohol or drug-impaired motor vehicle driver. Over a third of all persons who died were ages 16 to 25. Males accounted for 73% of motor vehicle deaths involving an impaired driver in Spokane County. Over half of impaired driver-involved deaths were from crashes that occurred from 3:00 p.m. Friday to 6:00 a.m. Sunday.

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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.