Thursday, July 12, 2012

Behind The Scenes at Transportation Management Centers




Have I mentioned recently that the Spokane Regional Transportation Management Center turns ten this year? Yep, ten years of helping to combat traffic congestion. If you're not sure exactly what that entails, the video below will fill you in. 

I thought of it because of this article on the U.S. Department of Transportation website I stumbled on called "Behind the Scenes at TMCs." That's pretty much what the TMC in our office does.

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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.