Want to know what transportation projects are proposed for Spokane County, what your alternatives are to driving alone, and how to find out about local road closures or backups caused by accidents and other incidents? This blog is designed to educate the public on all transportation-related issues in Spokane County.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Behind the Scenes of a Transportation Management Center
While our region doesn't have nearly the traffic congestion that Seattle has, we do have a transportation managament center (TMC) like them, the Spokane Regional Transportation Management Center. This piece out of KING 5 news shows how the overall management of traffic works, although some of it may be a little different for our area considering the difference in traffic levels. It's cool to watch though, so you know what goes on behind the scenes of a TMC.
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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