Monday, September 16, 2013

Coal Trains, Biofuel and Ride Sharing

The coal terminal debate returns to Spokane on Sept. 25, when three government agencies will host a scoping meeting for an environmental impact statement on a proposed coal port at Longview on the Columbia River. Washington State University Tri-Cities has been selected to be the headquarters for a national biofuel research center. And need a different way to get to work other than driving alone? A new website can help with that.

The Spokesman-Review's "Getting There" column has everything happening in transportation locally this week.

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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.