Thursday, December 12, 2013

New Signs Indicate When Ice Is Present

Sometimes you're just not sure if the pavement is just wet, or if there's ice on it. The Asotin County Public Works Department is trying something new to get drivers to slow down. They've recently installed reflectors that turn blue when the area gets below freezing. A few have been installed around steep grades.


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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.