Tuesday, January 21, 2014

New Online Map Tracks State Transportation Spending

How much money would you guess is spent on transportation in Spokane County? Why guess when you can use a new tool that tells you? A new online map by the Washington State Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program and the Office of Financial Management has information on how much money is spent in each of the state's 39 counties and 49 legislative districts on transportation, but also how many employees work in the field of transportation (and other fields), the statewide Ominbus Budget divided by spending area, state revenue by source and a LOT of other info.

If you're looking for information on how the state spends money, this is the place for you. The map of capital and transportation projects is most interesting to me of course. Just click the county you're interested in and "view report" and probably more information that you could ever need comes up.

Check it out here.

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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.