Monday, April 6, 2009

Drivers Fight Back Against Traffic Cameras

It's not just Spokane using the photored cameras to catch red light runners, more and more communities are installing cameras to catch people speeding, committing acts of road rage, and running red lights. And more and more people are protesting the lights, sometimes resorting to vandalism. This story from the Wall Street Journal talks about some of the crazy ways people are fighting back (all of which we don't endorse here at SRTC).

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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.