Wednesday, July 22, 2009

3 Wheels Are Better Than 4 In This Case

Google is taking to the streets to advance its Street View service this summer... on tricycles.

Google is deploying bikes mounted with its 360 degree Street View cameras this summer to map areas of Britain inaccessible by its fleet of Street View cars. Here's more on this story. I think I'm going to have to take a leave of abscence to ride a Google trike this summer.

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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.