Feds Propose Rules for Oil Train Tank Cars
There have been MANY concerns voiced recently about the increased number of trainloads of crude oil
being shipped across the country, especially after several of the trains crashed and caught fire. In response, the government proposed rules yesterday that would phase out tens of thousands of older tank cars.
There are still a lot of details to be worked out though, as
this article in today's Spokesman-Review tells us.
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.
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