Spokane to Get New Skywalk; Some Say They're Detrimental to Businesses
Downtown Spokane is getting it's first new skywalk in two decades. The elevated walkway was approved by City Council yesterday and will connect the Convention Center with the Grand Hotel Spokane, which is under construction now.
The Spokesman-Review has the story.
Not everyone was supportive though. While he voted for the skywalk, Councilmember Jon Snyder said skywalks are detrimental to ground-level stores.
This article on Spokane Rising agrees, saying they take people off the streets and put them in sterile hallways, basically.
Thoughts?
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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.
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