Monday, January 12, 2015

Grant Aimed at Making Area Railroad Crossings Safer

In the last year, there have been 22 collisions between cars and trains in Washington State. A new grant will pay for signs that should help to cut down on incidents like that in Spokane and Whitman counties.

More than 40 potentially hazardous crossings will be fitted with reflectors and better signs to make the crossings more visible. KREM 2 News has the story.

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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.