Category: News
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Spokane Transit Authority will hear you now!
Good news! After community and transit stakeholder feedback, the STA will now implement a CEO hiring process with public and employee input.
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How will STA’s new top driver be chosen? Without your input.
The region’s transit agency, Spokane Transit Authority (STA) is about to start a hiring process for a new CEO that would include no official input from employees of the agency or the public that uses and pays for its services.
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Mayor Brown commits to immediate traffic safety measures
Traffic fatalities have hit Spokane hard. Brown and Spokane City Council are working to implement quick, cheap solutions to reduce traffic fatalities.
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Range: What Safe Streets for All could look like in Spokane
Spokane could soon buy a bunch of armadillos. The armadillos Spokane’s talking about, though, look less like that little guy and more like a series of croissant (or armadillo) shaped plastic bumps placed alongside bike lanes that create a physical barrier between bicyclists and the cars zooming past them.
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KXLY: Spokane City Council takes fresh approach to street safety with new resolution
You might soon see changes to Spokane’s streets thanks to a new street safety resolution passed by Spokane City Council on Monday night. Late Spokane Resident, Janet Mann, was killed in a hit-and-run at the intersection of Browne and Main Street on June 11. On June 24, Spokane City Council passed the Janet Mann Safe…
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Good Gab Episode 89 with Erik Lowe of Spokane Reimagined: $1 Billion Proposal to Transform Spokane
Welcome to Episode 89 of the Good Gab Podcast! In this episode, we sit down with Erik Lowe, the visionary behind the ambitious $1 billion Spokane Reimagined proposal. This groundbreaking initiative aims to make the Lilac City safer and more accessible for pedestrians and cyclists, creating a more vibrant urban environment.
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KHQ: Post Street Bridge to reopen with focus on pedestrian traffic
Wednesday afternoon will be the first time in five years a commercial car has driven over the Post Street Bridge. More importantly, it’s the first time in four years a pedestrian will walk over the bridge, a well-embraced return of an alternative to the Monroe Street Bridge.
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KXLY: Spokane Regional Transportation Council releases new safety plan to make Spokane’s roads
Officials in Spokane unveiled a new plan on Tuesday to help make roads safer for drivers, bikers and pedestrians. From 2019 to 2022, fatal car crashes in Spokane rose 66%. “Fatal and serious injury crashes that occur in our region are not just about that one crash, but there’s families that are impacted in those…