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City presents revamped traffic-calming program and opens 60-day web form for safety concerns
Summary
City transportation staff outlined updates to Spokane’s traffic-calming program, said the city will solicit safety concerns via a web form going live Feb. 2 for 60 days, and described funding, consultant use and an expansion of speed/school cameras.
John Snyder, director of transportation sustainability for the City of Spokane, told the Bicycle Advisory Board that the city is retooling its traffic-calming program to target projects that reduce serious crashes and to better implement the city’s bicycle and pedestrian master plans. "If we are trying to affect safety, we need to do it coming and going, not just finding people for violating," Snyder said, describing a shift from piecemeal spot fixes to network projects that build out plan-level corridors.
Snyder said the city will reopen public solicitation for traffic-calming proposals via an online form that will go live on Feb. 2 and remain open for roughly 60 days. "We want a 60 day window where anybody can submit via this web form a traffic safety…
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