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Spokane Transit Authority highlights transit’s role in cutting emissions, electric fleet and BRT funding
Summary
STA reported 10.4 million rides in 2025, estimated replacement of roughly 7 million car trips, a 25% battery-electric bus share (40 buses), and federal identification of $82 million in CIG funding for the Division BRT project (projected for 2027 funding); STA also approved a $2 million TOD pilot at a South Hill Park & Ride.
Emily Poole, chief planning and development officer at Spokane Transit Authority, briefed the board on April 1 about how public transit supports the city's greenhouse-gas reduction goals. STA reported 10.4 million passenger trips in 2025 and estimated that those rides replaced roughly 7 million car trips across the region when measured against a 1.5-occupant-per-vehicle national average.
Poole outlined fleet and…
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