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Spokane to pilot 48-hour public-awareness response at traffic-fatality sites with $136,000 grant
Summary
City staff described a $136,000 grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission to pilot rapid 48-hour responses to traffic fatalities, deploying two-week visual treatments (paint, signs, cones, outreach) to raise public awareness and potentially prompt permanent safety changes; councilors asked whether such treatments are appropriate when a crash is not related to roadway design.
City staff briefed the Spokane City Council on a $136,000 grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission that would fund a pilot to respond to traffic fatalities with an on-site public-awareness treatment. Staff said the pilot aims to respond within 48 hours and put a treatment up for about two weeks (paint that can wash away, cones, signage and outreach such as door hangers), and that the grant mostly funds marketing and staff…
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