Downtown traffic study taking comments until Aug. 8

When people say "transportation" or "traffic" do they automatically think only of cars and other motorized vehicles? Well, good news: a study of traffic and transportation in downtown includes this line on the first page of the executive summary: "Goals for decreasing the vehicle miles traveled (VMT), reducing greenhouse gas emissions, decreasing the reliance on the single occupancy vehicle and maintaining a flexible, sustainable transportation system are important for the future."

The draft report on the Downtown / University District Traffic and Transportation Study by DKS is now available on-line at http://www.spokaneengineering.org/Downtown%20Study/Downtown%20Study.htm

Comments are invited through August 8. DKS will review and compile all comments and prepare the Final Study to be accepted by the City in the fall of 2008.

Let's weigh in and make sure cyclist voices are heard in support of our interests.

Send your comments either to: DKSTransportationStudy@spokanecity.org or to Lori Isenberg, CPF, President, Northwest Dynamics, Inc., loriisenberg@nwdynamics.net, 208.755.7282.