Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Transportation expert urges cities to think outside the car

  March 5, 2012 in City on Page A1 An expert on transportation in the U.S. says communities can save money and create greater vitality by rethinking the way they use transportation dollars. By emphasizing alternatives to the automobile, … 3

• City Council backs ‘complete streets’ rules

  December 20, 2011 in News, City The Spokane City Council late Monday, in the last meeting before four of the members will be replaced, voted 5-2 in favor of a “complete streets” ordinance. 35

• Shawn Vestal: Completing streets might prevent more ghosts

  December 9, 2011 in City on Page A5 They call them Ghost Bikes. You’ve likely seen them around town over the past year or so: bikes painted all white, chained to a post or fence. They memorialize, in … 14

• With 650 miles of missing sidewalks, taking to streets has risk

  November 20, 2011 in City on Page A1 There are 970 miles of streets in Spokane. Along them there are some 650 miles of missing sidewalks, if you consider both sides of the street. Where sidewalks exist, there … 36

• 2nd Avenue repaving on track; lines may take time

  June 9, 2010 in City on Page A1 Second Avenue downtown will be repaved this summer as planned, but the final design may remove one of three vehicle lanes in favor of one for bicycles, city officials say. … 6

• Editorial: Big-picture approach vital to city’s street goals

  May 12, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 The city of Spokane has big plans. Our leaders like plans. Comprehensive plans. Bike plans. Street plans. We have lots of big ideas to produce the kind of compact, walkable, … 4

• Second Avenue repaving project faces bumpy road

    May 11, 2010 in City on Page A1 A month after Spokane leaders endorsed goals to make streets more amenable to pedestrians and bicyclists, debate is emerging that could delay one of the city’s largest planned repaving projects … 16

• Consider cost of streets plan

  April 10, 2010 in Opinion on Page B5 Are “Complete Streets” a good idea for Spokane? Spokane is considering a Complete Streets program, which the City Council could adopt after further discussion. As chairman of the Citizens Streets … 3

• Goals include safe access for walkers, bicyclists

  January 7, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page N1 It really had nothing to do with the snow. Dave Robertson, 44, of west Spokane, was walking home from his job at Rings and Things downtown at dusk, on one … 2