Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Getting There: Dishman Hills conservation holdings get name

  December 17, 2012 in City on Page A1 A series of properties open for public access in the Dishman Hills area has become a haven for hikers as well as a sanctuary for wildlife just miles from Spokane … 2

• Getting There: Second Avenue open for business

  September 26, 2011 in City on Page A1 There was plenty of reason to celebrate at Second Avenue and Browne Street last week. For the past two years, traffic on Second Avenue has been hampered by reconstruction work … 3

• Getting There: Major STA route changes take effect Sunday

  September 12, 2011 in News on Page A1 The largest reconfiguration of Spokane Transit Authority routes in more than a decade starts Sunday, with virtually every route seeing changes. Riders are grabbing up schedules to become familiar with … 10

• Getting There: Many road projects are coming to a close

  September 5, 2011 in City on Page A1 Several unfinished local street construction projects are nearing completion, officials said last week. Most notably, the reconstruction of Grand Boulevard from 29th Avenue to High Drive was finished in time …

• Getting There: Summer street parties offer fitness activities

  June 13, 2011 in City on Page A1 Spokane Summer Parkways returns to the streets later this month for the first of three celebrations of human-powered transportation. Last year’s two inaugural events drew nearly 2,500 people, and organizers … 1

• Getting There: Workers ready to resume West Second upgrades

  May 30, 2011 in City on Page A6 A crew on Tuesday will resume work started last year along 11 blocks of West Second Avenue in downtown Spokane. The work will take about two weeks and cover Second …

• City outlines road projects

  March 31, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S1 With spring comes road construction season and the City of Spokane has a bunch of projects planned for this year. Alert drivers already know that Second Avenue is down to …

• Getting There: Hotel developer seeks stoplight near GU

  November 22, 2010 in City on Page A1 Developer Jerry Dicker is teaming up with owners of the former Burgans Furniture store at Division Street and Boone Avenue to convert the 1918 structure into a three-story hotel with … 15

• Clark: Bike lanes circumvent Spokane’s true spirit

  October 5, 2010 in City on Page A5 Downtown bike lanes? Come on. Spokane needs downtown bike lanes like it needs a two-term mayor. 14

• City analysis notes bike route’s potential for snarled traffic

  October 4, 2010 in City on Page A1 Removing a lane for cars in favor of one for bicycles along Second Avenue downtown would cause longer traffic backups during rush hour in at least two locations, Spokane officials … 42

• Final touches on Second Avenue will likely come next year

  October 4, 2010 in City on Page A1 Downtown construction headaches that have frustrated motorists and business owners could extend into next year. City Engineer Mike Taylor said the Second Avenue project has run into complications partly because … 6

• Monroe and Lincoln closed at Second Avenue

  September 28, 2010 in City on Page A5 Congestion in downtown Spokane is likely to get a little worse today and Thursday with the closure of major intersections for paving work on West Second Avenue. Monroe and Lincoln … 3

• 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

• 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