Mobile Speed Feedback Program

NOTE: If you are concerned with speeding in your area, contact the Spokane Police Department's Traffic Unit Hotline (509.625.4150). If there is property or vehicle damage, contact Spokane County's Crime Check (509.456.2233).

2024 Mobile Speed Feedback Applications are due Monday, April 8, 2024.

The City of Spokane has three mobile speed feedback trailers that collect data and two that do not that can be placed throughout the City by the request of Neighborhood Councils. The signs show drivers how quickly they are moving and collect speed data. Speed data is then reported to the neighborhood at the end of each program year. These signs were purchased through funding designated through the Traffic Calming Program.

Trailers are placed for a two-week period beginning and ending on Monday unless affected by holidays.

Mobile Speed Feedback Graphic

Each February, the Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS) will open applications to Neighborhood Councils. Applications are due early April. Please work through your Neighborhood Council to request a trailer be placed in an area of concern. Not sure which neighborhood you live in? Visit the Neighborhood Councils page.

Tips to keep in mind while deciding a location or date for trailer placement:

  • DO place signs in the public right of way where there is adequate space for the trailer to fit–roughly the size of a small passenger vehicle.
  • DO choose a location to maximize effectiveness.
  • DO select most effective dates for sign placement. ie. placing a trailer near a school in July or August will not be as effective as May, June or Sept.
  • Please identify which direction you wish the sign to face. Our signs only impact one direction of traffic. If a direction is not chosen, the placement crew will decide which direction the sign will face.
  • DO NOT schedule trailer placement in or around construction zones that will result in inaccurate data collection that will not be representative of traffic flow.
  • DO NOT place signs near controlled intersections or directly after a curve where traffic is accelerating or slowing down due to an adjacent intersection or curve in the road.
  • DO NOT request trailers be placed on sidewalks or private property without permission of the property owner.

Note: ONS will try to accommodate trailers on an as-needed basis, please work with your Neighborhood Council chair to make that request to the Traffic Calming Program manager at 509.625.6343.

ONS may need to shorten or cancel use of a trailer in a neighborhood if a trailer is vandalized.

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