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==Transportation== ===Highway=== [[File:Country Homes Boulevard.png|thumb|Country Homes Boulevard in Town and Country, showing the swale running through the road.]] * [[File:US 2.svg|25px]] - [[U.S. Route 2 in Washington|U.S. 2]] - to [[Newport, Washington|Newport]] (north) and [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] (south) U.S. 2 passes north–south along the eastern boundary of Town and Country on Division Street.<ref name="SpoNWQuad" /> * [[File:US 395.svg|25px]] - [[U.S. Route 395 in Washington|U.S. 395]] - to [[Colville, Washington|Colville]] (north) and [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] (south) U.S. 395 passes north–south along the eastern boundary of Town and Country along Division Street.<ref name="SpoNWQuad" /> * [[File:WA-291.svg|25px]] - [[Washington State Route 291|State Route 291]] - to [[Tumtum, Washington|Tumtum]] (north) and [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] (south) State Route 291 passes along the southern boundary of Town and Country on Francis Avenue.<ref name="SpoNWQuad" /> ===Surface streets=== The three highways serving Town and Country all travel along surface streets and none are classified as limited-access in the area. Francis Avenue and Division Street are classified by the city of Spokane as major arterials, the city's highest classification for a surface street. While the city does not classify streets that lie entirely within Town and Country, it does consider the streets which connect to and serve as extensions of Country Homes Boulevard once it passes into the city limits to be major arterials as well.<ref name="OASM">{{cite web |title=City of Spokane Arterial Street Map SMC 12.08.040|url=https://static.spokanecity.org/documents/smc/maps/official-arterial-street-map-2021-01-05.pdf |publisher=City of Spokane |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref> Country Homes Boulevard links the Maple/Ash couplet in the southwest with Division Street at a major intersection known as "the Y" in the northeast, making it a major thoroughfare in the neighborhood. It carried 26,400 vehicles per day in 2018, making Country Homes Boulevard one of unincorporated Spokane County's busiest roadways.<ref name="Deshais19">{{cite news |last1=Deshais |first1=Nicholas |title=Getting There: Country Homes was a 'route through empty fields,' now it's major thoroughfare being repaired |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jul/29/getting-there-country-homes-was-a-route-through-em/ |access-date=June 13, 2022 |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=July 29, 2019}}</ref> Dedicated bike lanes run on Wall Street, Country Homes Boulevard and Lincoln Road, and Cedar Road is classified as a shared roadway bike route.<ref name="Bike">{{cite web |title=Spokane Regional Bike Map |url=https://srtc.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=a9c8901a015b4aea8c5e23a927a7fc41 |website=srtc.maps.arcgis.com |publisher=Spokane Regional Transportation Council |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref> ===Public transit=== Town and Country is served by the Spokane area's public transit provider, the [[Spokane Transit Authority]], which runs four fixed-route bus lines through the CDP. The Country Homes Park & Ride is located across the street to the north of the CDP and the Five Mile Park & Ride is one block to the south of the CDP.<ref name="STAMap">{{cite web |title=STA System Map |url=https://www.spokanetransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/STA_System_Map_Sept_21.pdf |website=spokanetransit.com |publisher=Spokane Transit Authority |access-date=June 12, 2022}}</ref> {| class=wikitable style="font-size: 100%" ! width="100px" | Route ! colspan=3 | Termini ! width="250px" | Service operation and notes ! width="300px" | Streets traveled |- |style="background:red; color:white" align="center" valign=center|<div>'''4'''<br />Monroe</div> | ! width="240px" align="center" | '''[[Downtown Spokane]]'''<br />[[STA Plaza]]<br /> ! <span style="font-size:140%;">↔</span> | ! width="240px" align="center" | '''Balboa/South Indian Trail'''<br />Five Mile Park and Ride<br /> | High-frequency route | Francis Avenue west of Monroe |- |style="background:red; color:white" align="center" valign=center|<div>'''25'''<br />Division</div> | ! width="240px" align="center" | '''Downtown Spokane'''<br />STA Plaza<br /> ! <span style="font-size:140%;">↔</span> | ! width="240px" align="center" | '''[[Fairwood, Spokane County, Washington|Fairwood]]'''<br />Hastings Park and Ride<br /> | High-frequency route | Division Street |- |style="background:blue; color:white" align="center" valign=center|<div>'''27'''<br />Hillyard</div> | ! width="240px" align="center" | '''Downtown Spokane'''<br />STA Plaza<br /> ! <span style="font-size:140%;">↔</span> | ! width="240px" align="center" | '''Balboa/South Indian Trail'''<br />Five Mile Park and Ride<br /> | Basic-frequency route; Downtown Spokane via [[Hillyard, Spokane|Hillyard]] | Francis Avenue |- |style="background:pink; color:black" align="center" valign=center|<div>'''124'''<br />North Express</div> | ! width="240px" align="center" | '''Downtown Spokane'''<br />STA Plaza<br /> ! <span style="font-size:140%;">↔</span> | ! width="240px" align="center" | '''Fairwood'''<br />Hastings Park and Ride | Express route during peak weekday hours | Monroe Street |- |}
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