The intersection of East Robinson Street and North Saliman Road southwest of Carson High School on Feb. 7.
Photo by Scott Neuffer.
The Carson City Regional Transportation Commission on Wednesday will review a $110,000 contract to update the Carson City Safe Routes to School Master Plan.
The meeting begins in the community center boardroom immediately after the Carson Area Metropolitan Planning Organization meeting that starts at 4:30 p.m.
The contract would be with Alta Planning + Design.
“The plan is being updated to enhance student safety, improve infrastructure, and align with federal safety requirements,” according to the agenda. “Updates to the plan will incorporate Carson High School and Pioneer High School, add schools in the Stewart Community of the Washoe Tribe, and evaluate access to school-related locations such as the Carson City Community Center where students visit for before and after school activities. Alta will focus on pedestrian and bicycle safety, sidewalk and curb ramp connectivity, and possible improvement projects at identified locations.”
According to the city, the contract would be funded by a federal Safe Streets and Roads for All grant that was awarded in August 2024. Completion of the project is expected by the end of this year.
The current plan for city schools, approved in 2020, is online: carson.org/home/showpublisheddocument/87766/638357229971830000.
“The plan currently provides recommendations to improve safety for students walking and biking within one mile of the six public elementary schools and two public middle schools in Carson City,” according to a staff report. “Recommendations of the plan were developed based on school site observations, industry practices, and an analysis of existing crash and vehicle speed data. Input was incorporated from parent surveys, middle school student surveys, and from consulting with Carson City Public Works, Sheriff’s Office, and School District, to create the recommendations.”
The staff report says recent changes in federal law, including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, “now allow high schools to be included in Safe Routes to School projects.”
In other action:
• RTC members will review a $1.3 million contract with M4 Engineering LLC for the Carson City Multi-Use Path Project.
“The project is located in all five performance districts across Carson City and is funded using a combination of federal Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funds and local funding,” reads a staff report. “The project includes construction of a new pathway along Governors Field; safety and American with Disabilities Act improvements for the path at the intersection of Longview Way and Ash Canyon Road; patching, slurry seal and landscaping for the patch along Saliman Road, south of Sonoma Street; and patching, crack sealing, slurry seal, on path segments along Linear Ditch Trail, Fairview Drive, and East 5th St.”
• RTC members will consider a grant application to the Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division (ADSD) for $96,500, with a $14,513 local match, in support of Jump Around Carson’s Senior Bus Pass Program.
“The program is a highly successful program, utilized by hundreds of seniors each year,” reads a staff report. “The grant has been a critical component of the program’s success. Without ADSD funding, it is likely that Carson City could not justify continued distribution of the free passes, and seniors would be required to pay $0.75 for each one-way trip or $20 for a monthly pass.
“During FY 2024 (fiscal year 2024), 496 passes were issued and so far, during FY 2025 JAC has distributed 490 passes. The grant funding also serves as a critical local matching fund for FTA grants used to operate JAC.”
The free pass program is for the JAC fixed-route system for those 60 and older, according to the agenda.
More about JAC: carson.org/government/departments-g-z/public-works/transportation/jac-jump-around-carson.