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RTC Washoe Assists Community During Flood
Special to Passenger Transport
Early this month, Reno, NV, faced the most severe weather it had seen in more than a decade following months of drought, prompting the Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County (RTC) to mobilize.
Snow and ice, which melted amid days of continuous rain, caused a major flood event on Jan. 9. Working with local first responders, the RTC put its emergency plans into action, operating all public transit services free to make evacuation from the affected areas easier for residents.
Of particular concern was the Truckee River, which runs through downtown Reno and adjacent to the industrial center of the neighboring city of Sparks. The local school district used its buses to transport homeless individuals away from the river and downtown in advance of the river reaching flood levels; RTC buses returned them to a homeless shelter once the flood danger had passed.
Many employees of RTC and its fixed-route and paratransit contractors worked long hours to keep the system operating while coordinating with the Regional Emergency Operations Center and disseminating information to the public through the Joint Information Center. Transit dispatchers and coach operators adjusted routes on an ongoing basis as a growing number of streets became flooded.
The flood of 2017 stretched local resources to their limits, but the RTC’s personnel, through regional partnerships and planning, made a major contribution to protecting the community and its residents.
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| RTC Executive Director Lee Gibson, center, briefed Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, third from left, on flood impacts to RTC transit services and projects during a regional tour with local officials and media. |
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