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CAMPO kicks off 2025 regional transportation and coordinated human services plans; seeks public survey input
Summary
On April 9 the Carson Area Metropolitan Planning Organization began work on 2025 updates to its regional transportation plan and the coordinated human services plan, proposing a public outreach and survey period and asking the board for priorities on transit service, access and project scope.
Kelly Norman, senior transportation planner for the Carson Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, presented a proposed process April 9 to update the regional transportation plan (RTP) and the coordinated human services plan, including a combined outreach approach and an online and paper survey intended to run from late April or May through early August.
Norman said the RTP was last updated in 2020 with an amendment in August 2024 and that federal guidance expects MPOs to update long-range plans at least every five years. "RTPs are required to be updated every 5 years, at least in a region like Campo," Norman said, and staff proposed a table of contents aligned with performance-based planning, a public survey, and an appendix-based project list to ease future amendments.
The proposed outreach will include stakeholder interviews, at least one public meeting, options for a map-based input tool, and a schedule that anticipates draft presentations to the CAMPO board in November and a final approval in late January. Norman said AP Tech and Parametrix (listed as a consultant in the meeting) will assist with modeling and drafting. She also said staff would monitor relevant executive orders and FHWA/FTA guidance and incorporate changes before final submission for federal approval.
Board members discussed priorities and survey design. One board member, speaking as mayor, urged the survey to ask respondents to weigh trade-offs between roadway maintenance and transit expansion — for example, whether limited general-fund dollars should go to additional JACK bus stops or to pothole repairs. "Fix the potholes," the mayor said was a frequent constituent comment and asked staff to include questions that help the public prioritize competing needs.
Members and audience speakers recommended targeted outreach to underserved areas (for example, Lyon County and Mound House), reaching healthcare trip passengers, and consulting existing transit partners. Marcus Myers, identified in the meeting as CAMPO's new transit coordinator, and Dan Dungess from Parametrix were introduced as staff supporting the plan work. Molly Walt, CEO of the Federal Counties RSVP program, described existing limited-door medical transit services from Lyon County into Carson City and Reno and said scheduling constraints limit usability.
Board members suggested several transit priorities for the coordinated human services plan (CHSP): increasing ridership toward pre-COVID levels, evaluating stop placement and bus turnouts on Highway 50, improving ADA access to stops, and coordinating with neighboring jurisdictions (Douglas, Lyon and Tahoe area providers) to explore corridor-level synergies. Staff said the CHSP will consider micromobility and alternative service models and that specific project prioritization will be discussed in September.
Norman asked for board feedback on vision and goals language, a possible logo refresh to support outreach, and whether a combined RTP/CHSP survey would reduce respondent fatigue. Several members favored shortening vision language to a concise statement that emphasizes a transportation system for all users; others cautioned against unnecessary rebranding costs.
The schedule presented calls for survey and stakeholder outreach through summer 2025, a September discussion on project prioritization, draft presentations to the CAMPO board in November, and final approval in January 2026.
