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Nevada Transportation Authority proposes modernization and more rural enforcement; plans aligned with taxi authority platform
Summary
The Nevada Transportation Authority asked the Legislature to fund data storage, consolidation of enforcement databases and travel to provide enforcement in northeastern Nevada; officials said migration to the Acela platform would ease future data sharing with the Taxicab Authority.
Nevada Transportation Authority leaders testified Feb. 14 that the agency needs technology upgrades and additional enforcement reach into rural areas to address illegal transportation and improve safety.
Chairman and Division Administrator Von Hartung described NTA’s operations: 46 full-time positions across Las Vegas and Reno with five vacancies; regulatory responsibility for charter buses, TNCs, autonomous vehicles, non-emergency medical transportation, towing, moving-and-storage permits and taxi regulation outside Clark County. He and Deputy Commissioner David Pasternak listed primary challenges: an outdated driver/carrier database (described as effectively DOS-era), insufficient enforcement staffing to compete with other law enforcement agencies for recruits, and inadequate rural coverage.
Pasternak outlined decision units that would fund increased travel to northeastern Nevada for enforcement teams, data-storage funding for the agency website, consolidation of enforcement databases and phased migration to the Acela platform—already used by the Taxicab Authority. He said adopting Acela for both agencies would simplify future data sharing and ease any potential merger. The NTA also requested routine equipment and fleet replacement and a transfer of one IT position to the centralized department IT unit if the Legislature approves the director’s office consolidation.
Hartung said the agency is concerned about rural safety where inspection and enforcement capacity is thin and indicated an Elko field office would be desirable in the future. Committee members pressed NTA officials on why they opted for Acela rather than OCIO-built solutions; Pasternak and Hartung answered that Acela aligns with taxi authority software and that using a shared vendor reduces integration friction.
Ending: The subcommittee asked for additional procurement and cost justification for the proposed migration and for a plan to phase enforcement travel and coverage into rural Nevada. No appropriation decision was taken at the hearing.
