Planning - Studies and Reports
Freight Transportation
Goods Movement Study
The Goods Movement Study report summarizes an initial attempt to examine Nevada’s freight transportation system, with an eye on how to best utilize Nevada’s freight strengths in the economic development and economic diversification process.
The needs of the non-tourism, non-gaming industries are in some ways very different from those of the services industries traditional to Nevada. While the tourism and services industries need certain types of infrastructure and services (passenger highways and passenger airports, restaurants and hotels), the other types of non-services businesses often need other types of transportation (freight transportation), other types of infrastructure (utilities), and other types of labor and markets.
Southern Nevada Study
Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln and Nye Counties
The primary goal of the Southern Nevada Transportation Study is to inventory existing transportation and socio-economic trends, and to forecast these trends over the next 20 years.
The Southern Nevada Transportation Study dated October 6, 2003 is available online in pdf format. The document is divided into the following five sections and includes a table of contents.
Western Nevada Study
Churchill, Lyon, Storey, Carson City, Douglas and Washoe Counties
The primary goal of the Western Nevada Transportation Study is to inventory existing transportation and socio-economic trends, and to forecast these trends over the next 20 years.
The Western Nevada Transportation Study dated February 8, 2002 is available online in pdf format. The document is divided into the following five sections and includes a table of contents.
Overview
US 50 East Corridor Study
As part of the Nevada Department of Transportation’s (NDOT) statewide transportation planning and programming, specific corridor and subarea studies are convened to meet challenging situations.
The rules and regulations set forth in Title 23, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 450, Planning
Assistance and Standards, Subpart B 450.212, Public Involvement, describe the authority for studies. The US 50 East Corridor Study was conducted in the spirit of these documents.