Mt. Rose Highway to Patriot Boulevard

South Virginia Street
Safety Management Plan  
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Project Background

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) is preparing a Safety Management Plan to address potential safety improvements to South Virginia Street between Patriot Boulevard and Mt. Rose Highway in Reno. Public feedback to help identify safety challenges and potential solutions along the corridor are important to us.

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About the Project

The South Virginia Street corridor has a 25% higher fatal crash rate compared to the other similar facilities across the state. Each year, more than two people are either killed or seriously injured on South Virginia Street. 

Our team has considered existing conditions such as historical crash data, existing planning documents, vehicle level of service, future travel demand, bicycle and pedestrian comfort, speed data, land use, economic development, existing roadway geometry and transit route data.

We performed a walk audit of the corridor and identified areas of focus including improvement of management of speed, improvement of safety of vulnerable users and the reduction of intersection crashes.

The purpose of this Safety Management Plan is to identify low, medium, and high-priority, implementable improvements that will have an immediate safety benefit to road users. 

What is a Safety Management Plan?

A Safety Management Plan (SMP) is a transportation analysis that focuses on traffic safety for all road users.

It incorporates corridor studies, access management, public and stakeholder input, crash analysis, roadway engineering, and applications of the Highway Safety Manual methods to reduce roadway crashes.

It is consistent with the Nevada Strategic Highway Safety Plan’s (SHSP) goals of significantly reducing the number of fatalities and serious injuries on Nevada’s roadways.

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South Virginia Street Safety Management Plan

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