Establish 20ft Parking Restriction on all public roadway crosswalks

• Draft Legislation for 20ft parking restriction near ”ALL” crosswalks on public roadways.
  No provisions are made for mid-block crosswalks:
  
  
• NRS 484.399 Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places.
  • A person shall not stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
    • On a crosswalk;
    • Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
      
      
• NRS 484.449 Limitations on backing.  The driver of a vehicle:
  • Shall not back into an intersection, on or over a crosswalk, or around a street corner;

Establish State SR2S Program

• Draft Legislation for a Nevada Safe Routes to School Program. This program will include:
  • funding for a Federal SR2S fund coordinator for future funds
  • funding for dedicated SR2S traffic engineers at strategic locations. These engineers
    could be located in major metropolitan areas or shared by several neighboring counties.
  • funding for standardized software for SR2S maps
  • funding for printing SR2S maps for all Nevada schools
  • funding for experimental traffic controls
  • funding for Volunteer Crossing Guard Liability Insurance

Reduce the number of drivers by establishing funding for CCSD 1 mile Bus Limit for Elementary Schools

• Draft Legislation to reduce CCSD Busing Limit for Elementary Schools to 1 mile.

Establish CCSD Police authority to write tickets beyond school property

• Draft Inter-agency agreement with METRO/NLV/HD/COUNTY Law Enforcement agencies
  and CCSD Police to give CCSD Police authority to write tickets beyond school property.

Establish CCSD Policy to develop Traffic Safety Committees in all schools

• Draft Legislative change to “define” CCSD responsibility to develop Traffic Safety Committees in all schools.
  
  
• NRS 289.190  School police officers; other officers and employees of school district.
        1.  A person employed or appointed to serve as a school police officer pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 391.100 has the powers of a peace officer. A school police officer shall perform his duties in compliance with the provisions of NRS 171.1223.
        2.  A person appointed pursuant to NRS 393.0718 by the board of trustees of any school district has the powers of a peace officer to carry out the intents and purposes of NRS 393.071 to 393.0719, inclusive.
        3.  Members of every board of trustees of a school district, superintendents of schools, principals and teachers have concurrent power with peace officers for the protection of children in school and on the way to and from school, and for the enforcement of order and discipline among such children, including children who attend school within one school district but reside in an adjoining school district or adjoining state, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 392 of NRS. This subsection must not be construed so as to make it the duty of superintendents of schools, principals and teachers to supervise the conduct of children while not on the school property.

Establish Road Construction Company responsibilities to provide alternate walking/biking routes during construction projects on school routes or in school zones

• Establish Road Construction Company responsibilities to provide alternate walking/biking
  routes during construction projects on school routes or in school zones.

Establish City and State Crossing Guard Use Policy

• Need to be able to use temporary crossing guards at new schools prior to warrant studies
  
  
• Need to be able to establish temporary crossings with portable in-street signs and temporary guards until permanent crossings are developed with a warrant study.
  
  
• Establish City Planning Procedures to Restrict Visibility Reducing Landscaping Near School Routes
  

  In areas where traffic engineering sight distance calculations are unavailable, the following minimum sight distances should be used:

  • Landscaping between the sidewalk and street will be no higher than 24 inches at a minimum of 20ft prior to a school route crosswalk.
  • Landscaping in a center media will be no higher than 24 inches at a minimum of 100ft prior to a school route crosswalk.
  • Landscaping prior to a school zone sign will be no higher than 24 inches at a minimum of 20ft prior to the sign.