Regional Transportation Commission

The Regional Transportation Commission is a cooperative regional board comprised of five representatives appointed from three government jurisdictions:

Two from the Reno City Council
One from the Sparks City Council
Two from the Washoe County Board of Commissioners

This Regional Transportation Commission establishes administrative and operational policy for the agency. RTC policies are carried out by a professional/technical staff, supervised by an executive director. The incumbent NDOT Director serves as an ex-officio member of the commission.


As the Metropolitan Planning Organization, RTC focuses on three seperate but integrated lines of business, Planning, Streets & Highways, and Public Transportation.

PLANNING - The future of Northern Nevada depends on the transportation network of roads, streets, highways and public transportation. The RTC Planning Department anticipates, forecasts and plans for the transportation needs of today, tomorrow and the future. Through efforts of the Planning Department, the community's visions for all modes of transportation is put into plans. Planning is responsible for development and preparation of the region's long-range Regional Transportation Plan and the short-range transportation plan (Regional Transportation Improvement Program). For more information:


STREETS & HIGHWAYS - RTC's Streets & Highways program provides pavement preservation and new roadway construction projects for regional roads under the jurisdiction of Reno, Sparks, and Washoe County. RTC's pavement preservation projects include slurry seals to keep good pavements in good condition as well a total pavement reconstruction for pavements that have failed or are no longer in serviceable condition. RTC Streets & Highways program also includes projects to construct new regional roadways and improve existing regional roads to reduce congestion. RTC works closely with Reno, Sparks, and Washoe County concentrating its efforts on regional roadways, streets that service large numbers of vehicle trips (greater than 5,000 average daily trips), roads that provide connectivity between jurisdictions and across major geographic barriers. Streets that carry less traffic and neighborhood streets are not a part of RTC's Streets and Highways program. Please visit the Links to Resources page for information about local public works offices. For more information:


PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - The Public Transportation department coordinates RTC transit services including RTC RIDE, RTC INTERCITY, RTC ACCESS, RTC SIERRA SPIRIT, and TART. The department is responsible for all route planning and scheduling for these services. The department is also responsible for locating all bus stops and passenger amenities (shelters/benches/trash receptacles.) In addition, the department implements annual service improvements with input provided by the public, transit operators, and RTC advisory committees. For more information:

The RTC welcomes public input and participation. This is the foundation for the projects and programs the agency administers on behalf of the citizens of Washoe County. Information that is posted on its Facebook page or any of its communication tools should not be vulgar, derogatory and/or personally attack anyone. Comments with links to exterior web sites may not be accepted. Additionally, posts or comments not germane to the subject may be hidden or removed. Posts and comments that do not adhere to guidelines will be deleted without notice.