CLARK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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Andrew Bennett, Director, Office of Traffic Safety |
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Receive a progress update from the Office of Traffic Safety on the implementation of the School Traffic Safety Working Group's recommendations; and direct staff accordingly. (For possible action)
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BACKGROUND:
In 2021, the Board of County Commissioners established the Office of Traffic Safety with the goal of identifying high-crash corridors, reducing the number of crashes that result in fatalities, serving as the coordinator between key departments and agencies in Clark County, and identifying procedures for implementing proactive and reactive measures.
The Office of Traffic Safety established the School Traffic Safety Working Group with the goal of improving traffic safety in and around schools by analyzing risk, sharing data among regional partners, developing actionable recommendations, and coordinating the phased implementation of safety measures and policies. As the first coordinated regional effort focused specifically on school traffic safety across Southern Nevada, the Working Group united municipalities, school districts, transportation providers, law enforcement, and public health agencies.
The Board previously received the Working Group's Final Report, which summarized school-related crash trends across the region, documented existing safety efforts, and identified immediate, short-term, mid-term, and long-term recommendations across education, enforcement, engineering and planning, and policy to address traffic safety issues affecting students traveling to and from school. The Board directed staff to return with an implementation progress update following the start of the 2026-2027 school year.
The Office of Traffic Safety will report on the status of the immediate actions committed across the four domains, the development and rollout of school-safety education materials for the new school year, and continued regional coordination and outreach with partner agencies.