RENO, Nev. (AP) — Transportation officials In Nevada are eying expanding bus transit routes, car pooling and other ride-sharing opportunities in the Reno-Sparks area to keep up with growth as tens of thousands of new workers head for Tesla Motors, Switch and other new employers in the future.
Regional planners had anticipated double-digit growth in the workforce over the next 20 years in a state rebounding from one of the biggest hits in a prolonged depression.
But the sudden ramp-ups at industrial parks accelerates pressure on a system where commuters are used to driving alone to work.
Rudy Malfabon of the Nevada Department of Transportation says the state expected the Reno-Sparks areas would see more buildings and workers.
For the past two decades, the state has focused on highway construction.