Over the past few months, the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Southern Nevada has been working on implementing numerous precautions while also exploring new options that will change the transit experience.
The current safety measures include disinfecting vehicles nightly, requiring face coverings and enabling social distancing efforts. RTC is also seeking new, innovative methods to provide features that will enhance safety.
New features being considered include:
- Air ion filters: New air ion filters will be installed on all RTC vehicles that will kill germs and viruses circulating in the air while vehicles are on the road.
- Passenger counts: This feature will provide real-time passenger counts for buses. Riders will be able to access the information online and on the rideRTC app.
- Sanitation displays: Sanitation information will soon be displayed on each vehicle to notify passengers about the last time the bus was disinfected.
- Micro-bacterial shields: The clear, odorless protective coating will be applied to seats and high-touch surfaces of each vehicle purchased moving forward. The coating will kill viruses upon contact.
RTC also has a new online data dashboard to see how the pandemic is affecting the agency’s ridership, revenue, vehicle capacity and more. People can compare current data to that before the pandemic.
