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Ky Plaskon

Ky Plaskon

Ky Plaskon is a Board Member of the Nevada Bicycle Coalition and Truckee Meadows Bicycle Alliance.

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Millions for kids’ safety go to I-80 sound wall instead

By: - March 6, 2024

It sounds absurd. There is an attempt to quietly allocate millions of dollars meant for kids’ school safety in Washoe County to an Interstate 80 sound wall instead. No one would have noticed if it weren’t for one guy on the little-known Washoe County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) Citizen’s Micromodal Advisory Committee (CMAC). That committee […]

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Tired of high housing prices and nightmare traffic? Little-known unelected boards hold the key.

By: - November 30, 2022

There is a little secret that Nevada developers and road contractors are using to boost profits at the expense of taxpayers, drivers, prospective home buyers, and the environment, all while fomenting the scourge of high housing prices and traffic problems that plague us. These problems are arguably the most important issues of our time and […]