According to NDOT, every year more than 2.5 million cars travel on State Route 28, mixing with 2,000 pedestrians and bicyclists that recreate near the roadside on peak days.
Over the last few years, NDOT has been slowly adding more "No Parking" signs along roadsides to decrease safety risks in Lake Tahoe.
"If you've driven in Tahoe, you know that there's a lot of blind curves, a lot of roadways that you can't see around.," said Sergeant Chris Brown, Nevada State Police Highway Patrol Division.
Some of the most common areas people continue to illegally park is along State Route 28 near beaches.
Several cars lined up along the shoulder near Chimney Beach. A couple of them even parking right next to "No Parking" signs.
One driver even left their window down and belongings out in the open.
"I'm a bad guy or intend to do bad things, this vehicle is fully accessible to me. As well as it's illegally parked," said Brown.
He left multiple citations on the owner's windshields that day.
Neighbors are saying while they want people to be able to come up and enjoy the lake, they ask that visitors be mindful of the parking laws and not cause any safety risks.
"It's really a life hazard sort of a situation when people park along the roadway and their kids are running around or they're popping in and out of the highway with their gear," said Greg Pryor, a Lake Tahoe resident. "It just makes it very difficult, especially when there's oncoming traffic."
While parking around Tahoe can be limited, Sergeant Brown says that there are other solutions to transportation.
"NDOT has installed a lot of parking that is off highway," he said. "There's plans in the works to install more parking as well as transit."
Lake Tahoe offers multiple bus services for both the north and south shore. And next year NDOT will begin construction on additional transit stops along State Route 28, plus adding more than 250 parking spots.
You can learn more about transportation services and NDOT's future parking projects at Lake Tahoe.
