Transportation

UNLV, German research company working on autonomous delivery truck

UNLV is joining a German research company to develop an autonomous delivery truck, the university announced on Monday. The project is a collaboration among UNLV, Fraunhofer IVI, a German transportation research company, and ...

Downed power lines from storm close part of Boulder Highway

Workers clean up downed power lines on Boulder Highway between Russell and Sunset roads following a thunderstorm the previous night that brought high winds to the area, Friday, July 20, 2018.

Authorities are cleaning up downed power lines strewn across a southern Nevada road after a thunderstorm brought high winds to the area Thursday night. The Nevada ...

U.S. 95 reopens after train derails near Nevada-California border

A freight train derailed near Needles, Calif., at the Nevada-California state line on Friday, July 13, 2018.

U.S. 95 near the Nevada-California border has reopened after a train derailment shut it down. Before the incident, in which 15 train cars overturned this afternoon ...

Project Neon freeway project reaches major milestone

The Nevada Department of Transportation is installing Active Traffic Management signs as part of Project Neon, as shown in this rendering.

The third and final major phase of Project Neon, dubbed the Main Event, reached the halfway point in its construction this week ...

Hawaiian Airlines flight from Las Vegas delayed 16 hours

A flight from Las Vegas to Honolulu was delayed more than 16 hours after employees found damage to a fan blade on ...

Las Vegas airport has busiest month on record

A Southwest Airlines passenger jet takes off from McCarran International Airport Tuesday, August 2, 2016.

The Las Vegas airport had its busiest month on record in May, with 4.36 million passengers passing through its gates. The previous single-month record was set last October, when ...

Project Neon work to close U.S. 95 in both directions at I-15

Traffic overnight Tuesday will be shuttered in both directions on U.S. 95 near Interstate 15 ...

New bus service offers cut-rate trips between Las Vegas and Tucson

New bus service offers cut-rate trips between Las Vegas and Tucson

A new bus service popularized in Europe has set up shop in the Old Pueblo, with one-way fares to Phoenix starting at $10 and direct service to Los Angeles or Las Vegas for under $20. FlixBus, a Munich-based start-up that has fueled a ...

Charleston at I-15 to close for two nights, starting today

Charleston at I-15 to close for two nights, starting today

Charleston Boulevard will be closed to traffic near downtown for a pair of nights this week ...

Gas prices in Las Vegas following national downward trend

Gasoline prices in the Las Vegas area are following the national downward trend. GasBuddy.com reports the average retail price of a gallon of gas in the area is $3.27. That's according to a ...

DMV makes it easier to change gender on Nevada driver’s licenses

If a person’s gender expression is different than their sex at birth, the state previously required a doctor’s approval before altering an ID card. That step is no longer required ...

TSA screens record number of passengers at Las Vegas airport

Travelers use new automated screening lanes at the security checkpoint in Terminal 3 at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Aug. 31, 2017.

The Transportation Security Administration screened a record number of passengers at the Las Vegas airport during the week following the ...

DMV: Nevada motorists face July 1 auto insurance rate jump

Nevada state officials are reminding as many as 600,000 vehicle owners they could face auto insurance rate increases July 1, when minimum liability coverage requirements go up. Officials announced earlier that almost one in ...

Passenger traffic in April up at Las Vegas airport

Some 4.2 million passengers passed through the Las Vegas airport in April, a 3.1 percent increase over the same month last year. McCarran International Airport has seen ...

Man sentenced for fondling sleeping woman during flight from Las Vegas

A Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to fondling a sleeping woman during a flight from Las Vegas has been sentenced to live three months in a halfway house. Wei-Ming Shi, of Pittsburgh, was sentenced Friday in ...