Transportation

320K visitors expected in Las Vegas for Memorial Day weekend

Motorists navigate rush hour traffic on Interstate 15 in Clark County near the Strip.

The agency responsible for promoting Las Vegas says 320,000 people are expected to visit the destination during Memorial Day weekend. Data released Thursday by the ...

Prototype Raiders license plate unveiled

A prototype Raiders Nevada specialty license plate.

Raiders fever is spreading ahead of the team’s 2020 arrival and soon fans of the silver and black will be able to show their support while they make their ...

Las Vegas airport is streamlining security screening

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

McCarran International Airport is adding 18 new machines to streamline the screening of carry-on items at its Terminal 1 gates over the next year. The project is expected to cost about ...

15-mile stretch of Interstate 11 to open three months ahead of schedule

A new train bridge crosses over Interstate 11 between Henderson and Boulder City, Friday, April 13, 2018.

Motorists commuting between Las Vegas and Arizona will soon get some relief when the first 15-mile portion of Interstate 11 opens to traffic three months ahead of schedule. The 12.5-mile ...

U.S. 95 closure same weekend as Electric Daisy Carnival

Festival goers get sprayed with confetti during Marshmello's set at the Kinetic Field stage during day three of the Electric Daisy Carnival music festival, Sunday, June 19, 2017.

U.S. 95 will be closed at Interstate 15 this weekend, just as people hit the road for the annual Electric Daisy Carnival. More than 100,000 people a night trek to the ...

From Project Neon to Blue Diamond upgrades, roadways expanding to accommodate growth

Traffic is constricted by lane closures related to Project Neon, a nearly $1 billion, 4-mile-long widening of Interstate 15 from the U.S. 95 interchange to Sahara Avenue on Tuesday, March 21, 2017.

With a bevy of road construction projects throughout Southern Nevada, drivers are frequently stalled in traffic during their travels. The projects ...

Lyft to put fleet of driverless BMWs to work in Las Vegas

This BMW 5 Series sedan is one of 30 driverless cars that will be tested by Lyft in Las Vegas this summer.

Building off a successful test run during the CES Show in January, Lyft and Aptiv plan to deploy the autonomous BMWs ...

Former U.S. official: Mass transit can be economic, social driver

A rendering of a proposed light rail system along Maryland Parkway.

With Las Vegas rapidly growing, mapping out a plan to meet the valley’s transportation needs is vital, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx said. Speaking today at ...

Gov. candidate Schwartz: Eliminate tax money for Raiders stadium

Rendering of the new Las Vegas Raiders stadium as seen from the Strip at night. Construction on the 65,000-seat stadium will begin in November and will be completed in time for the 2020 NFL season.

State Treasurer Dan Schwartz, a Republican candidate for governor, said Wednesday that if elected, he would try to eliminate $750 million in Clark County hotel room-tax revenue earmarked to help pay for ...

RTC integrating transit passes into Uber app

Uber and the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada’s mobile ticketing partner, Masabi, signed a deal this week to combine their services. The partnership will allow the RTC to integrate its transit passes into ...

How does downtown's autonomous bus work?

The first completely autonomous, fully electric shuttle ever to be deployed on a public roadway in the United States is seen here in downtown Las Vegas' Innovation District, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017.

The Innovation District in Downtown Las Vegas is pushing the boundaries on smart city technology, and one of its more popular tests is the self-driving shuttle.

Nevada gas prices hit $3 mark first time since September 2015

Gas prices at Nevada pumps have hit the $3 mark for the first time in 2.5 years. AAA Nevada reported today that the average price for a gallon of ...

Las Vegas airport reports increase in passengers in February

A Southwest Airlines passenger jet takes off from McCarran International Airport June 5, 2017.

The number of passengers using McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas increased in February compared with a year earlier. The Clark County Department of Aviation reported Tuesday that ...

Arizona crash won’t slow Las Vegas driverless shuttle program

The nation's first self-driving shuttle geared specifically for public ridership is shown in downtown Las Vegas on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017.

After a pedestrian was hit and killed Sunday by an Uber self-driving car in Arizona, the city of Las Vegas said it has no plans to take its ...

First week of Project Neon's last phase ushers in slowdowns

Construction crews work on Interstate 15 as part of the Project Neon expansion during the early morning hours of Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018.

The Main Event work kicked off Monday morning, which reduced Interstate 15 to three lanes in each direction from Sahara Avenue to Washington Boulevard, narrowing to two lanes each way near ...