Transportation

Clark County commits $4.5M a year for monorail extension to Mandalay Bay

The Las Vegas Monorail pulls into the Convention Center station on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011.

Las Vegas Monorail Co. officials say they are just weeks away from securing private financing for a planned expansion to Mandalay Bay. Their confidence comes from ...

21 November 2017
By April Corbin

Pedestrian safety-awareness event set for Charleston Boulevard today

Pedestrians cross Boulder Highway in a designated crosswalk Thursday, March 2, 2017.

Butterball One, a police officer wearing a turkey outfit, will cross the sidewalk on Charleston Boulevard east of Valley View Boulevard from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Officers from Metro and troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol will give tickets to motorists who do not yield the right-of-way to Butterball and other pedestrians in a marked crosswalk. ...

21 November 2017
By Mick Akers

DMV braces for ‘Black Monday’ rush after Thanksgiving

People head into the Department of Motor Vehicles office on East Sahara Avenue Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014.

The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles says the Monday after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for the agency that registers autos and grants driver’s licenses. The day has been dubbed “Black Monday,” and the ...

20 November 2017
By Cy Ryan

Las Vegas airport sees record passenger traffic in October

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

McCarran International Airport saw record traffic of 4.34 million passengers in October, the Clark County Department of Aviation reported today. The passenger count eclipsed the previous monthly record of 4.33 million set in July and was up 1.5 percent from ...

20 November 2017
By Mick Akers

New lanes to open next week as ‘Big Squeeze’ ends early

Traffic flows smoothly on the first morning of "Big Squeeze" lane closures related to Project Neon, a nearly $1 billion 3.7-mile-long widening of Interstate 15 from the U.S. 95 interchange to Sahara Avenue, on March 21, 2017.

Originally scheduled to finish in January, the final touches of the “Big Squeeze” portion of the nearly $1 billion road project will begin to open this weekend, the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) announced Thursday. ...

17 November 2017
By Mick Akers

Cool heads prevail on Eastern Avenue median project

Clark County's public art project "Centered," takes empty road islands throughout Clark County and beautifies them with art. A look at "Norte y Suerte" by Luis Varela-Rico.

Two large steel art installations in the median of Eastern Avenue near the 215 Beltway have heads turning. The final pieces of Clark County’s “Centered” art median project were installed last month, featuring a pair of large steel heads titled, "Norte y Sur," created by Las Vegas artist Luis Varela-Rico. ...

14 November 2017
By Mick Akers

'Very exciting day': Driverless shuttle starts yearlong stretch in downtown Las Vegas

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

If you see a blue vehicle traveling on a street in downtown Las Vegas without anyone behind the wheel, don’t worry — you’re not seeing things. A self-driving shuttle, designed by ...

9 November 2017
By Mick Akers

5 products at SEMA to bolster your ride

A 1958 Lincoln Continental with a 12-cylinder engine is displayed at the AkzoNobel booth, a paint and performance finishing company, during the 2017 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show at the Las Vegas Convention Center Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. The paint on the car is "Teal Later," a color in the company's new "Modern Classikk" paint line.

Of the products being showcased, technology-based items offer some of the most useful driving enhancements. Here are five products utilizing the latest technology that stood out ...

3 November 2017
By Mick Akers

New land speed record attempt to close road from Pahrump next week

An 11-mile stretch of southbound State Route 160 between Las Vegas and Pahrump will temporarily close next week while a new land speed record is attempted

26 October 2017
By Mick Akers

Rogich envisions high-speed rail for Las Vegas-Southern California in ‘5 to 8 years’

An artist’s rendering of a train on the XpressWest high-speed rail line.

A high-speed connection from Palmdale, Calif., to Las Vegas could jump-start the high-speed rail industry in the U.S., which could be “transformational” to ...

25 October 2017
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers

Southbound Interstate 15 near downtown to be closed overnight Wednesday

The Nevada Department of Transportation is installing 52 Active Traffic Management signs as part of Project Neon, as shown in this rendering.

The Nevada Department of Transportation will close southbound Interstate 15 from Washington Avenue to the Spaghetti Bowl interchange from 10 p.m. Wednesday until 5 a.m. Thursday to install Active Traffic Management (ATM) signs.

24 October 2017
By Mick Akers

Mecum to offer 1,000 cars for first auction in Las Vegas

A company that has staged several successful motorcycle auctions in Las Vegas will be back next month with its first sale for car collectors in the valley. Mecum Auctions announced that its event, scheduled for ...

17 October 2017
By Ric Anderson

Quigley: Las Vegas poised to become leader in transportation innovation

Tina Quigley, general manager of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, speaks during the National Clean Energy Summit 9.0 at the Bellagio on Friday, Oct. 13, 2017.

When Audi went looking for a city where it could test technology allowing its cars to communicate with street lights, it took one call to get the test started in Las Vegas. Launching in Los Angeles would have required ...

13 October 2017
By Ric Anderson

Travelers who lost IDs amid shooting can still fly

People who lost their identification cards while fleeing Sunday night’s shooting on the Las Vegas Strip can still fly out of McCarran International Airport, officials said today. Airport officials said those who lost their IDs can get ...

5 October 2017
By Mick Akers

Las Vegas airport logged 4 million passengers last month

Las Vegas aviation officials say more than 4 million airline passengers have traveled through the city's airport in each of the last six months. Clark County Aviation Director Rosemary Vassiliadis says the McCarran International Airport is on track this year to ...

28 September 2017
Associated Press
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