Transportation

Jet returns to Las Vegas after report of blown tire

A Southwest Airlines flight taking off from McCarran International Airport returned to Las Vegas after reports of a possible blown tire and tail strike, an airport spokeswoman said. The Boeing 737 landed ...

8 June 2016
By Ricardo Torres-Cortez

Union: New Las Vegas airport tower must be remodeled before opening

A passenger jet makes an approach into McCarran International Airport Monday, Feb. 1, 2016.

Two state-of-the-art airport towers due to go into operation this fall in San Francisco and Las Vegas are designed for electronic tracking of planes as ...

6 June 2016
By Joan Lowy, Associated Press

Is light rail feasible for Las Vegas? Two experts debate the question

A Valley Metro Rail train is shown on the Arizona State University campus in Phoenix. Built at a cost of $1.4 billion, the light-rail system became operational in late 2008 and since has been expanded from 20 miles to 26. As Phoenix proceeds with plans to add 40 miles to the system by 2034, officials in the Las Vegas Valley have begun discussing proposals to establish a light-rail system here.

Former Nevada Regional Transportation Commission Chairman Bruce Woodbury and Brookings Mountain West Co-Director Robert Lang agree that Las Vegas' transportation systems ...

31 May 2016
By Ric Anderson

Few Memorial Day travel headaches, most wait times bearable

Travelers who had braced for long lines and long waits were instead moving through most U.S. airports fairly quickly Monday, as the busy Memorial Day travel weekend drew to close ...

30 May 2016
By Jennifer Kay, Associated Press

Fewer intruders getting over security fences at Las Vegas airport

n this May 17, 2016, photo, a sign warns against trespassing as a plane lands at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

Fewer intruders are getting past the security fences that protect McCarran International Airport's runways than years past. The number of breaches at the Las Vegas airport has ...

26 May 2016
Associated Press

Man detained after wrong-way walk at McCarran security line

Authorities say a man was arrested after he walked the wrong way through a security checkpoint at McCarran International Airport. Airport spokesman Chris Jones says ...

23 May 2016
Associated Press

Smoke, cockpit woes signal chaotic finale for EgyptAir plane

This picture posted Saturday, May 21, 2016, on the official Facebook page of the Egyptian Armed Forces spokesman shows part of the wreckage from EgyptAir flight 804. Search crews found floating human remains, luggage and seats from the doomed EgyptAir jetliner Friday but face a potentially more complex task in locating bigger pieces of wreckage and the black boxes vital to determining why the plane plunged into the Mediterranean. Arabic on the photo reads: “Part of plane wreckage.”

Leaked flight data showing trouble in the cockpit and smoke in a plane lavatory are bringing into focus the chaotic final moments of EgyptAir Flight 804, including a three-minute period before contact was lost as ...

21 May 2016
By Hamza Hendawi and Raphael Satter, Associated Press

School District got more than $5 million in erroneous DMV payments

The Clark County School District received more than $5 million from a faulty Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles computer payment system that mistakenly distributed ...

20 May 2016
By Ian Whitaker

DMV mistakenly sends $19 million to local governments, school districts

A programming error with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles’ online payment system wrongly directed more than $19 million to school districts and ...

19 May 2016
By Ian Whitaker

Councilman: Improve pedestrian safety along Charleston Boulevard

Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Coffin is calling for pedestrian safety improvements, particularly along Charleston Boulevard, where sidewalks are often blocked by streetlight and utility poles. His comments came during a presentation of ...

18 May 2016
By Jackie Valley

Commission delays talks on proposed elevated expressways

The Clark County Commission today postponed discussion about proposed elevated expressways between McCarran International Airport and the Las Vegas Strip. Commissioners want more time to ...

17 May 2016
By Jackie Valley

TSA baggage screening system back online at Phoenix airport

Baggage sits in the special events parking lot, Thursday, May 12, 2016, at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. More than 3,000 checked bags missed their outbound flights in Phoenix because of a problem with a screening system at Sky Harbor International Airport.

A screening system problem that caused more than 3,000 checked bags to miss their outbound flights in Phoenix has been fixed, officials with ...

13 May 2016
By Walter Berry and Terry Tang, Associated Press

New designs emerge as Nevada revamps its welcome signs

A "welcome to Nevada" sign is shown on State Route 225 at the northern Nevada border with Idaho.

Nevada's welcome signs that have greeted highway motorists at state-border entry points for about two decades are set for a makeover ...

10 May 2016
By Cy Ryan

Why light rail trumps an elevated airport expressway

Why light rail trumps an elevated airport expressway

A proposed solution to Las Vegas’ traffic snarl would help get people to the Strip, but would do little to ease congestion once they got there. The fix, one that is being welcomingly received by many transportation experts, would be the construction of a light-rail system that would ...

9 May 2016

County commission pushes back on criticism of proposed Strip-airport expressway

Plans to build an elevated expressway between McCarran International Airport and the Las Vegas Strip were again received favorably by county officials Tuesday as they discussed some $427 million in financing for ...

3 May 2016
By J.D. Morris
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