Transportation

Proposed Nevada rules for ride-hailing firms include big fee

Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing companies could be on the hook to pay a $300,000 fee and a percentage of their annual revenue before they can rev up to offer rides in Nevada, according to ...

5 August 2015
Associated Press

Spirit dropping nonstop flights from Pennsylvania to Las Vegas

A Spirit Airlines jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

Spirit Airlines plans to discontinue nonstop flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in southwestern Pennsylvania to Chicago and Las Vegas effective Nov. 12. Spokesman Paul Berry told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Monday that ...

4 August 2015
Associated Press

Allegiant executives were flying plane that ran low on fuel

In this Thursday, May 9, 2013, file photo, two Allegiant Air jets taxi at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

Two executives with pilot licenses were flying the Allegiant Air jet that made an emergency landing at a closed airport because it nearly ran out of fuel. Allegiant ...

30 July 2015
Associated Press

Flight from Las Vegas to London diverted after bomb threat

A Canadian police official says that a British Airways flight from Las Vegas to London has been diverted to Montreal after a bomb threat. The official confirmed ...

29 July 2015
By Rob Gillies, Associated Press

Allegiant pilot says jet from Las Vegas low on fuel, makes emergency landing

The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into why an Allegiant Air pilot declared a plane to be so low on fuel it needed to make an emergency landing last week in ...

28 July 2015
BloombergBusiness

System glitch preventing DMV from issuing licenses is resolved

A system used to check motorists’ driving records in other states was down briefly this morning, preventing the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles from issuing licenses, permits and driver authorization cards. The Problem Driver Pointer System, maintained by ...

27 July 2015
By Pashtana Usufzy

Las Vegas airport sees 3.9 million passengers in June

In this Thursday, May 9, 2013, file photo, two Allegiant Air jets taxi at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

Airport officials in Las Vegas say 3.9 million people flew in and out of the destination in June, a 5.8 percent increase compared to a year ago. McCarran International Airport released statistics Friday that show traffic ...

24 July 2015
Associated Press

It could be months before Uber, Lyft are on the road in Nevada

It could be months before companies like Uber and Lyft are up and running in Nevada. Members of the Nevada Transportation Authority met Thursday to take public comment about ...

23 July 2015
By Michelle Rindels, Associated Press

DMV ‘DashPass’ to remain in Carson City, rural areas

A woman holds a Nevada Driver’s Handbook at the Department of Motor Vehicles office Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, on East Sahara Avenue.

The Department of Motor Vehicles is allowing its "DashPass" system to continue in Carson City and in the state's rural offices. The Nevada Appeal reports that the DMV recently announced ...

23 July 2015
Associated Press

Property owners displaced by Project Neon hold out for more compensation

Land on a section of Western Avenue in Las Vegas is needed for widening of I-15 and the addition of a new ramp to the Spaghetti Bowl to connect the I-15 express lanes directly to the high-occupancy vehicle lanes on U.S. 95.

An industrially zoned dirt lot next to the noisy I-15 may not seem like prime real estate, but in the context of Project Neon, a multibillion-dollar overhaul of 3.7 miles of ...

20 July 2015
By Adelaide Chen,
Cy Ryan

Las Vegas airport gets $16.3 million from feds for runway resurfacing

A Delta plane taxis on the runway at McCarran International Airport on October 10, 2014.

McCarran International Airport is getting a $16.3 million grant from the federal Department of Transportation to continue a runway resurfacing project. The money will be used to ...

17 July 2015
By Conor Shine

Allegiant stock bounces back, hits new high after strike averted

In this Thursday, May 9, 2013, file photo, two Allegiant Air jets taxi at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

Allegiant Air’s stock price, pummelled after its pilots threatened to walk off the job a few months ago, has recouped its losses and reached a new high. Shares of parent Allegiant Travel Co. closed today at ...

15 July 2015
By Eli Segall

9 small airports awarded FAA grant money for improvements

Nine small airports located mostly in rural Nevada are getting federal grant money for improvements totaling $6.2 million. The Federal Aviation Administration awarded the Ely Airport-Yelland Field the largest amount in the state with ...

15 July 2015
Associated Press

DMV camera, scanner systems back up after electrical problem

A Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles outage has been resolved following an electrical problem at a Las Vegas facility. DMV Spokesman David Fierro said the East Sahara location in Las Vegas was ...

10 July 2015
Associated Press

DMV ramping up workforce to reduce wait times

People wait in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Henderson on Monday, August 2, 2010.

The state Department of Motor Vehicles has hired nearly 100 employees to help reduce sometimes hours-long waits at its offices in Las Vegas and Reno. The new workers ...

9 July 2015
By Cy Ryan
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