Transportation

Q+A: Michael Gallis on the future of cars, traffic and rail on the Las Vegas Strip

Traffic crawls along southbound Las Vegas Boulevard.

Las Vegas Boulevard, the artery that sustains the region’s economy, is clogged and needs help. That’s the message ...

14 May 2014
By Conor Shine

Study OK’d to relieve traffic congestion in area near I-15, Tropicana

he contract calls for a feasibility study of the Tropicana interchange at I-15 plus the area bounded by Las Vegas Boulevard South, South Valley View Boulevard, Harmon Avenue and Hacienda Avenue. Several major hotel-casinos, including Mandalay Bay, Tropicana, Excalibur, New York-New York, MGM Grand, are situated within …

13 May 2014
By Cy Ryan

Safer bus shelter planned at site of deadly crash

Metro Police investigate after a car crashed into a bus stop on Spring Mountain Road east of Decatur Boulevard, killing four people, on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012.

The Regional Transportation Commission announced today it plans to install a new bus shelter along Spring Mountain Road where a vehicle crashed into a bus stop, killing four people nearly two years ago. The new shelter will be...

13 May 2014
By Conor Shine

Board alerts congressional delegation to ramifications of highway funding loss

ith a summer deadline looming for congressional action to replenish the federal Highway Trust Fund and the prospect of a stalemate growing, the state transportation board also began work on …

12 May 2014
By Cy Ryan

Boston drivers urged to ‘Use Yah Blinkah’

An electronic highway sign is seen on Interstate 93 in Boston on Friday, May 9, 2014. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation posted the message "Changing Lanes? Use Yah Blinkah" on signs around the city. "Blinkah" is how Bostonians pronounce "blinker."

Perhaps the reason notoriously aggressive Boston drivers don't use their turn signal is …

9 May 2014
Associated Press

Airlines take case to Congress on airfare rule

In this Thursday, May 9, 2013, photo, Allegiant Air flight attendant Chris Killian prepares his passengers for the Laredo, Texas-bound flight before it pushes back from the terminal at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

Airlines tried and failed to block a federal rule making them tell passengers up front the full cost of airfare, including government taxes and fees. So they're trying another route ...

8 May 2014
By Joan Lowy, Associated Press

US 95 on-ramp at Eastern Ave. to close for repairs

A U.S. 95 ramp will be shut down early Friday while crews fix a damaged concrete barrier. The Nevada Department of Transportation will...

8 May 2014
By Ana Ley

Ramps reopen after woman jumps to death from highway overpass

A woman jumped from the Rainbow Boulevard overpass this morning and fell to her death onto a ramp connecting U.S. 95 and Summerlin Parkway. Two vehicles...

6 May 2014
By Brian Nordli

I-15 near Victorville reopens after bridge fire

The construction site of the Ranchero Interchange Bridge at Interstate 15 was engulfed in flames Monday, May 5, 2014, in Hesperia, Calif. The California Highway Patrol's Carlos Juarez says the bridge at Ranchero Road caught fire about 1:30 p.m., and I-15 was closed soon after because of falling debris.

All lanes of Interstate 15 in Hesperia have reopened after a fire on an overpass under construction. The San Bernardino Council of Governments tweeted...

5 May 2014
by Raquel Maria Dillon, Associated Press

Las Vegas welcomes inaugural Edelweiss Air flight

McCarran International Airport is set to welcome a Swiss airline's inaugural flight from Zurich to Las Vegas. An Edelweiss Air flight from Kloten Airport was scheduled to arrive...

5 May 2014
Associated Press

Plan ahead for these road projects in the coming week in the Las Vegas Valley

Plan ahead for these road projects in the coming week in the Las Vegas Valley

Here’s a look at some of the roadwork or road closings you might encounter in the coming week across …

1 May 2014
By Bethany Barnes,
Brian Nordli

Cabbies worried about Uber’s ride-sharing service entering Las Vegas market

A taxi cab drives down the Strip Thursday, April 28, 2011.

Cab company officials are sounding the alarm about ridesharing service Uber scoping out the Las Vegas market. Yellow Checker Star executive Bill Shranko says he asked Nevada Taxicab Authority officials ...

30 April 2014
Associated Press

Government plans to let states toll interstates to pay for reconstruction

A view of Interstate-15, looking northbound, from a helicopter May 21, 2012.

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday asked Congress to end the prohibition on tolling existing interstate highways as a way of paying for their reconstruction, marking a ...

30 April 2014
By Curtis Tate, McClatchy Washington Bureau

Google: Driverless cars are mastering city streets

The Google driverless car navigates a street in Mountain View, Calif., April 23, 2014.

Google says that cars it is programming to drive themselves have started to master the navigation of city streets and the challenges they bring, from jaywalkers to weaving bicyclists — a critical milestone for any commercially available self-driving car technology. Despite the progress ...

28 April 2014
By Justin Pritchard, Associated Press

Plan ahead for these road projects in the coming week

A Nevada Department of Transportation worker speaks to a driver at a roadblock on Kyle Canyon Road at U.S. 95 in July 2013.

Orange cones, signaling road construction or other impediments to smooth cruising, are situated throughout the Las Vegas Valley. Here’s a look at some of the roadwork or road closings you might …

25 April 2014
By Bethany Barnes,
Brian Nordli
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