Transportation

Airlines find new ways to serve passengers — and make money

Let’s face it: travel these days isn’t so fun anymore with the hassle of long lines, security checks and delays. But innovators are on the hunt to make the passenger experience more enjoyable — or at least tolerable.

7 September 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Airline adding 2 flights a week between Switzerland, Las Vegas

Valarie Segarra, senior director of industry relations for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, and Karl Kistler, CEO of Edelweiss Air, hold a model of one of the airline's jets at today's announcement that Edelweiss will offer nonstop flights between Zurich, Switzerland, and Las Vegas in May.

A small subsidiary of the world’s fourth largest airline will add two nonstop round trips a week between Zurich, Switzerland, and Las Vegas next year, the company announced today.

6 September 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Smoking engine leads to school bus evacuation

Students were evacuated from a Clark County School District bus this afternoon after smoke started billowing from its engine. School District transportation investigators were called to a CVS parking lot near the intersection of U.S. 95 and Jones Boulevard, according to spokeswoman Melinda Malone.

5 September 2013
By Paul Takahashi

In national ad push, Allegiant aims to poke holes in competitors' 'free soda'

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.

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air launched its first national television advertising campaign Tuesday, delivering a message that explains its controversial pricing philosophy. The ad is running through September on six channels, with most spots airing in the early evening and during prime time.

4 September 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Most roads reopened after storms; portion of Grand Teton still closed

A pickup truck drives through storm runoff on Grand Teton Drive near Grand Canyon Drive Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013.

Most northwest valley roads affected by weekend flooding have reopened to traffic.

3 September 2013
By Jackie Valley

County fuel tax increase wins overwhelming approval

The levy drivers pay on a gallon of gasoline is going up after Clark County commissioners approved a fuel tax increase at their Tuesday meeting.

3 September 2013
By Conor Shine

Should fuel tax increase win approval, RTC ready to go with dozens of projects

This artist's rendering shows what the redesigned interchange of Boulder City Bypass and U.S. 93 would look like at Railroad Pass. Railroad Pass Casino is at left. If U.S. 93 is designated an interstate between Las Vegas and Phoenix, the bypass route would become part of the interstate, officials say.

If the Clark County Commission approves an increase in the fuel tax this week, it won’t be long before construction crews are put to work on dozens of new road projects, the Regional Transportation Commission says.

2 September 2013
By Conor Shine

Flooding closes Route 160 between Las Vegas and Pahrump

A section of State Route 160 is submerged in 3 feet of mud, debris and water tonight causing it to be closed indefinitely.

30 August 2013
By Brian Nordli

Departments out in force this weekend to catch drunken drivers

Local law enforcement agencies on Thursday announced plans for four DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols for Labor Day weekend.

Law enforcers will be swarming Las Vegas Valley roadways this Labor Day weekend, hoping to nab drunken drivers before a tragedy occurs.

29 August 2013
By Jackie Valley

Americans driving less as car culture wanes

Driving in America has stalled, leading researchers to ask: Is the national love affair with the automobile over?

29 August 2013
By Joan Lowy, Associated Press

Fallout from weekend flooding could hamper drive from SoCal to Las Vegas

Motorists driving from Southern California to Las Vegas may encounter slowdowns near the Nevada border through Friday, according to the California Department of Transportation.

28 August 2013
By Jackie Valley

State Route 157 reopens after storm damage, but delays still expected

State Route 157, which leads up to Mount Charleston, has reopened to all traffic, the Nevada Highway Patrol announced this afternoon.

27 August 2013
By Jackie Valley

Feel like Las Vegas drivers are unsafe? Allstate agrees

Traffic passes through the intersection of Desert Inn and Paradise Roads Friday, April 5, 2013.

Drivers in Las Vegas are 15 percent more likely to be in an automobile accident than the national average, making it one of the least safe driving cities in the country.

27 August 2013
By Conor Shine

New interstate freeway could mean riches for Las Vegas, but it'll cost you

Traffic leaving town gathers on U.S. 93 near the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge outside Boulder City on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011.

The envisioned Interstate 11 corridor could make Las Vegas a transportation hub where freight would move to and from other major cities on interstates 15 and 11. Boosters for the project say building I-11 would immediately bring construction jobs to Nevada. But higher gas taxes are needed to fund it.

26 August 2013
By Andrew Doughman

Fuel tax increase would spur economic development in valley, advocates contend

Harber Company employees work on a repaving project on Decatur Blvd. near Flamingo Road Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013.

Orange cones and construction zones are a constant companion for the drivers who hit the valley’s roads each day. But with funding for roadwork dwindling, local officials warn there could be a significant drop in construction in coming years.

25 August 2013
By Conor Shine
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