Transportation

Criminal probe in Quebec oil train derailment

The remains of tanker cars lie burnt out in the downtown core Sunday, July 7, 2013, in Lac Megantic, Quebec. A runaway train derailed Saturday igniting tanker cars carrying crude oil and devastated the town.

Canadian authorities have opened a criminal investigation into a deadly oil train derailment that killed at least 15 people over the weekend.

9 July 2013
By Sean Farrell, Associated Press

Las Vegas engineers awarded design contract for escalators at Tropicana pedestrian bridges

The state Transportation Board today approved a $697,550 contract for design services for removal and replacement of the 16 escalators at the Tropicana pedestrian bridges on Las Vegas Boulevard.

8 July 2013
By Cy Ryan

In anticipation of merger, US Airways changes locations at McCarran Airport

Leaving Las Vegas: A US Airways jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on March 27.

US Airways will relocate this week from the A Concourse to the D Concourse at McCarran International Airport. Starting Wednesday, US Airways flights will arrive and depart from McCarran’s D gates. Ticketing and baggage will remain in Terminal 1.

8 July 2013
By VEGAS INC Staff

D Street off-ramp closed through Friday to accommodate F Street underpass project

The looming specter of road closures and reduced lanes around Interstate 15 continues Monday, as the project to reopen the F Street underpass moves closer to completion.

8 July 2013
By Riley Snyder

Maintenance on airport tunnels will limit nighttime traffic for 2 weeks

The McCarran Airport Connector tunnels will undergo basic maintenance and repair during the next two weeks, meaning access to the airport will be limited through the night.

7 July 2013
By Riley Snyder

Alternate routes suggested as road closures in North Las Vegas to accomodate Independence Day event

Several neighborhoods in North Las Vegas will see day-long road closures Wednesday for an Independence Day celebration. The road closures will begin at 10 a.m., but drivers will still be able to access the roads affected until around 3 p.m.

3 July 2013
By Riley Snyder

Transit strike to enter second day in S.F. Bay Area

The Fruitvale BART station is closed due to a worker strike Monday, July 1, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Negotiations between the two largest unions representing more than 2,300 Bay Area Rapid Transit workers and BART management broke off late Sunday despite the request of California Gov. Jerry Brown in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal.

Transit officials on Monday warned San Francisco Bay Area commuters that train workers would likely strike a second day after hundreds of workers demanding higher wages went on strike and the region's heavily used rail system ground to a halt.

1 July 2013
By Martha Mendoza and Mihir Zaveri, Associated Press

Joe Downtown: Companies dangle carrot to encourage short-haul taxi rides downtown

A taxi driver drops off passengers at the newly-renovated Plaza Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas Wednesday, September 14, 2011.

Starting this week, “mystery riders,” people armed with $50 and hired by cab companies, will give an extra $50 bills to taxi drivers who provide short rides without complaint and with courtesy.

1 July 2013
By Joe Schoenmann

SF Bay Area transit more crowded with train strike

The Fruitvale BART station is closed due to a worker strike Monday, July 1, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Negotiations between the two largest unions representing more than 2,300 Bay Area Rapid Transit workers and BART management broke off late Sunday despite the request of California Gov. Jerry Brown in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal.

Faced with a transit strike, San Francisco Bay area commuters got out the door earlier than usual Monday and encountered crowded roads and lines for buses and ferries after Bay Area Rapid Transit train workers went on strike.

1 July 2013
By Mihir Zaveri and Terry Collins, Associated Press

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air thrives on low costs, high fees

An Allegiant Air jetliner flies by the Luxor after taking off from McCarran International Airport, Thursday, May 9, 2013. While other U.S. airlines have struggled with the ups and downs of the economy and oil prices, Allegiant has been profitable for 12 straight years.

There are no sure things in this city — with one exception: Allegiant Air. While other U.S. airlines have struggled over the past decade from the ups and downs of the economy and the price of jet fuel, Allegiant has been profitable for 10 straight years. The tiny airline focuses on a niche ignored by other airlines: It only flies from small cities to sunny vacation spots. Allegiant entices people who otherwise wouldn't fly with low fares and non-stop flights. Then it aggressively pitches them hotels, rental cars, show tickets and other entertainment, earning millions in commissions.

28 June 2013
By Scott Mayerowitz, Associated Press

X Train bringing the party to North Las Vegas

Michael Barron, president and CEO of Las Vegas Railway Express, developer of the X Train party train that will operate between Los Angeles and Las Vegas next year, discusses the cars being built for his company at his office June 26, 2013.

The train that will bring partiers from Southern California to Las Vegas next year will deliver passengers to a new train station that will be built in North Las Vegas. Originally, the company planned to build a station at the Plaza in downtown Las Vegas.

26 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Street closures begin as F Street underpass project ramps up

All those involved with the project participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction project to reopen F Street on Monday, May 6, 2013 near downtown Las Vegas.

A portion of D Street south of the Interstate 15 offramp will be closed until next Wednesday as part of a project to reopen the F Street underpass.

26 June 2013
By Riley Snyder

New bicycles for taxi officers' patrol group

A Nevada Taxicab Authority pilot program for a small bicycle patrol has resulted in the acquisition of four new bikes for the small state agency.

25 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Taxicab Authority denies long-hauling appeal, finds no wrongdoing by taxis at nightclub

Taxicab Authority Police stop taxis at a long haul checkpoint near the entrance to the airport tunnel exiting McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Friday, June 8, 2012.

The Nevada Taxicab Authority rejected two requests. In one, the operators of Déjà vu Showgirls asked the authority board to discipline cab companies that they said diverted customers to rival nightclubs.

25 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Old homes in way of new road plans at Lake Tahoe

Cars make their way down U.S. Highway 50 toward Stateline on Thursday, June 6, 2013, in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. The Tahoe Transportation District plans to turn a 1.1-mile section of the current highway, from Pioneer Trail in California to Lake Parkway in Nevada, into a local "main street." The problem is that the planned "loop road" replacing the highway would have to be built through at least one neighborhood.

About 75 property owners' homes might have to be bulldozed if a plan goes through to reroute Highway 50 around a perpetually gridlocked stretch on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe, on the California-Nevada border. The plan would turn a 1.1-mile section of the highway into a “main street.”

25 June 2013
By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle
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