Transportation

‘They are committed to doing this right’: LVCVA CEO backs Boring Company efforts

A view of the LVCC Central Station during a tour of Elon Musk's underground transportation system under the Las Vegas Convention Center Friday, April 9, 2021. The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop is the first commercial endeavor for Musk's Boring Company.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is satisfied that the Boring Company, which is set to expand an underground transportation system ...

Las Vegas freeway to close over weekend for bridge demolition

Motorists navigate rush hour traffic on Interstate 15 in Clark County near the Strip.

Interstate 15 will be closed both ways from Russell to Flamingo roads this weekend for demolition work, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation. The freeway will be closed from 9 p.m. today through ...

TSA conducts record number of passenger screenings at Las Vegas airport after Super Bowl

A JetBlue passenger jet lands at Harry Reid International Airport June 9, 2022.

A single-day record 103,978 travelers were screened by Transportation Security Administration officials at Harry Reid International Airport on Monday as visitors left Las Vegas following the Super Bowl. The previous record ...

By air and by land, fans ready to converge on city

Visitors crowd Terminal 3 at Harry Reid International Airport, formerly known as McCarran International, in Las Vegas.

Transportation officials are preparing for an influx of visitors ahead of Las Vegas’ first Super Bowl on Feb. 11, which is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of people to the city increasingly known as the “Sports Capital of the World.”

Look what the Chiefs made airlines do: New flight numbers offered for Super Bowl

Taylor Swift, right, walks with Donna Kelce on the field after the AFC Championship NFL football game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, in Baltimore.

Taylor Swift was born in 1989. Travis Kelce wears jersey No. 87. American Airlines and United Airlines took notice. Whether you’re a Swiftie or a member of Chiefs Kingdom, if you need flights from Kansas City to Las Vegas and ...

Las Vegas-to-California high-speed electric rail project gets OK for $2.5B more in bonds

Las Vegas-to-California high-speed electric rail project gets OK for $2.5B more in bonds

A proposed high-speed passenger train between Las Vegas and Southern California got another boost on Tuesday with Biden administration approval to issue $2.5 billion ...

Las Vegas airport ready for holiday rush, but are all those passengers prepared?

People wait in the Southwest ticketing line at Harry Reid International Airport Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022.

More than 115 million Americans are expected to travel over the Christmas and New Year holidays — more than a 2% increase from the same time last year and the second-highest ...

Biden on UNLV shooting: 'We can never let it become normal”

President Joe Biden speaks Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Las Vegas.

As President Joe Biden headed to Las Vegas today, his press secretary again expressed condolences to those impacted by Wednesday’s fatal shooting at UNLV and called for more action to ...

Biden stops in Las Vegas to tout high-speed rail project

President Joe Biden speaks Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Las Vegas.

President Joe Biden has arrived in Las Vegas, where he is set to deliver remarks today about a new light rail project linking Southern Nevada and the Los Angeles area. Air Force One ...

Regulators OK $3 billion for Las Vegas-California high-speed rail project

A Brightline train rendering

The grant funding announced Tuesday clears the way for the long-anticipated commuter project to soon break ground, though it’s not yet clear when that may be.

After deadly NLV crash, federal investigators want cars to warn drivers if they're speeding

This photo released by the North Las Vegas Police Department shows a wrecked Dodge Challenger, Jan. 29, 2022, in North Las Vegas.

Federal accident investigators want automakers to install systems on all new vehicles that warn drivers when they go over the speed limit, and it is asking safety regulators to figure out how states can electronically limit speeds on vehicles driven by repeat traffic offenders. The National Transportation Safety Board's recommendations ...

RTC introduces four electric buses into its fleet; cleaner, quieter rides on the horizon

Officials look over the interior of an electric bus during a ceremony at the Nevada Conservation League offices Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. From left: Kristee Watson, executive director of the Nevada Conservation League, Congresswoman Dina Titus, D-Nev., Boulder City Mayor Joe Hardy, Dwayne McClinton, director of the Governors Office of Energy, Marie Steele, vice president of Integrated Energy Services at NV Energy, Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones, and M.J. Maynard, CEO at the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.

Four zero-emission buses unveiled Wednesday were obtained via grant funding made available from several federal spending bills and will help the RTC in its goal in becoming carbon neutral ...

Pilot confusion preceded fatal mid-air collision at Reno Air Races, NTSB says

Members of the Truckee Meadows Fire and Rescue Department of California and other officials look over aircraft wreckage, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, in Reno, after two California pilots were killed when their planes collided in mid-air while preparing to land after completing a race at the National Championship Air Races north of Reno.

A preliminary investigation suggests there was confusion among pilots just before a fatal mid-air collision at the National Championship Air Races last month but sheds little light on why. The National Transportation Safety Board released a four-page report Wednesday with some ...

The CEO of Allegiant Air's parent company is out after barely a year, replaced by the former boss

An Allegiant Air passenger jet takes off from McCarran International Airport Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.

The parent company of Allegiant Air says its chief executive has resigned and that chairman and former CEO Maurice Gallagher will return to lead the budget airline. Allegiant said ...

First private U.S. passenger rail line in 100 years is about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed

A Brightline train approaches the Fort Lauderdale station on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The first big test of whether privately owned high-speed passenger train service can prosper in the United States will launch Friday when Florida's Brightline begins running trains between ...