Transportation

Wanted: 200 new taxicab drivers

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

A Las Vegas cab company wants to hire up to 200 new employees, a move some industry leaders see as a sign that tourism is on the upswing.

16 September 2011
By Delen Goldberg

RTC offering Rebels fans bus service to football stadium

Fans who want to avoid traffic and parking headaches at Rebels football games this season can take a special game-day bus to Sam Boyd Stadium.

15 September 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

Allegiant Travel among fastest-growing companies in nation

An Allegiant Air jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

Allegiant Travel Co., parent company of Las Vegas-based Allegiant Airlines, is the 64th fastest-growing company in the nation, according to Fortune magazine.

13 September 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Nevada gas prices up 17 cents as numbers nearly steady nationwide

One month ago, Nevada had the seventh-lowest average gas price in the nation. Today, it has the 10th highest in the lower 48 states.

13 September 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

Las Vegas cab rates could rise by the end of the month

Tourists and locals who rely on taxicabs should find out by the end of the month whether cab rates are going to go up.

12 September 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Bus company trying to keep contract wins court round

Veolia Transportation won a minor victory in court Monday as part of its battle to keep control of Las Vegas’ public bus system. The Regional Transportation Commission has been divided on awarding the lucrative bus operations contract to First Transit, the lowest bidder, or Veolia, the current operator.

12 September 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

Paving project brings I-15 traffic to standstill

Prostitution isn’t legal in Las Vegas, but the Interstate 15 freeway has become a red light district of its own. Interstate 15 was a sea of brake lights Monday.

12 September 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

September 11: Las Vegas, the impact in their own words

This photo by Roberto Robanne, provided in New York by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, shows the impact of one of the airplanes during the World Trade Center attacks in New York, Sept. 11, 2001.

With quiet skies and empty hotel rooms, the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., on Las Vegas was nothing short of fascinating.

12 September 2011
By VEGAS INC Staff

New airline schedule changes mean good news for Las Vegas

A WestJet airplane takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

As seasons change, so do airline flight schedules, and in recent years, Las Vegas has received bad news when summer vacation time ended. But not this year. Southwest Airlines, WestJet and Allegiant Air made a flurry of announcements last week for new service to and from McCarran International Airport.

12 September 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

U.S. 93 paving to slow travel between Las Vegas and Phoenix

Motorists traveling between Las Vegas and Phoenix this week should be prepared for delays resulting from a paving project on U.S. 93.

10 September 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

Tropicana Avenue lane closures extended until Sept. 26

Work on Paradise Road near McCarran International Airport will keep lanes on Tropicana Avenue closed longer than expected.

10 September 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

RTC to judge: Stay out of bus system dispute

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is urging a judge to stay out of the dispute over which company should operate the Las Vegas-area bus system.

9 September 2011
By Steve Green

Police to increase presence this weekend at McCarran, Strip

Greg McCurdy of Metro's Homeland Security division advises anyone who sees suspicious activity in Las Vegas to contact the police. Metro will increase police presence around the city this weekend.

Metro Police said today they are increasing security on the Las Vegas Strip and at McCarran International Airport this weekend as part of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

9 September 2011
By Aida Ahmed

Cuts in county bus transportation routes approved

Most of the people who complained at a meeting Thursday on cuts in the valley’s public transit system were people who don’t ride the buses being cut. But they might still be some of the biggest victims of the change.

8 September 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

Ann Road construction work switching to daytime hours

Roadwork on Ann Road in northwest Las Vegas will shift to daytime hours today.

8 September 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen
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