Transportation

Senate OKs bill for private toll road around Boulder City

Vehicles travel toward Henderson on U.S. 93 near Veterans Memorial Drive in Boulder City on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011.

The Senate has approved a bill directing the state Transportation Department to find a private company to finance a $400 million toll road around Boulder City.

26 April 2011
By Cy Ryan

Air tour operators sue McCarran over fees charged for sightseeing flights

Four air tour operators say McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas has charged them some $5.827 million in unauthorized fees since 2001 – and they want that money back.

26 April 2011
By Steve Green

Cultural corridor project to cause downtown traffic detours

The construction of a new Cultural Corridor Trail in downtown Las Vegas will cause lane closures and traffic detours for the next three months, city officials said.

24 April 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

New traffic signal going up at Bonanza Road and Tonopah Drive

Bonanza Road is getting a new traffic signal at Tonopah Drive, just east of Rancho Drive.

24 April 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

Drivers urged to avoid stretch of Tenaya Drive

Motorists in the northwest valley may want to avoid Tenaya Drive near Ann Road and U.S. 95 this week.

23 April 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

Construction to cause delays on busy freeway interchange

One of the valley’s busiest interchanges is going through a series of changes, and the process is likely to cause a number of traffic delays for the rest of the month.

23 April 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

Bonneville Avenue downtown converted to one-way street

Bonneville Avenue in downtown Las Vegas is now a one-way street, and Clark Avenue soon will be as well. Bonneville is now for eastbound traffic only between First Street and Las Vegas Boulevard.

22 April 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

Southwest Airlines manages to make a 1Q profit

Soaring fuel costs, bad winter weather, more advertising and the additional expense of consultants hired to manage the purchase of AirTran Holdings dinged first-quarter earnings of Dallas-based Southwest Airlines.

21 April 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Roads closed as crews prepare for Helldorado Days

Preparation for Helldorado Days is already beginning to impact traffic in downtown Las Vegas.

21 April 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

Motorcycle fatalities projected to rise in Nevada

A crash test dummy flies off a motorcycle after slamming into a car during live, full-scale motor vehicle crash testing at the ARC-CSI Crash Conference at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Monday, May 24, 2010.

A national report released this week says motorcycle fatalities have likely fallen in the last year — but not in Nevada. And transportation safety experts are worried about some other trends they are starting to see. The Governors Highway Safety Association, a non-profit group representing state highway safety offices, released the report Tuesday saying motorcycle fatalities dropped nationwide at least 2 percent in 2010.

20 April 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

Henderson officials voice support for proposed Interstate 11

The Henderson City Council expressed its continued support Tuesday night of the proposed Interstate 11 project that would connect the Las Vegas Valley to Phoenix.

20 April 2011
By Paul Takahashi

Taxicab Authority plays fast and loose with open meeting law in administrator pick

Cabs wait in line to pick up passengers coming into McCarran Airport Monday, November 8, 2010.

Nothing the Nevada Taxicab Authority does is surprising anymore. The five-member board is arguably one of the most important tourism industry policy-makers because its representatives are on the front lines greeting tourists when they arrive in Las Vegas. Taxi drivers can deliver a great first impression as ambassadors to the city or they can set the tone for a bad trip.

18 April 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Gowan Road to be closed near U.S. 95 through May 2

Work on U.S. 95 in the northwest valley is expected to require the closure of Gowan Road near the freeway beginning today.

18 April 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

McCarran sees passenger boost for third straight month

A Southwest Airlines plane flies over Las Vegas.

McCarran International Airport scored a third consecutive month of increasing passenger counts in March. Las Vegas’ airport served 3,564,841 arriving and departing passengers in March, a 2.2 percent increase when compared to March 2010.

15 April 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

Experts say developing new freeway vital to Southern Nevada

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.

Developing an interstate highway from Southern Arizona to the Pacific Northwest is vital to keeping tourists and goods flowing through Las Vegas, transportation experts say.

13 April 2011
By Richard N. Velotta
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