Transportation

High-speed rail backers urged ‘to get everybody on board’

Supporters of high-speed rail need to take an evangelistic approach to convert doubters and skeptics, speakers at the first-ever Western High Speed Rail Alliance conference agreed today.

14 October 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

UNLV will use federal grant to study Nevada roads

A UNLV transportation center will use money from a federal grant announced Wednesday to continue studying roads in Nevada.

14 October 2010
By Kyle B. Hansen

High-speed rail project a priority for Harry Reid

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, center, responds to a question during a news conference Wednesday at UNLV. With Reid are U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, left, and Tom Skancke, president and CEO of The Skancke Company, a transportation consulting company.

If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is re-elected, one of his first tasks will be to lean on Nevada officials to shift their support for a high-speed train linking Las Vegas and Southern California from maglev to the more conventional DesertXpress.

14 October 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Transportation secretary envisions nation connected by high-speed rail

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a Las Vegas gathering of transportation officials from western states that he expects 80 percent of American cities to be connected by high-speed rail in 25 years.

13 October 2010
By Kyle B. Hansen

Victorville? Crowd at hearing perplexed by train's proposed route

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, left, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Tom Skancke, president and CEO of The Skancke Company, a transportation consulting company, hold a news conference at UNLV Wednesday, October 13, 2010. LaHood and Reid announced specifics of a federal loan guarantee program for a public-private partnership to expedite development of the DesertXpress high-speed rail system between Las Vegas and Victorville, Calif.

For most of the more than 60 people attending, Wednesday night’s public hearing on the supplemental environmental impact statement for the proposed DesertXpress high-speed rail system was an exercise in frustration.

13 October 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

I-15 delays likely tonight as part of construction project

The major freeway through the Las Vegas Valley is expected to have major delays for motorists tonight. Traffic on Interstate 15 near Sunset Road will be moved to temporary side roads from 9 p.m. tonight to 5 a.m. Thursday.

13 October 2010
By Kyle B. Hansen

Harry Reid hopeful DesertXpress gets support from next governor

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, left, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Tom Skancke, president and CEO of The Skancke Company, a transportation consulting company, hold a news conference at UNLV Wednesday, October 13, 2010. LaHood and Reid announced specifics of a federal loan guarantee program for a public-private partnership to expedite development of the DesertXpress high-speed rail system between Las Vegas and Victorville, Calif.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today that he would meet with Nevada’s new governor after the Nov. 2 election to convince transportation leaders to support the DesertXpress high-speed rail project. “I think they (the state) better join the team and work on something that is doable,” Reid said in an interview.

13 October 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Downtown traffic project near Regional Justice Center raises safety issues

A new $4.3 million project designed to improve traffic flow in downtown Las Vegas by creating two more one-way streets isn't making everybody happy -- including a Clark County judge. "It is a concern," said Ritchie, who is chief judge for the Eighth Judicial District Court.

13 October 2010
By Dave Toplikar

Drivers in Las Vegas paying more at the pump

After falling at the end of the summer, gas prices in Nevada are going back up. The average cost of a gallon of regular gas in Nevada is $2.89, up 5 cents from September, according to AAA’s monthly fuel report.

12 October 2010
By Kyle B. Hansen

$4.3 million project to make some downtown Las Vegas streets one-way

Downtown Las Vegas will soon have two more one-way streets, with work on a five-block section of the roads beginning Wednesday.

12 October 2010
By Kyle B. Hansen

License to tattletale: Fines, court possible if vehicle isn't registered in time, someone turns it in

License to tattletale: Fines, court possible if vehicle isn't registered in time, someone turns it in

If you’re new to Nevada, watch out for the neighborhood snitches. They’re out there, turning you in. More than 3,500 people have called Las Vegas Constable Robert “Bobby G” Gronauer’s office in the past month and a half to tattle on neighbors who have been driving cars with out-of-state license plates for way too long. Gronauer bristles that his office has gotten calls accusing it of being “the Gestapo.”

12 October 2010
By Erin Dostal

Airline with local presence enters secondary markets

A Suwanee, Ga., airline with a major presence in Southern Nevada’s air tour industry will begin offering low-fare flights between Atlanta and Louisville, Ky., in December, the first step toward growing the company’s business plan of providing scheduled service in underserved secondary markets.

11 October 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

UNLV kicks off Teen Driver Safety Week

UNLV will be holding a town hall meeting and information fair today to kick off Teen Driver Safety Week.

10 October 2010
By Kyle B. Hansen

Bicyclists get early glimpse of Hoover Dam bypass bridge

Participants in the Viva Bike Vegas event gather Saturday on the Hoover Dam bypass bridge before turning around to finish their 115-mile ride.

It wasn’t views of the Strip or downtown Las Vegas, or overlooking the water of Lake Mead and cliffs at Red Rock Canyon that brought Scott Burger and Tom Moss from Colorado to Las Vegas on Saturday. It was the bridge.

9 October 2010
By Kyle B. Hansen

Project on U.S. 93 in Clark County among biggest proposed for state

A $35.4 million construction project on U.S. 93 in Clark County is one of the biggest state road construction jobs proposed for next year by the Nevada Department of Transportation.

9 October 2010
By Cy Ryan
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