Transportation

Clark County passes mobile billboard safety regulations

A mobile billboard promoting the Atomic Saloon Show is seen on the Strip, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019

Clark County commissioners voted unanimously today to pass safety regulations for mobile billboard trucks. Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson, whose district covers

FAA taking comment on Las Vegas-area ‘NextGen’ flight path plans

In this May 9, 2013, file photo, an Allegiant Air jetliner flies by the Luxor after taking off from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

U.S. aviation officials are giving southern Nevada residents a chance to comment about new flight paths due to begin in 2020 in the skies over Las Vegas as part of the ...

No survivors in crash of small airplane north of Las Vegas

Authorities say there were no survivors in the crash Tuesday of a single-engine airplane in the outskirts of metro Las Vegas. A statement released today by Metro Police said unspecified ...

NTSB: Helicopter in fatal Las Vegas crash had earlier fuel issue

Federal crash investigators say a rented helicopter that crashed near Las Vegas last month, killing two men, was found to have sediment in its fuel tanks just hours before ...

Nevada opens first electric vehicle charging station on I-15

The state's first electric vehicle charging station on Interstate 15 was celebrated Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, at Terrible's Roadhouse in Jean.

Those driving electric vehicles between Southern California and Las Vegas no longer need to pass the California state line to charge up. A new electric vehicle charging ...

Swenson Street becoming University Center Drive

Swenson Street will be officially renamed University Center Drive on Tuesday as part of UNLV's homecoming week celebrations. The street sign unveiling will take place at 11 a.m. on the ...

Passenger tally up for 11th straight month at Las Vegas airport

In this June 29, 2018, file photo, passengers wait for baggage at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

Officials in Las Vegas say September marked the seventh time since January that McCarran International Airport handled more than 4 million passengers in one month. The Clark County Department of Aviation reported Wednesday the 4.3 million people arriving and departing from the airport in September was up 6.8% from the ...

Next steps toward I-11: Environmental studies, defining routes, finding funding

For now, Interstate 11 is a 15-mile divided highway from Henderson to near the Nevada-Arizona border, bypassing Boulder City, shown here in this 2018 file photo. But if supporters in Nevada and Arizona have their way, the road one day will move traffic from the Arizona-Mexico border to Reno and beyond, linking Las Vegas and Phoenix.

There are three preliminary routes for the interstate to continue throughout the Las Vegas Valley — attaching to the Las Vegas Beltway, continuing onto Interstate 515/U.S. 95 or building a new eastern connection to the existing I-11. North of the valley, the I-11 route …

Travelers again rank McCarran among top big airports

Terminal 3 is seen from McCarran International Airport's new air traffic control tower Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016.

The Las Vegas airport slipped a bit but didn’t drop far in the latest J.D. Power and Associates customer satisfaction ranking for mega-airports in the U.S. and Canada. McCarran International Airport finished in ...

License plates honoring Oct. 1 victims, survivors on sale Tuesday

License plates honoring victims and survivors of the Oct. 1 mass shooting are set to go on sale this week. The specialty Forever Strong plates will ...

Flat fares OK’d for airport-Strip taxi rides

Travelers arriving at McCarran International Airport make their way through the taxi queue in Las Vegas on Friday, March 1, 2013.

The five-member Nevada Taxicab Authority board voted unanimously to implement zone-based pricing for cab rides between McCarran International Airport and Strip destinations ...

Las Vegas airport changes Uber, Lyft pickup location

Beginning Wednesday, ride-hailing service passengers leaving McCarran International Airport’s Terminal 1 will have a new pickup point. Passengers using services like Uber and Lyft will no ...

Plane crash wreckage found; 'no known survivors'

Authorities say there were "no known survivors" after searchers looking for a missing single-engine plane found wreckage in northwestern Utah. Officials were trying to confirm ...

Initial report on fatal crash says plane reported open door

Officials investigate at the scene of a fatal small plane crash near the Henderson Executive Airport Sunday Sept. 8, 2019. The plane crashed on Saturday night killing two and injuring three others.

The National Transportation Safety Board says a Sept. 7 fatal plane crash occurred when the aircraft was returning to a southern Nevada airport after appearing to struggle to gain altitude and then ...

6 in balloon crash released from hospital

Six people injured in a hot air balloon crash in Nevada have been released from the hospital. University Medical Center of Southern Nevada spokesman Scott Kerbs said Friday only one of ...