Transportation

Train plans sound similar? One side says too similar

Z-train: A rendering shows the Z-train, which plans to have five classes of onboard service.

In the battle of the trains between Las Vegas and Southern California, first came the competition between the backers of a magnetic-levitation transportation system and the more conventional steel-wheels-on-rails DesertXpress.

10 May 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Nevada officials seek answers on maglev funds

Nevada political leaders are turning up the heat on the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to find out what happened to all the money the state was promised to start building a magnetic levitation transportation system between Las Vegas and Anaheim, Calif.

7 May 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Low-speed train proposals clash

Z-train: A rendering shows the Z-train, which plans to have five classes of onboard service.

Southern Nevadans who have been watching the high-speed train story unfold are familiar with the verbal battle between the backers of a magnetic-levitation transportation system and the more conventional steel-wheels-on-rails DesertXpress train plan.

7 May 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Little-known carrier WestJet really delivers for Las Vegas

WestJet agent Demetri Humphrey checks in baggage for Sarah Bonnett and her son, Braxton, 2, at McCarran International Airport as Bonnett's father, Danny Sanders, helps with the luggage.

Nothing says “international travel” like the sight of a Virgin Atlantic Airways’ Boeing 747 jumbo jet from London floating in over the Strip every day. But the foreign air carrier that delivers the most international passengers to Las Vegas isn’t a household name.

1 May 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Public's input sought on alternative to gasoline tax

Despite public concern over the Nevada Department of Transportation’s interest in finding a new way to fund road projects, only a handful of people showed up for a meeting about the study Thursday night.

29 April 2010
By Kyle B. Hansen

Allegiant Air announces nonstop service to Idaho airport

Las Vegas-based airline Allegiant Air this week announced plans to offer flights between Twin Falls, Idaho, and Las Vegas.

28 April 2010
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

McCarran passenger traffic down 4 percent in March

Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport last month was down 4 percent compared to March 2009, airport officials said today.

28 April 2010
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Registration open for RTC's Viva Bike Vegas event

Registration for the Regional Transportation Commission’s annual Viva Bike Vegas event is now open, and an early-registration discount is good until May 5. The event will be held Oct. 9 and will include 110-mile, 50-mile and 23-mile courses.

28 April 2010
By Kyle B. Hansen

McCarran unveils automated parking payment system

McCarran International Airport officially unveiled a new parking payment system Tuesday, which has already gotten some minor changes since its soft launch earlier this month.

27 April 2010
By Kyle B. Hansen

NDOT continues study on alternative to fuel tax

Nevada transportation officials are defending their efforts to study an alternative to the fuel tax, despite the loss of support from some of the program’s other backers.

23 April 2010
By Kyle B. Hansen

Southwest flight makes emergency landing at McCarran

A Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas en route to San Francisco returned to McCarran International Airport and made an emergency landing this morning.

22 April 2010
By Kyle B. Hansen

LV's vast transit improvments

During most of my 28 years as a Clark County commissioner (1981–2009), it was my privilege to serve as chairman of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. From 1990 to 2010 the RTC and Clark County brought our community out of the dark ages of transportation, but much remains to be accomplished.

16 April 2010
Bruce Woodbury

Ash cloud halts flights in Las Vegas, around the world

In this image made available by the Icelandic Coastguard, taken, Wednesday April 14, 2010, smoke and steam rises from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland, which erupted for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, shooting smoke and steam into the air and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters. Authorities evacuated 800 residents from around the glacier as rivers rose by up to 10 feet (3 meters). Emergency officials and scientists said the eruption under the ice cap was 10 to 20 times more powerful than one last month, and carried a much greater risk of widespread flooding.

An enormous ash cloud from a remote Icelandic volcano caused the biggest flight disruption since 9/11 Thursday as it drifted over northern Europe and stranded travelers on six continents. The effects were being felt across the country, including in Las Vegas.

15 April 2010
Staff and wire reports

It’s not as fast, but this train could hit the rails sooner

As two companies compete to be the first to provide high-speed rail service between Las Vegas and Southern California, a third is saying it will have a train click-clacking along next year. Las Vegas Railway Express will provide conventional passenger rail service to and from Los Angeles.

14 April 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Gas prices hit seasonal upward swing

The arrival of spring usually means a rise in gas prices, and this year is no exception, according to AAA. The average price of a gallon of gas in Nevada went up 13 cents in the past month, more than the national average of a 10-cent hike, the auto club said.

14 April 2010
By Kyle B. Hansen
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