Transportation

Clark County left out of first transportation projects

The first round of federal economic stimulus money was allocated Thursday, as the Nevada Department of Transportation Board of Directors approved a list of transportation projects to be funded throughout the state. The first round of projects to go out to bid, about $73 million worth, will be in Northern Nevada.

12 March 2009
By David McGrath Schwartz

This time, Clark County tops state list for road projects

Clark County will receive a majority of transportation stimulus spending under a list of proposed projects the state Transportation Board will consider today.

12 March 2009
By J. Patrick Coolican,
Cy Ryan

Expect help, not public works monuments

The Obama administration’s $787 billion stimulus package could create or save 34,000 jobs in Nevada and hundreds of thousands more nationwide -- a primary objective to revive the economy.

10 March 2009
By Brian Eckhouse

NDOT to hold open house on I-15, U.S. 95 toll lanes

At a time of diminished state revenues, the Nevada Department of Transportation has a new idea for funding construction — let someone else pay for it.

5 March 2009
By Jeff Pope

Sponsor of bill is also a beneficiary: Ho hum

State Sen. Mike Schneider wants the state to take steps toward a Southern Nevada light rail system. Schneider, a development consultant, owns property near the proposed line.

Sen. Mike Schneider, chairman of the committee on energy, transportation and infrastructure, has proposed a bill to begin the process of bringing light rail to Southern Nevada. But Schneider, who will hear testimony on the bill today, has more at stake than just sound long-term public policy.

5 March 2009
By J. Patrick Coolican

One-woman bureaucracy keeps maglev hopes alive

Richann Bender, executive director of California-Nevada Super Speed Train Commission, holds an illustration from a 1983 Las Vegas Sun feature on the California-Nevada high-speed train Monday in her home office. The economic stimulus bill contains money for such projects.

The proposed $12 billion magnetic levitation train connecting Las Vegas to Anaheim, Calf., conjures images of engineers, administrators and environmental experts huddled over room-sized maps and computer modeling.

3 March 2009
By Brian Eckhouse

NLV airline denies withholding pay for war-zone flights

A covert North Las Vegas airline is denying claims that it withheld federal hazard pay from flight crews that flew dangerous military and diplomatic missions into Afghanistan and Iraq.

3 March 2009
By Steve Green

Republicans don’t let facts get in their way

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal delivers the Republican Party's official response Tuesday to President Barack Obama's address to a joint session of Congress.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal leveled a colorful if well-worn zinger at Democrats and at Las Vegas on Tuesday in the nationally broadcast Republican response to the president’s address to Congress. And it is false.

26 February 2009
By Lisa Mascaro

Leaked project list shorts Southern Nevada

Gov. Jim Gibbons decided Wednesday that the debate over transportation stimulus spending in Nevada will occur in public.

26 February 2009
By David McGrath Schwartz

McCarran’s nerve center will get an upgrade

Visitors to McCarran International Airport might assume that the heart of the operations is found atop the air traffic control tower.

26 February 2009
By Brian Eckhouse

Stimulus project decisions: Who makes the call?

Before Nevada can spend its share of the federal stimulus money earmarked for transportation, state leaders must figure out who gets to pick the projects.

19 February 2009
By David McGrath Schwartz

WestJet makes special offer -- promo code: "OBAMA"

President Obama is indirectly providing an economic stimulus package to tourists thanks to an enterprising Canadian airline.

18 February 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

Stimulus will net state $200 million for transportation

Nevada will get $200 million for state transportation projects from the federal economic stimulus signed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday.

17 February 2009
By David McGrath Schwartz

Relief for drivers on U.S. 95, Sunset on schedule

Construction continues Tuesday on the Interstate 515 Galleria Mall Interchange at U.S. 95 and Sunset Road.

U.S. 95 zigzags a bit near Sunset Road, but the turns are a temporary headache as the state transportation department builds a new interchange at Galleria Drive.

17 February 2009
By Brian Eckhouse

In Vegas, there’s no free market for taxis

For as long as anyone can remember, the Nevada Taxicab Authority has accommodated tourism growth in Las Vegas by annually letting more cabs onto the streets and allowing “special medallion” cabs to serve gatherings of at least 90,000 people.

16 February 2009
By Liz Benston
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