Transportation

City bus fares to increase

Citizen Area Transit riders will see an increase in fares beginning Jan. 11, and again in 2010, the Regional Transit Commission announced today.

13 November 2008
By Amanda Finnegan

California’s long arm reaches into bank account

California’s long arm reaches into bank account

A routine check of Charlotte's bank account on Oct. 12, a Sunday, yielded a nasty surprise. Someone had removed $358 without her permission.

8 November 2008
By Charlotte Hsu

RTC sets up group to address pedestrian safety

The Regional Transportation Commission recently laid the framework for a project that aims to keep pedestrians safe on Nevada's roads: the Pedestrian Safety Action Plan.

9 October 2008
By Ashley Livingston

Bad driving proven, NLV camera-ready

North Las Vegas has installed sensors to track how many vehicles blow red lights at two of the busiest intersections in the city: Martin Luther King Boulevard and Cheyenne Avenue, and Camino Al Norte and Craig Road.

1 October 2008
By Mike Trask

Tiny car draws stares, questions

The Smart Fortwo Passion Coupe faces off with a Hummer H2 Thursday in the parking lot of Whole Foods at The District in Henderson. The Towbin dealership on Sahara Avenue, which until last week sold Hummers, has gone to the opposite extreme, carrying the two-seat Smart cars and, soon, scooters (as well as Rolls Royces and Bentleys).

Driving a Smart Fortwo car is like punching the kid sitting next to you in third grade. Sure, it will get you attention. But maybe not the kind you were looking for.

20 September 2008
By Phoebe Sweet

Stacked buses catch on, branch out in valley

People board a "Deuce" double-decker bus Tuesday on Las Vegas Boulevard at Fremont Street.

An increasing number of Las Vegas Valley residents are getting the chance to ride in the same style as tourists.

17 September 2008
By Joe Schoenmann

O.J. trial, transportation project snarl downtown Las Vegas traffic

Lane restrictions south of downtown Las Vegas, plus heavier traffic as the O.J. Simpson trial gets underway at the Regional Justice Center could mean headaches Monday for many motorists who need to be in downtown Las Vegas.

12 September 2008
By Mary Manning

Lawmaker onboard with bypass plan

Towers are visible on either side of the Hoover Dam as construction on a bypass bridge continued last year. Boulder City officials want to build a bypass toll road to the dam.

A Boulder City Republican has requested a bill draft that would allow a private entity to construct and operate a toll road from Railroad Pass to the Hoover Dam.

6 September 2008
By Mike Trask

Crews to work weekends on Eastern Avenue project

Paving crews will work around the clock on weekends to complete their work on Eastern Avenue by Sept. 27.

4 September 2008
By Jeremy Twitchell

RTC has plan to save time, money by easing traffic congestion

The Regional Transportation Commission is embarking on an ambitious plan that will redefine transit service in Southern Nevada and provide a transit system that places a premium on what most of us value: our time.

7 August 2008
Jacob Snow

Cops' answer to road hogs messy, mostly

Cops' answer to road hogs messy, mostly

Prepare yourself for some Las Vegas logic: Here, in a city certain its motorists are the worst, getting a ticket for aggressive driving is almost impossible. Not because it doesn’t happen, but because it’s hard to fit the bill.

6 August 2008
By Abigail Goldman

Why own a lavish auto? Rent from a fleet of them

Bill Paul, founder and chief executive of Fantasy Car Share in Las Vegas, stands Thursday in the Mercedes party van his "country club"-style business rents.

Maybe you would like to drive around town in a Porsche 997 Turbo or an Aston Martin Vanquish S, but you don’t actually own one. For you, my friend, there is Fantasy Car Share, a Las Vegas club that sells access to its $3 million fleet of torque-turgid beasts.

2 August 2008
By Brendan Buhler

A commute measured in calories and savings

This is how Jeff Olin commutes to his job at Exoticar Paintworks (yes, an auto shop) every day -- 10 miles and a hundred calories or so each way -- and not a drop of gas.

Jeff Olin works on some of the best cars money can buy, but gets to work every day on his bike, 10 miles each way.

31 July 2008
By Mike Trask

Gibbons: I-15 project ahead of schedule

Gov. Jim Gibbons, center, toured construction sites along Interstate 15 in North Las Vegas Thursday. The I-15 construction project is the first design-build project in Nevada's history.

Gov. Jim Gibbons on Thursday asked motorists who sit through traffic snarls on Interstate 15 to be patient. He tried to offer some encouraging words: Despite cuts to the state's transportation budget, the North Las Vegas project is ahead of schedule.

24 July 2008
By Cara McCoy

WHAT IT RECOMMENDS: Involvement by the federal government is a big part of the suggestions in the Brookings Institution’s report

he Brookings Institution’s study examining problems faced by the West’s emerging “mega-metropolitan areas,” such as the Las Vegas Valley, zeros in on several key areas on which the think tank highlights problems and makes recommendations, including:

20 July 2008
By Joe Schoenmann
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