Virgin Hyperloop One set a speed record on its test track in North Las Vegas, hitting 240 mph. The company has the only full-scale hyperloop system in the world and achieved the speed during its ...
21 December 2017
By Mick Akers
While a lot of “smart city” technology focuses on motor vehicles, one startup company wants to shift some of the emphasis toward cyclist safety. Charles River Analytics, a Boston-based company, has created ...
20 December 2017
By Mick Akers
Clark County is abandoning its pursuit of an elevated expressway. The proposed expressway, which would have cost an estimated $200 million, would have run along Koval Lane and Swenson Street to and from ...
19 December 2017
By April Corbin
Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas increased slightly in November compared to a year earlier. Data released Tuesday by the Clark County Department of Aviation show more than ...
19 December 2017
Associated Press
One of the big unknowns about self-driving cars is how human drivers will react once they can hand off the tasks of steering, braking and avoiding obstacles to a combination of unseen sensors, software and computer chips under the hood ...
18 December 2017
By Christina Anderson and Neal E. Boudette, New York Times News Service
A proposed light rail system along Maryland Parkway would be a boon for the economy and a good bet for millions of dollars in federal funding, said Tina Quigley, general ...
16 December 2017
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers
Just past noon Saturday, travelers from Mexico City will start arriving in Las Vegas via new nonstop service on budget airline Viva Aerobus. At a news conference to announce the new route, officials with ...
15 December 2017
By Thomas Moore
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada celebrated its silver anniversary of operating the transit system in the Las Vegas valley earlier this month. ...
14 December 2017
By Mick Akers
Police say an airline passenger who was removed from a Los Angeles-to-New York flight for causing a disturbance that prompted a diversion to Las Vegas during the weekend was ...
13 December 2017
Associated Press
A new detection system to help prevent wrong-way crashes will be part of an interchange under construction in the south Las Vegas Valley. There were 279 wrong-way driver crashes on Nevada’s freeway systems from 2005 to 2015, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation. They resulted in 41 fatalities and ...
8 December 2017
By Mick Akers
A 4.5-mile portion of Lamb Boulevard is set for improvements after a study by the Nevada Department of Transportation revealed the area had a crash rate 15 percent higher than the state average. From 2011-2016, there were 1,286 crashes on Lamb Boulevard between Desert Inn Road and Lake Mead Boulevard, NDOT revealed Tuesday at ...
7 December 2017
By Mick Akers
Nevada is looking to soar to new heights with drone testing, applying for a federal program to push the limits of unmanned aircraft systems. The program would ...
6 December 2017
By Mick Akers
The Nevada Department of Transportation broke ground today on the $33.7 million Interstate 15-Starr Avenue interchange between St. Rose Parkway and Cactus Avenue in the southwest valley. The interchange will travel under Interstate 15 to reduce traffic-related noise for nearby neighbors. “This interchange alleviates traffic along local streets as well as the southern ...
30 November 2017
By Mick Akers
Gasoline prices in the Las Vegas area have gone down in the past week. GasBuddy.com reports the average retail price of a gallon of gas in the area has decreased 7 cents in the past week, to ...
27 November 2017
Associated Press
They can charge one or two vehicles at a time depending on the model. They are powered by solar panels attached to each station, and there is a biodiesel generator on each unit for backup ...
23 November 2017
By Mick Akers
