Transportation

Making Las Vegas a bike town: Improvements aim to change the way we move around the city

Heather Fisher signifies her support for cyclist safety at the memorial site for Dr. Kayvan Khiabani outside of Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas, on Saturday, June 17, 2017. Dr. Khiabani died in a cycling accident on April 18.

Because of the valley’s sprawl and cheap parking, we are unlikely to see the masses commuting by bicycle. However, focusing strictly on commuting is a limited way to think about cycling within cities. If we look at moving around our suburban neighborhoods, there’s a lot of potential for two-wheeled travel to ...

31 July 2017
By April Corbin

Las Vegas airport 500K ahead of half-year 2016 passenger tally

A Southwest Airlines passenger jet takes off from McCarran International Airport Tuesday, August 2, 2016.

McCarran International Airport is reporting that it handled 500,000 more passengers in the first half of 2017 than the first six months last year. Clark County aviation officials reported Wednesday that the ...

27 July 2017
Associated Press

‘At a crossroads,’ RTC launches meetings on long-term transit plan

A Valley Metro Rail train is shown on the Arizona State University campus in Phoenix. Built at a cost of $1.4 billion, the light-rail system became operational in 2008 and since has been expanded from 20 miles to 26. As Phoenix proceeds with plans to add 40 miles to the system by 2034, officials in the Las Vegas Valley have begun discussing proposals to establish a light-rail system here.

How residents and tourists will get around in the Las Vegas Valley for the next 20 years is the subject of the Regional Transportation Commission’s On Board initiative. In the first of several ...

27 July 2017
By Mick Akers

Have a comment about light rail? Driverless cars? RTC would like to hear it

Phoenix's Valley Metro Rail system, shown here, became operational in late 2008 and since has been expanded from 20 miles to 26. As Phoenix proceeds with plans to add 40 miles to the system by 2034, officials in the Las Vegas Valley have begun discussing proposals to establish a light-rail system here.

The Regional Transportation Commission is asking local residents for their input in developing a long-term plan to improve mass transit in Southern Nevada. Kicking off what ...

26 July 2017
By Ric Anderson

Project Neon 40 percent complete after one year

Traffic flows smoothly on the first morning of The Big Squeeze lane closures related to Project Neon, a $1 billion 3.7-mile-long widening of Interstate 15 from the U.S. 95 interchange to Sahara Avenue on Tuesday, March 21, 2017.

The most expensive public works project in Nevada’s history, underway for one year, marked 40 percent completion this week. Project Neon improves the busiest stretch of highway in the state ...

22 July 2017
By Mick Akers

Increasing motorists’ awareness of pedestrians goal of high-tech program

The first on-board unit to enhance pedestrian safety and awareness on high-traffic corridors was installed this month on a city of Las Vegas fleet vehicle, part of a partnership between the GENIVI Alliance and the Nevada Center for Advanced Mobility.

What could be a high-tech solution to pedestrian safety launched on Las Vegas streets this month. ...

20 July 2017
By Mick Akers

U.S. 95 near downtown LV closed in both directions Wednesday night

No traffic issues are presented on the first morning of the Big Squeeze lane closures related to Project Neon, a nearly $1 billion, 3.7-mile-long widening of Interstate 15 from the U.S. 95 interchange to Sahara Avenue on Tuesday, March 21, 2017.

The latest closure of U.S. 95 for the installation of high-tech traffic management signs near downtown will be Wednesday night. ...

18 July 2017
By Mick Akers

No one rule applies on how hot is too hot on an airliner

This June 22, 2017, photo provided by Maria de Los Angeles-Baida shows Emily France with her 4-month-old son Owen in Denver. France who says her infant son overheated on a delayed United Airlines flight at Denver's airport has hired an attorney and hopes the Federal Aviation Administration takes note.

Every day, tens of thousands of U.S. airline passengers settle into their seats, lower the window shades and reach up to twist the air vents without the benefit of something that might do even more to keep them cool: a rule setting ...

15 July 2017
By Thomas Peipert, Associated Press

Pedestrian crossing on Boulder Highway opens, first of planned improvements

Pedestrians walk northbound on Boulder Highway Thursday, March 2, 2017.

The first of many improvements to a deadly stretch of Boulder Highway debuted Thursday. ...

15 July 2017
By Mick Akers

Latest Apple Maps version has Nevada public transit information

Public transit information for Las Vegas and other urban areas of Nevada is included in the latest version of Apple Maps rolled out on Tuesday. ...

13 July 2017
By Mick Akers

Hyperloop One had its first full-system test of ultrafast transportation system

The test sled is returned to its starting point by a tender following a Hyperloop One sled test at their facility in North Las Vegas on Wednesday, May 11, 2016.

Hyperloop One completed the first full-scale test of its hyperloop technology in a vacuum environment on May 12th, the company announced today. In the test, the company’s hyperloop vehicle — which uses ...

12 July 2017
The Verge

Centennial Bowl interchange in northwest Las Vegas to open today

A 2,500-foot-long flyover is among the Centennial Bowl improvements scheduled to open Wednesday, July 12, 2017.

The latest phase of the U.S. 95-215 Beltway Centennial Bowl interchange in northwest Las Vegas is set to open at 2 p.m. today.

12 July 2017
By Mick Akers

RTC, tech firm team up on pilot program to better anticipate accidents, traffic jams

The RTC and Waycare are launching a pilot program to help identify dangerous driving conditions before an incident occurs.

The way the roads in the Las Vegas Valley are monitored is about to get a high-tech upgrade. ...

12 July 2017
By Mick Akers

Suspicious package on bus temporarily closes part of Strip

The Las Vegas Strip was briefly closed from Reno Avenue to Mandalay Bay Road this morning while police investigated a suspicious package on ...

5 July 2017
By Jesse Granger

Lyft, Zero Fatalities offer discounts this weekend

You can't avoid Lyft—or its iconic insignia—on the Strip.

If you partake in the first days of legal recreational marijuana sales in Las Vegas on Saturday and become impaired, Zero Fatalities has partnered with Lyft Las Vegas to provide up to $10,000 worth of safe rides. ...

1 July 2017
By Mick Akers
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