Transportation

Horsford to discuss $38 million boost to Nevada electric car network

Representative Steven Horsford (NV-04) attends the Clean Energy Jobs & Justice Forum at North Las Vegas City Hall Thursday, June 10, 2021.

U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., will hold a news conference 10 a.m. Thursday at the Nevada Energy Office to ...

Las Vegas-based Allegiant buying dozens of new aircraft

An Allegiant Air passenger jet takes off from McCarran International Airport Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.

Allegiant Air is expanding its fleet by purchasing 50 new 737 MAX aircraft, the Las Vegas based company announced today. The aircraft, which will be ...

More Las Vegas flights canceled as airlines struggle with COVID, weather

A plane takes off from McCarran International Airport, now Harry Reid International, near the Las Vegas Strip on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021.

More than two dozen flights were canceled today at the Las Vegas airport, with more than 1,000 flights scrubbed nationwide as airlines struggle with COVID-induced staff shortages and bad weather. Joe Rajchel, a spokesman for Harry Reid International Airport, said that as of noon ...

Buttigieg to address CES on future of transportation

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks during a news conference at Henderson City Hall Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. The City of Hendersons Reimagine Boulder Highway Project received a $40 million competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg will detail the future of transportation during a speech Jan. 6 at CES, the annual trade show organized by the ...

Las Vegas airport renamed for former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid

From left; Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak, Rory Reid, eldest son of former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Clark County Director of Aviation Rosemary Vassiliades and Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom watch the unveiling of renderings showing new signage during the official renaming of McCarran International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport at the airport in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021.

It’s official: Visitors to Las Vegas are now landing at Harry Reid International Airport. Dignitaries, including Gov. Steve Sisolak, gathered today at Terminal 3 of the former McCarran International Airport to mark the switchover to honor the retired Democratic U.S. Senate majority leader and one ...

Las Vegas offering free parking downtown Saturday to encourage local shopping

This is one of the city of Las Vegas' new electronic, solar powered parking meters next to a post with the old meters removed Tuesday, June 4, 2013.

he city of Las Vegas is offering free on-street parking in parts of downtown Saturday to encourage people to shop locally on Small Business Saturday. Parking will be free at ...

Las Vegas airport travelers advised to arrive early

In this June 9, 2012, photo, travelers crowd Terminal 3 at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

Officials at the Las Vegas airport are urging holiday travelers to arrive early and use mobile apps to check in for their flights in advance. “We always recommend for a ...

Officials approve corridor for part of proposed of new I-11

State and federal transportation officials have formally selected a corridor in southern and central Arizona for construction of Interstate 11, a proposed new freeway that would link the ...

RTC chief bullish on bird’s-eye view of transportation in the valley

M.J. Maynard, CEO of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, responds to a question during an interview outside Allegiant Stadium Thursday, June 3, 2021. The Las Vegas Raiders announced details of the Allegiant Stadium transportation and parking program for the 2021-22 season.

As CEO of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, M.J. Maynard’s job is to help make it easier for people to get around in the Las Vegas Valley ...

County OKs agreement for underground transit system for Strip, downtown Las Vegas

Tesla electric vehicles exit an underground tunnel at the Las Vegas Convention Center's West Hall Tuesday, June 8, 2021.

The Clark County Commission today approved a franchise agreement for the Vegas Loop, an underground electric transportation system planned for the Las Vegas ...

Group offering $10 Lyft credits for Saturday’s Raiders game

This undated photo provided by Lyft shows an illuminated Lyft beacon.

Need a ride to or from Allegiant Stadium for the Las Vegas Raiders home opener Saturday? The Las Vegas Coalition for Zero Fatalities is offering $10 credits for the ...

On valley visit, Buttigieg gets firsthand look at need for Boulder Highway revamp

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, center, tours a section of Boulder Highway with, from left, Ed McGuire, Henderson director of public works, Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., and Kristina Swallow, director of the Nevada Department of Transportation, in Henderson Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. Henderson's "Reimagine Boulder Highway" project received a nearly $40 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had only heard about Boulder Highway, but he got a small taste of the dangers ...

Florida's Brightline trains to resume operations in November

In this Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, file photo, a Brightline passenger train passes by in Oakland Park, Fla.

Florida's higher-speed passenger rail service Brightline announced Tuesday it will resume operating sometime in November, 20 months after it closed because ...

Las Vegas airport could become Harry Reid International in September

A view of a welcome sign at McCarran International Airport Thursday, July 2, 2020.

McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas could become Harry Reid International as soon as September, a Clark County official said today. The county could conduct a ceremony and ...

Frontier adding Las Vegas flights based on pent-up demand

In this June 26, 2019 photo Frontier Airlines jetliners sit at gates on the A concourse at Denver International Airport in Denver.

Frontier Airlines is adding roundtrip routes in September between Las Vegas and New Orleans, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Iowa; Sioux Falls, S.D.; and Harlingen, Texas. Once the additional flights begin, Frontier ...