Transportation

Dispute arises over price of land for Boulder City bypass

Construction of the Boulder City bypass could be delayed as much as a year in a dispute between the state Transportation Department and property owners along the route over land prices.

14 January 2013
By Cy Ryan

Officials OK test of computer system to detect taxi long-hauling

Taxicab Authority Police stop taxis at a long haul checkpoint near the entrance to the airport tunnel exiting McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Friday, June 8, 2012.

The Nevada Transportation Authority, which regulates limousines, buses and taxis operated outside Clark County, has agreed to conduct a statewide test of software to detect taxi long-hauling.

14 January 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Sidewalk on Hoover Dam bypass bridge to close for inspection

Plaques line the pedestrian walkway on the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge.

The Nevada Department of Transportation will conduct a rolling closure of the sidewalk on the O’Callaghan-Tillman Memorial Bridge, which bypasses the Hoover Dam, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 15 through 18.

11 January 2013
By Tovin Lapan

Construction projects to cause traffic detours, delays

Construction projects at the airport connector and on Decatur Boulevard will cause traffic detours starting next week, Clark County officials said.

10 January 2013
By Brian Nordli

Korean Air expanding nonstop service to Las Vegas

Korean Air Regional Director Kee Hong Woo gives an interview in the first class cabin on a Korean Air 747-400 at McCarran International Airport Wednesday, September 22, 2010.

Las Vegas could see additional visitation from Asia next summer with Korean Air’s decision to increase its Seoul-to-Las Vegas nonstop flights.

9 January 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Record number of taxis loaded at Las Vegas airport

Cabs wait in line to pick up passengers coming into McCarran Airport Monday, November 8, 2010.

The arrival of the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show this week helped shatter a year-old record for the most taxis loaded in a single day at McCarran International Airport.

9 January 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

New technology could put an end to taxicab long-hauling

Leo Samson, CTO and director of product engineering, holds a smartphone showing fee at the end of a taxi ride during a demonstration of a Frias Transportation Infrastructure (FTi) system Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. The GPS-based system would provide useful real-time information to both regulators and consumers.

A Las Vegas company is testing a cloud-based vehicle monitoring system that could revolutionize transportation regulation and help solve one of the Nevada Taxicab Authority’s biggest problems: the illegal long-hauling of taxi passengers. Frias Transportation Infrastructure, a technology company operated by the managers of the Frias Transportation Group — which runs the largest group of taxicab companies in Clark County — has spent three years developing RideIntegrity, a computer hardware and software system.

4 January 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Plane crash lands, bursts into flames in North Las Vegas

A small plane caught fire Wednesday afternoon after a crash landing at North Las Vegas Airport, North Las Vegas Fire Captain Cedric Williams said.

2 January 2013
By Brian Nordli

Passenger traffic at Las Vegas airport dips slightly in November

Southwest Airlines planes sit at McCarran International Airport.

Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport dropped slightly for the third month in a row in November, according to statistics released Friday. Traffic dropped 0.3 percent in November compared to the same month last year, with a total of 3.31 million travelers arriving or departing.

28 December 2012
By Conor Shine

Road accessing Mount Charleston opened for holiday

The Nevada Department of Transportation has reopened State Route 158, which had been temporarily closed for road work.

24 December 2012
By Tovin Lapan

The Plaza is first local hotel to offer free bag service to the airport

Customer service agent Jessie Cleveland checks his computer at the Bags Inc. branch in the Plaza in downtown Las Vegas Wednesday, November 14, 2012. Bags recently opened the airport baggage service at the Plaza, which is free to Plaza guests.

When guests check in to a Disney Resort hotel in Orlando, they automatically get their suitcases delivered free from the airport. Bags Inc. negotiated the deal with the Orlando resorts to provide a value-added service to the thousands of families who attend Disney’s Magic Kingdom theme parks. Bags Inc. offers luggage delivery and remote check-in services at more than 200 hotels nationwide. Now, the Disney model has arrived in Las Vegas.

22 December 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Travelers hope to be on their way after major Midwest snowstorm

Travelers facing canceled flights and closed roads were hoping to finally head to their holiday destinations Friday as a widespread snowstorm that dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest moved across the Great Lakes toward Canada.

21 December 2012
Associated Press

Allegiant Air flight dispatchers join Teamsters

A small labor group at Allegiant Air has voted to join the airline division of the Teamsters union. The 21 flight dispatchers at the company voted 15-5 to approve representation by Teamsters Local 986 earlier this week, joining the airline’s pilot group, which voted to join that union in August.

21 December 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

X Train aims to make a party of the Southern California-Las Vegas trip

The "X" Train by Las Vegas Railway Express.

Michael Barron sees them all the time on business trips: party people who start celebrating their arrival to Las Vegas before the plane touches down at McCarran International.

21 December 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Hualapai Tribe finishing paving road to Grand Canyon Skywalk

The Skywalk at Grand Canyon West Tuesday, May 3, 2011 just after the glass panels were replaced.

The Hualapai Tribe is on track to complete a paving project that would ease the drive between Las Vegas and Grand Canyon West.

19 December 2012
By Richard N. Velotta
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