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Looking for fun in Las Vegas at New Year’s? Follow these transportation tips

I’m an amateur when it comes to celebrating the arrival of the new year in the resort corridor. In my more than 20 years as a denizen of Southern Nevada, I’ve spent just two New Year’s Eves among the revelers, estimated this year to be around 332,000 strong.

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U.S. 95 near Boulder City reopened

U.S. Highway 95 has reopened near Boulder City after a crash shut it down Tuesday afternoon.

Despite Strip tragedy, no long-term effects seen on Las Vegas visitation

Tourism experts say Sunday night’s Strip crash that killed an Arizona woman and injured 35 people won’t have long-term repercussions on visitation, but may come up as transportation leaders consider making Las Vegas Boulevard safer for pedestrians.

Sahara lanes to be closed between I-15, Strip this week

Two westbound travel lanes of Sahara Avenue will be closed late Thursday and early Friday between Interstate 15 and Las Vegas Boulevard for bridge joint repairs.

$16.5M contract awarded for widening Route 160

A $16.5 million contract to widen a 5-mile section of the Blue Diamond Road in Southern Nevada was awarded Monday by the Nevada Department of Transportation.

Project delays road improvements at Red Rock Canyon

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area will have to wait a while longer for its first major road upgrade in 20 years, and there are conflicting reports about the scope of the work and when it will be finished.

Volunteer Boulevard road project launched in Henderson

When Volunteer Boulevard in Henderson is widened over the next 15 months, it might be bicyclists and pedestrians who are most grateful for the improvements.

High-speed transportation testing site coming to North Las Vegas

A futuristic transportation company said Tuesday it will set up a test facility at a North Las Vegas industrial site, a move hailed by Gov. Brian Sandoval and state officials as another coup in Nevada’s quest to lure high-tech industry to the Silver State.

Uber begins picking up, dropping off passengers at McCarran

Ride-hailing company Uber on Tuesday began operations at McCarran International Airport, ending a stalemate with Clark County that lasted more than a month.

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