A reminder for those heading out to New Year’s Eve parties tonight: The Strip and the roads leading to have closed.
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Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., on Tuesday said President Donald Trump’s tax reform plan should set aside 5 percent of funding for transportation projects and infrastructure that will accommodate the next generation of “smart” vehicles.
Airline passengers planning to get away for the Labor Day holiday weekend might see some new security procedures at McCarran International Airport.
The department’s Fun Walk Saturday morning aimed to give residents a taste of a 3.7 mile Interstate 15 reconstruction between Sahara and the Spaghetti Bowl. By about 9 a.m. Saturday, only a handful of individuals, mostly nearby locals and those with NDOT connections, made it to the event.
A new school year starts today for most children across Clark County, and motorists should give themselves a little more time getting to work.
The rising popularity of ride-hailing companies in Las Vegas is cutting into bus ridership and revenue along the Strip, officials with the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada said Thursday.
The first segment of southbound Interstate 11 will open at 5 a.m. Tuesday, running more than two miles between the Railroad Pass Casino and U.S. Highway 95, the Nevada Department of Transportation said.
The champagne flowed early Tuesday morning at Las Vegas City Hall, where officials feted the official launch of a new free shuttle service, dubbed the Downtown Loop.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Nevada Highway Patrol and Clark County School District police joined to enforce right of way at the intersection Nellis Boulevard and Cedar Avenue, near Richie Rundle Elementary, a school named for a child killed as a pedestrian.
Drivers could help assemble a map of Nevada’s roads and warn fellow motorists about potential collisions, all through a smartphone app.
A team of three hologram workers has popped up at McCarran International Airport to help direct passengers toward tram connections headed out of the D-Gate satellite concourse.
The Federal Aviation Administration wants to track aircraft more accurately by creating a series of new satellite-based routes for arrivals and departures at McCarran International, Henderson Executive and North Las Vegas airports, along with Nellis Air Force Base.
The Nevada Department of Transportation is still examining how to pay for a series of freeway improvements across the Las Vegas Valley, including a pair of projects meant to relieve traffic if a stadium for the NFL’s Raiders is built on Russell Road, just west of Interstate 15.
Surveillance cameras mounted inside transit buses are being fitted with the ability to provide real-time access to Metropolitan police during emergencies, officials with the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada said Thursday.
Members of the news media were invited to don “marijuana goggles” and see what the road looks like to those who drive while high.
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