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All I-15 lanes reopen after closures caused by icy roads

Both directions of Interstate 15 reopened Wednesday after icy roads closed the freeway between Las Vegas and Southern California for several hours early Wednesday, causing heavy delays.

New stretch of I-11 can’t bypass occasional crises at Hoover Dam bridge

The new piece of Interstate 11 near Boulder City is designed to cut up to 30 minutes off the trip from Las Vegas to Kingman, Arizona. But delays caused by people threatening to leap off the span are outside traffic engineers’ control.

Tesla, Faraday highway projects to see milestones this week

Two major highway improvement projects stemming from the successful recruitment of electric car makers Tesla and Faraday Future to Nevada will see major milestones this week.

Cutting corners is illegal on Nevada roads

There are certain things that motorists do on the road that get under everybody’s skin. Hello, road rage!

Proposed Uber, Lyft fees in Nevada still steep

Even though transportation regulators have proposed knocking down the cost for a transportation network company to be licensed in the state, it’s still substantially higher than anyplace Uber and Lyft operate.

County officials adopt resolution backing transportation standards

Clark County commissioners have put their support behind the widely debated concept of regulatory standards for transportation network companies, including ride-sharing companies such as San Francisco-based Uber.

 
Politicians, transportation leaders kick off I-11 groundbreaking

Lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle and transportation leaders from the federal government and two states gathered on a breezy bluff overlooking a four-lane highway bottleneck near the newly reopened Hoover Dam Lodge for a historic groundbreaking for the first section of Interstate 11.

Wild burros being removed from Route 160 in Pahrump Valley

Wild burros in the northern Pahrump Valley are being gathered and moved to prevent roadside hazards along state Route 160, according to the Bureau of Land Management.