The holidays are here, and with them come predictable traditions.
Road Warrior
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There are, however, many roads and lanes that will be inaccessible for valley residents and visitors soon. That would be thanks to New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas, which is a pretty big annual production. What’s important to remember: avoid the Strip in your car.
We like technology. It’s fun, isn’t it?
With progress and growth come new challenges.
In honor of the Thanksgiving leftovers we’re all helping ourselves to this weekend, we present a smorgasbord of questions.
It’s a tug-of-war to keep traffic efficient for vehicles and safe for pedestrians in the Las Vegas Valley. This year, more than 35 pedestrians have been struck by cars and killed in the area.
The sun in Las Vegas has a keen sense of knowing exactly when we’re on the freeway and have forgotten our sunglasses at home, doesn’t it? And it takes full advantage of that opportunity to shine its very brightest.
Anecdotes are not evidence. We all know this, but it sure is hard to resist turning a story into science. And so it goes with Robert’s question on my favorite topic: Those new flashing yellow left turn signals.
Get used to it. That’s pretty much going to be today’s advice.
Like a lot of new and developing areas in Southern Nevada, there wasn’t much of a traffic foundation laid when folks started moving into Providence.
This reality that we all share? It is deceptive.
Some problems cannot be solved. They can only be managed.
Our government serves a purpose. It’s not the one you’re thinking of, either.
It’s funny, when you get one of those ideas that make you think you’ve solved a problem that everyone has, but no one has figured out how to deal with.
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