The Nevada Taxicab Authority board will have a key role in finding a new administrator to oversee Clark County’s taxi industry, but there hasn’t been any movement toward finding a replacement for Charles D. Harvey, who resigned the position effective Friday.
The Nevada Transportation Authority, at least temporarily, put the brakes on a proposed trolley plan by tabling action on Tuesday for the Downtown Project’s Shift request for an exemption from transportation regulations for the operation of free shuttle services.
Landing the Tesla Gigafactory was a huge economic victory for Nevada by most accounts, but the state needs to do much more at the end point of production to promote electrical vehicle use, according to a report by a nonprofit group promoting energy efficiency.
A harsh lesson from Mother Nature about the fragility of the region’s transportation infrastructure and the need to protect Las Vegas’ lifeblood of tourism with better ways to move 40 million tourists and the residents who live here illustrate the importance of transportation to the valley, a panel concurred on Thursday.
Zipcar, which calls itself the world’s leading car-sharing network, has arrived at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas campus and McCarran International Airport’s Rental Car Center — and two campus cars were already checked out Thursday.
