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.
One would think that when streets are completely closed and blocked, traffic signals on streets intersecting the closed streets would be modified since there’s no traffic as a result of the closure. But that’s not always the case.
Planning is underway for a new road and other improvements aimed at easing congestion at Red Rock, which gets more than 1 million visitors each year.
It would be difficult to argue that Clark County’s fuel revenue indexing program hasn’t been a success so far, but is it successful enough to persuade voters to authorize the tax for another 10 years?
Rock in Rio, which may be one of the coolest international music festivals ever to land in Las Vegas, is going cold turkey on cars.
With $26.4 billion in state transportation projects unfunded over the next 20 years — $8 billion of that in Southern Nevada — local transportation leaders rallied Thursday for the public to press lawmakers to clear federal funding logjams.
Instead of sometimes being forced to bolt out the door to feed the hungry parking meters in downtown Las Vegas, motorists are now able to pay up with a new smartphone app at some lots and on-street parking spots.
The Nevada Legislature is working on more proposals for motorists, including weaker motorcycle helmet rules, harsher hit-and-run punishment and higher speed limits.
The Nevada Transportation Department board on Monday approved a bid for the first portion of new infrastructure for the interstate highway that eventually will connect Las Vegas with Phoenix, awarding an $83 million contract to Fisher Sand & Gravel.
The city of Las Vegas plans to spend about $900,000 to design a bridge over the railroad tracks between Main Street and Symphony Park, the 61-acre former railroad yard often called the heart of Las Vegas’ downtown redevelopment efforts.
