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Lyft offering discounts in Las Vegas during holiday weekend

Lyft is offering discounts up to 42 percent off the cost of rides during the extended Independence Day holiday weekend as part of an effort to reduce the number of impaired drivers on the road.

Downtown Las Vegas bike sharing price cut in half for summer

Rental prices are being slashed in half for the new bicycle sharing program in downtown Las Vegas as part of a summertime promotion running from Independence Day weekend to Labor Day.

Motorcyclist dies in southwest Las Vegas crash

A motorcyclist who was hospitalized in critical condition died Wednesday afternoon after a collision with a vehicle in the area of West Flamingo Road and South Durango Drive, police said.

Project Neon takes a safe and smart route

The Spaghetti Bowl interchange in downtown Las Vegas isn’t just going to be safer when construction on the $1 billion Project Neon wraps up in July 2019. It’s also going to be smarter.

Bill would pave way for driverless car fleets in Nevada

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development has a bill drafted for the 2017 legislative session that will pave the way for autonomous taxicabs, drone cabs and ride-sharing vehicles. Or, as Steve Hill, director of the economic development office, put it: driverless anything.

NHP names 3 killed in head-on crash just south of Tonopah

The crash happened just after 2:15 p.m. Wednesday. A red Dodge Ram pickup pulling a trailer was heading north on the two-lane highway when it crossed into the southbound lane for unknown reasons and slammed into an oncoming green Mitsubishi Montero.