Transportation is, of course, a top issue in cities nationwide. Unfortunately, there isn’t a single solution to solving transportation challenges that is cheap or easy.
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We live in the desert, and there’s prickly stuff everywhere.
The upsetting reality is that we have very little control over what happens out there on the roads. Much relies on drivers of the other 1.3 million vehicles the DMV says are registered in Clark County.
Road Warrior columnist Adrienne Packer is subjected to a pat-down after refusing to enter the full-body scanning machine at McCarran International Airport. After critics complained they were being groped during the TSA’s new pat-down procedures, Packer wanted to see what the fuss was about.
Flamingo Road is one of the oldest and busiest east-west arterials that guides tourists, cabbies and locals across Las Vegas Boulevard.
In recent years, signs marking school zones and the hours during which they’re in effect have been mostly replaced by flashing signs. But some of the older signs still exist, and they tend to cause some confusion.
