Nevada’s network of bridges ranked among the best in the nation for a fifth consecutive year, but a handful of spans are still deemed as “deficient,” according to a transportation trade group.
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Looking past the traffic jams and fields of orange cones, tangible results are finally springing up from Project Neon.
Nevada Taxicab Authority administrator Ronald Grogan is pumping the brakes on a plan to let cab drivers use so-called “parallel routes” along Frank Sinatra Drive, Koval Lane and Interstate 15 whenever Las Vegas Boulevard is congested.
Gov. Brian Sandoval sat down last week for a one-on-one chat with the Road Warrior to discuss his legacy on transportation projects across the Silver State.
Another small segment of Interstate 11 is scheduled to open Feb. 1, when motorists will be allowed to drive in the northbound lanes between Silverline Road and Foothill Drive, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation.
Before driving full-speed into 2018, let’s take a glance in the rearview mirror at some of Southern Nevada’s most intriguing transportation stories of the past year.
The Raiders won’t be kicking off in Las Vegas until 2020, but it isn’t too early to figure out how to get fans to the stadium.
A team of developers was in downtown Las Vegas last week testing a system that would allow cyclists to communicate with signals and city-owned vehicles.
Failing to properly secure Christmas trees can damage your vehicle or create a road hazard for other motorists.
Within Allegiant Air’s nerve center in Summerlin, a team of 150 employees keep a watchful eye on an oversized television screen that displays the flight path of every airborne plane.
For the folks working at the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, today is known as Black Monday — one their busiest times of the year.
In light of the Oct. 1 mass shooting at the south end of the Strip, Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani is floating an unusual idea to bar private vehicles from being able to cruise past an area roughly spanning Mandalay Bay to the Stratosphere.
Construction on the latest road project begins Nov. 30 in the south end of the valley, where the Nevada Department of Transportation will build a $33.7 million freeway interchange for Interstate 15 at Starr Avenue.
Now that daylight savings is over and early darkness descends across the valley, we need to do our part as walkers and bicyclists to stay safe and be seen on the streets.
Four new bus routes serving T-Mobile arena during team’s home games let fans evade traffic stress and save money.