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Contact Mick Akers at makers@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2920. Follow @mickakers on Twitter.

Nevada Taxicab authority stalled on plan to permit parallel routes

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.

Another small segment of Interstate 11 opens Feb. 1

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.

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These Las Vegas transportation stories took off in 2017

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.

Las Vegas team keeps Allegiant Air’s planes moving

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.

Commissioner wants to free Las Vegas Strip from private cars

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 to start soon on I-15 interchange at Starr Avenue

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.

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