Whether you’re ready for it or not, the transportation landscape in Southern Nevada is set to change — drastically.
Mick Akers
Sports Business and Transportation reporter
Email: makers@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 387-2920
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Mick joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal as transportation reporter in November 2018. He previously worked at the Las Vegas Sun covering a variety of beats including transportation, business, gaming, and city and county government. Prior to that, he worked at the Pahrump Valley Times, where he was named the Nevada Press Association’s Outstanding Journalist in the intermediate category for his coverage of the Lamar Odom brothel overdose situation, rural healthcare and more. Mick was born in Texas but grew up in Las Vegas, attending UNLV’s Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies where he was a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Society.
Nevada roadways have seen a year-over-year dip in crash-related deaths through the first two months of 2019, though the number of pedestrian death is up sharply over the period.
Las Vegas tourism officials believe the city should look below ground to address future transportation needs. And the autonomous system linking the airport to the convention center should be just the first phase of a grander network.
Could the next big transportation project run underneath the Las Vegas Valley?
As the state tests a new Department of Motor Vehicle queuing system up north, Southern Nevadans are left waiting in line for now.
The downtown Las Vegas bike share program is getting an electric boost.
Southwest Airlines is ready to say aloha to its Hawaii Islands flight service.
If there was ever a reason for Southern Nevada commuters to celebrate, this is it.
As ride-share services increasingly become the transportation option of choice for many Las Vegas residents and visitors, taxi usage continues to drop.
The future home of the Raiders and UNLV football is set to be one of the most connected stadiums in the country.
After a half-century of service in Las Vegas, Frias Transportation is officially on its way out after the state Taxicab Authority approved the sale of its assets.
The temporary closures are needed for electrical work and sign installation as part of Project Neon, the nearly $1 billion 4-mile-long widening of I-15 from the Spaghetti Bowl to Sahara Avenue.
Southwest Airlines has been given the green light to operate nonstop flights to Hawaii, according to the airline.
Las Vegas’ airport kicked off the new year on a high note, seeing 3.9 million passengers travel through its gates in January.
Frias Transportation is set to sell its assets ahead of ending business operations next month.
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