Transportation officials are looking to improve the safety of citizens who use public transportation after more than a dozen deaths occurred at Las Vegas valley bus shelters in the last decade.
Mick Akers
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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.
Though Nevada’s infrastructure received a passing grade in a quadrennial report, there’s still more work to be done, say state officials.
Motorists traveling in Henderson are struggling with the newly opened Interstate 515 to the 215 Beltway ramp configuration.
A large-scale autonomous vehicle operator now has a centralized location to carry out its self-driving program.
A stretch of Interstate 15 is set to close to traffic overnight this week.
Las Vegas Valley drivers are seeing red, judging by the emails sent to the Road Warrior’s inbox each week.
The new Garnet Interchange near North Las Vegas is more than an update to a 55-year-old bridge, it improves a vital gateway for freight traffic in Nevada.
North Las Vegas is developing a pedestrian and bicycle plan to make walking and cycling in the area more comfortable and convenient, the city announced Wednesday.
Fed up with what they call “blatant disregard” to update its scheduling system, pilots working for Allegiant Air took to the roads to get their message out.
The closures are for work that is part of a $78 million, 6-mile-long widening and upgrade of U.S. 95 between Ann and Kyle Canyon roads.
Las Vegas’ foray into autonomous travel received a financial boost Tuesday from the U.S. government.
El Al Airlines will launch nonstop service between Las Vegas and Israel this summer, the airline announced Monday.
As the Vegas Golden Knights specialty Nevada license plate quickly becomes one of the most popular in Nevada’s history, questions have arisen regarding where the funds from their sales go.
The latest full closure of Interstate 15 near downtown will snarl traffic this weekend. I-15 south between the Spaghetti Bowl interchange and Charleston Boulevard will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Dec. 17.
After six months of increases in fatal crashes throughout the state, November brought a welcome dip in deadly occurrences on Nevada roads.
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