Transportation

Pro-business group: Raise gas taxes for highway projects: Tuesday, May 21, 2013; By Richard N. Velotta; A pro-business group working to diversify Southern Nevada’s economy is advocating legislation that would lead to a gasoline tax increase. The Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance announced today that it is backing legislation that would enable Clark County to raise gasoline taxes.

Signs to offer grim statistics, sobering reminder of highway dangers: Tuesday, May 21, 2013; By Riley Snyder; Nevada motorists will be reminded over and over again how many people have died in traffic accidents, thanks to a campaign starting Wednesday to post the latest fatality numbers on highway signs.

Inequity in state’s spending on roads is a joke: Tuesday, May 21, 2013; WHERE I STAND:; By Brian Greenspun; Connecting the dots in Carson City is a fool’s errand. Enter the fool. Sen. Debbie Smith has bottled up Senate Bill 322 in her committee despite a previous unanimous vote to move it to the floor for passage. But why?

Few big tax bills afoot, but plenty of little ones at Nevada Legislature: Sunday, May 19, 2013; Politics:; By Anjeanette Damon; Democrats may have fallen short of crafting a comprehensive tax reform plan to address Nevada’s wobbly revenue structure, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a bevy bills to raise taxes floating around the Legislature this year.

American will favor passengers without roller bags: Thursday, May 16, 2013; By David Koenig, Associated Press; In a quest to speed up the boarding process, American Airlines is letting passengers board sooner if they travel lightly.

Road construction causing closures along Interstate 15: Friday, May 10, 2013; By Tovin Lapan; Road construction will close several Interstate 15 ramps and cause other traffic restrictions Sunday and during the upcoming week.

Signal work tonight could back up traffic at Charleston and Las Vegas boulevards: Wednesday, May 8, 2013; By Brian Nordli; Work tonight could back up traffic at a key downtown intersection. Traffic signals at Charleston and Las Vegas boulevards will be out of service from 7 p.m. to midnight for signal maintenance.

Joe Downtown: Project 100 hiring for transportation positions: Wednesday, May 8, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; Project 100, the ambitious multimodal transportation system beginning in downtown Las Vegas, is seeking several people to fill a variety of new jobs.

Subcommittee nixes toll roads in Southern Nevada: Tuesday, May 7, 2013; Transportation:; By Cy Ryan; A legislative subcommittee firmly closed the door Tuesday on plans by the state Department of Transportation to start toll stations, mostly in Southern Nevada.

Taxi driver union says strike over; company 'cautiously optimistic' about new deal: Wednesday, May 1, 2013; Taxi driver union representatives say their 60-day strike against Yellow Checker Star has ended and a company management official says he’s “cautiously optimistic” that a new contract would be signed Thursday morning.

Committee weighs bill that would remove state transportation overseers: Monday, April 29, 2013; By Cy Ryan; Constructing the $600 million freeway between Reno and Carson City sticks in the craw of Clark County officials who maintain the highway needs of Southern Nevada are being ignored.

Domestic air traffic down, foreign travel up in March at Las Vegas airport: Monday, April 29, 2013; By Richard N. Velotta; Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport was flat in March compared with a year ago, with strong international and air tour operations offsetting a slight dip in domestic travel to Las Vegas. The Clark County Aviation Department reported 3.7 million passengers in March, a 0.7 percent increase over last year. For the first quarter, traffic was down 1.4 percent to 9.8 million passengers.

Construction underway on delayed Cactus Avenue interchange: Monday, April 29, 2013; By Richard N. Velotta; Work has begun on a new freeway interchange on Interstate 15 that will provide additional access to the Southern Highlands area and relieve traffic on other interchanges in the southern part of the city.

FAA: Air traffic system soon at full operation: Saturday, April 27, 2013; Associated Press; The Federal Aviation Administration said that the U.S. air traffic system will resume normal operations by Sunday evening after lawmakers rushed a bill through Congress allowing the agency to withdraw furloughs of air traffic controllers and other workers.

Southwest to start charging ‘no shows’ who don’t cancel flights: Thursday, April 25, 2013; By Richard N. Velotta; Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, the busiest air carrier at McCarran International Airport, rode record first-quarter revenue and moderated fuel prices to post a profit that narrowed from a year ago.