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April 24, 2024

Transportation

  • A Tesla electric vehicle heads from the Las Vegas Convention Center toward Resorts World through the Vegas Loop.
    Vegas Loop's network could get extensive expansion around city
    Elon Musk’s The Boring Company is looking to further expand its Vegas Loop system across the city. The Las Vegas City Council in a planning meeting Tuesday will consider a proposal calling for the underground transportation system to expand ...
  • Megabus is expanding service options in Las Vegas and Reno as part of a new partnership between the company and Salt Lake Express, an Idaho-based shuttle service.
The partnership, which expands service options in 75 cities across the Northwest U.S. and California, includes daily trips between Las Vegas and Mesquite or Pahrump, and ultimately connects the southern and northern regions of Nevada. There are a handful of stations in Las Vegas, including on the Strip at the Fashion Show Mall and in downtown Las Vegas at South 1st Street and Garces Avenue. May 23, 2023. Brian Ramos
    Megabus expands destination options in Las Vegas, Reno
    The partnership between Megabus and Salt Lake Express, which expands service options in 75 cities across the Northwest U.S. and California, includes daily trips between Las Vegas and Mesquite or Pahrump, and ultimately connects the southern and northern regions of Nevada.
  • Members of the Air Line Pilots Association International walk an informational picket on behalf of United Airline pilots at O'Hare International Airport Friday, May 12, 2023, in Chicago.
    United pilots picket for higher pay before summer travel season
    Just ahead of what could be a record-breaking summer travel season, pilots from one of the nation’s biggest airlines marched in picket lines at major airports on Friday as they push for higher pay. The United ...
  • The American Airlines logo on top of the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, is pictured on Dec. 19, 2017.
    Pilots at American, Southwest ratchet up strike threats
    Pilots at American Airlines have voted to authorize a strike, and Southwest Airlines pilots are preparing to join them, as unions put more pressure on the airlines to approve new contracts with hefty ...
  • A Brightline train is shown at a station in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Jan. 11, 2018.
    Las Vegas-to-California high-speed train gets bipartisan backing
    A bipartisan congressional group from Nevada and California asked the Biden administration Monday to fast-track federal funds for a private company to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area. All six of Nevada’s ...
  • Traffic moves on the I-15 freeway in this time exposure photograph Friday, Jan. 6, 2023.
    HOV lane hours to be reduced in Southern Nevada, could be eliminated
    The hours of operation for high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Southern Nevada will be reduced as part of a plan to evaluate the possibility of eliminating them altogether, the Nevada Department of Transportation announced Monday in a news release. The Nevada Transportation Board of Directors voted to limit ...
  • A Southwest Airlines passenger jet taxis to a gate after landing at McCarran International Airport Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.
    Off-duty pilot helps land plane in Las Vegas after captain falls ill
    Passengers on Southwest flight 6013 from Las Vegas to Columbus, Ohio, were in for a scare when their pilot suffered a medical emergency mid-flight. News first broke ...
  • A Tesla electric vehicle makes its way from the Las Vegas Convention Center towards Resorts World through the Vegas Loop Monday, July 11, 2022.
    Vegas Loop marks 1 million passengers
    The Vegas Loop underground transportation system connected to the Las Vegas Convention Center hit a milestone on Tuesday: It passed the 1 million passenger mark, officials said. The 1 millionth rider ...
  • Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo smiles during the 2023 State of the Schools address at Resorts World Las Vegas, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023.
    Nevada Gov. Lombardo appoints head of transportation authority
    Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo announced another appointment today, this time the new head of the Nevada Transportation Authority, according to a release from the governor’s office. Vaughn Hartung was appointed ...
  • A Tesla electric vehicle heads from the Las Vegas Convention Center toward Resorts World through the Vegas Loop.
    Vegas Loop a step closer to connecting UNLV with approval of land sale
    The Vegas Loop is one station closer to completion after the sale of UNLV-owned land to Elon Musk’s The Boring Company received unanimous approval Friday. At their Friday meeting, the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents gave the green light ...
  • A view of the baggage claim area at Harry Reid International Airport Thursday, May 20, 2021.
    Las Vegas airport gets $31 million grant for baggage systems
    The baggage systems in two terminals at Harry Reid International Airport will be upgraded through a $31 million federal grant. The money comes from the bipartisan ...
  • Las Vegas gets $2 million for street improvements on Historic Westside
    The city of Las Vegas is receiving a $2 million grant to improve streets in the Historic Westside neighborhood, U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., announced this morning. The work will focus on ...
  • Nevada, Clark County end fuel emergency as gas pipeline restored
    Nevada and Clark County officials today ended emergency proclamations that were declared late last week after a gas pipeline in California ruptured.
  • Gas prices are shown on a pump in Primm, Nev. Wednesday, June 22, 2022.
    Lombardo issues fuel emergency for Clark County, urges against 'panic buying'
    Clark County declared a fuel emergency late Friday after a leak was discovered in a pipeline that transports fuel from California to Las Vegas. "Tonight, I am declaring a state of emergency for the fuel pipeline leak impacting ...
  • Traffic moves on the I-15 freeway in this time exposure photograph Friday, Jan. 6, 2023.
    Ready, set, go! $305M ‘Dropicana’ interchange project begins in Las Vegas
    “The combination of new resorts and professional sports teams and venues have attracted more visitors to the city, drawing as many as 300,000 visitors on major holiday weekends,” NDOT officials said in a statement. “The widening of the Tropicana interchange will add capacity, improve accessibility to the Strip and allow for the future widening of I-15 as the population continues to grow.”
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