When Allegiant Stadium opens in 2020, it will have the same on-site parking issues that most NFL-sized stadiums built in the last decade in the middle of a city have.
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One of the biggest gripes since Project Neon’s completion and the introduction of the 22 miles of HOV lanes—aside from them being in existence at all—is the spacing of the entry exit points for the lanes.
Motorists will have to wait a little longer for the dynamic traffic messaging signs on area highways to go live, but if all goes as planned it will be an early Christmas present from the state Department of Transportation.
Almost 47,000 specialty license plate registrations have occurred in the last year between the Golden Knights and Raiders editions.
Although parents will do anything to protect their children, often times young ones are unknowingly improperly fastened in the car seats in their vehicles.
The Area 51 Basecamp event in Hiko and Alienstock in Rachel are expected to drum up traffic congestion, causing drivers long waits in their vehicles in mainly rural areas.
Virgin Hyperloop One is looking to take the progress the company has seen at their Southern Nevada test track and implement the underground, high-speed transportation model worldwide.
Between 2008 and 2017, fatal red light crashes left 147 dead in the Silver State, according to AAA.
Keeping U.S. Highways 93 and 95 are priority for NDOT, as keeping traffic flowing smoothly on those state highways is important.
With the main public mass transit option in the Las Vegas Valley long being the RTC bus system, the profitability of that is being threatened by the continued surge in popularity of ride hailing companies like Uber and Lyft.
With Project Neon wrapping up, focus will now turn to a bevy of other freeway projects that will annoy motorists before smoothing out commutes in multiple areas of the Las Vegas Valley.
Although kept busy throughout the year, the Freeway Service Patrol’s work heats up along with the triple-digit summer temperatures.
Older motorists can be as distracted by in-vehicle infotainment technology as they are by using a hand-held device while driving.
Although no one plans to be caught in a flash flood while driving, it is important to plan ahead to increase escaping the situation safely.
With autonomous vehicles becoming increasingly prevalent on the nation’s roads, especially in Las Vegas, safety is always a concern from motorists and pedestrians.