The number of mopeds on Las Vegas Valley streets has grown exponentially in recent years, and so have the safety concerns and frustrations voiced by Road Warrior readers.
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Instead of sometimes being forced to bolt out the door to feed the hungry parking meters in downtown Las Vegas, motorists are now able to pay up with a new smartphone app at some lots and on-street parking spots.
The Nevada Legislature is working on more proposals for motorists, including weaker motorcycle helmet rules, harsher hit-and-run punishment and higher speed limits.
Many of us have had that sinking feeling while carefully driving along, following all the rules of the road and being courteous behind the wheel. All of a sudden, from out of nowhere, comes a car with those flashing red lights right on your bumper.
The company that delivered the Ride Genie app to Southern Nevada’s limousine industry last year has geared up to roll out an upgrade that will enable customers to use the technology to hail a cab as well.
The Boulder City bypass will dodge congestion in and around the small city, and be a faster and shorter route for motorists.
Next weekend is one of Southern Nevada’s sports highlights with Saturday’s Xfinity Series Boyd Gaming 300 race and the weekend’s feature event, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 400, on Sunday.
A Road Warrior reader asks if Nevada motorists have to display a license plate on the front and back of their vehicles.
A Las Vegas motorist wonders why he’s not allowed to make a right turn on a red light when there are two right-turn lanes.
Those screams you’ve been hearing lately from the southwest valley are coming from motorists who want more time to make left turns at traffic signals on Blue Diamond Road.
Some Road Warrior readers’ best ideas to untangle traffic in our valley are low on the priority list, but not because they’re bad ideas — they’re too expensive or legally complicated by issues of access and ownership.
Don’t be afraid. Another diverging diamond interchange — an innovation whose time has come — is opening on U.S. Highway 95 Henderson.
Last week’s serious bus stop accident in Las Vegas has Road Warrior readers thinking and writing about what could be done to keep those waiting at bus stops safer.
If you travel on commercial airliners and use your Nevada driver’s license as an identification card when you pass through the security line at the airport, you’re going to have to spice up your ID card the next time you renew it.
When 160,000 people converge on one place at one time, there’s bound to be more than a few traffic tie-ups. Here are some tips to avoid the Consumer Electronics Show’s bad ones.