As individuals, St. Rose and Martin Luther King Jr. were idolized for their unrivaled levels of passion and commitment to secure peace and freedom. On pavement, they’re a mess.
Road Warrior
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Every now and again, Alan Stock invites me to join him on his KXNT News Radio morning show to discuss traffic and transportation. After joining Stock last week, I promised to address callers’ traffic-related questions. We are still working on some of the queries, but here are a couple answers I was able to dig up.
On any given Sunday, you can belly up to a Las Vegas bar and down a few shots of Jägermeister. Or stuff 500 dollar bills into the G-string of a stripper. Or place a $1,000 bet on the Saints to win the Super Bowl.
But what if you’re longing to test drive that powerful 2010 Cadillac CTS or Dodge Ram or to sit in a new Chrysler and feel that smooth Corinthian leather? (I know Chrysler hasn’t built the Cordobas with the mythical “fine Corinthian leather” since the ’80s, but Ricardo Montalban made it sound so luxurious that the image sticks with me.)
Anyway, you can’t get into that new car.
Alvida shipped me an interesting incident that happened to a friend in California. She said her friend passed two police officers who were ticketing a motorist on the shoulder of the road. After the man slowed down and passed the two police cars, one of the cops jumped into his vehicle and tracked Alvida’s friend down. He was ticketed for not moving over to the next lane while passing the police.
Alvida’s question: Do you know whether this is a law in Nevada?
This is not an attempt to get all political on your asphalt, but are you having trouble figuring out who to believe when it comes to Nevada’s effectiveness in cashing its $201 million stimulus check for transportation projects?
With government agencies consistently threatening to cut jobs and services, everyone is a little more sensitive about how their tax dollars are being spent. I get quite a few questions about whether government agencies are efficiently spending money on various projects and services.
Every once in a while, urban myths involving driving or vehicles surface, such as this one: A woman calls an auto parts store in search of a 28-ounce water pump. When the befuddled parts handler asks the make of car, she replies, “Datsun 280Z.” Funny, but not all of them are; some instill fear in motorists.
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out something strange is going on along Interstate 15 at Sahara Avenue.
Ever since the lanes designated for high-occupancy vehicles were placed on U.S. 95, readers have complained about whether they are needed, wondered whether they help with traffic flow and questioned whether they are even enforced. The Nevada Department of Transportation insists these lanes are effective.
Welcome to the New Year, when resolutions flow as freely as champagne.
As we mentioned before, it’s been a bit of a struggle to get some road construction-related answers from our friends at Clark County. A boatload of questions was shipped over to our Clark County types and, looky here, we got a boatload of answers in return.
You know the guy at the end of the New Year’s Eve party who’s puking in his glittery top hat?
With all the cones and road work signs throughout the valley, it’s tough to believe there are still streets out there that are in awful shape. This week, quite a few residents share concerns about those roads and ask why they aren’t being repaired. Apparently, stimulus funds will save the day.
This is sort of a head scratcher: The idea for a monorail was conceived about a decade ago by the late Bob Broadbent, who once was director of the Clark County Department of Aviation. In that position, it would seem, one might realize the importance of providing public transportation from a super busy airport to a crazy popular tourist destination.