We’ll start today off with one more situation that falls into the “You Can’t Get There From Here” category. Well, you can, but it’s somewhat of a pain.
Road Warrior
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As Darren Libonati observed cars, buses, limos and cabs maneuvering in and out of the Thomas & Mack Center on Thursday, he recalled the Runnin’ Rebels heyday back in the early 1990s.
We don’t get a lot of questions directed at the city of Henderson and doubt that is because its roads are in tip-top shape, but this week a Henderson couple unleashed a few gripes about that city’s roads and traffic-controlling features. So, let’s start with concerns from Frank and Kathy.
With the economy tanking and experts predicting this will be the flattest sales season in years, the planners behind Centennial Hills apparently have extended a favor to those of us with wallets tighter than Tiger Woods’ lips.
We are all familiar with construction zones across our valley roads, but what many readers want to know this week is when we’re going to see the results. When will our commutes become a little bit easier?
It’s Thanksgiving weekend, so what better time to express gratitude for some transportation projects that have made life a little easier and, well, hurl turkeys at others that seem never-ending.
Perhaps it is because the Thanksgiving weekend is coming up, a busy time of year for McCarran International Airport, but quite a few readers and callers have questions regarding McCarran this week.
Building a new intersection doesn’t seem like that big a deal to people like me, who have no clue about anything involving the word “engineer.”
A 2002 traffic study resulted in the proposal to convert North Fifth Street in North Las Vegas into a super-arterial that will ultimately stretch from Owens Avenue to the Las Vegas Boulevard. This project, combined with the Nevada Department of Transportation’s Lake Mead interchange work at Interstate 15, is causing problems for motorists in the area. But in the end, it is expected to provide a swift and easy corridor similar to Desert Inn Road.
Ian Salvatierra admits he writes text messages while driving. He also fesses up to speeding when he is late for practice.
F rustrations over the ongoing road work along Martin Luther King Boulevard continue to brew. The city of Las Vegas is widening the stretch between Carey Avenue and Alta Drive to three lanes in each direction.
The gathering of tatted-up dudes in baggy cargo shorts checking out the underbelly of the Velociraptor caught my eye first.
Here’s the million-dollar question: Would bad drivers become better drivers if they were required to take a class before each license renewal? Or is it that bad drivers simply don’t care about the laws; they just want to get from Point A to Point B as fast as possible?
What happens at Sam Boyd Stadium eventually ends. But what stays at Sam Boyd Stadium is you. For hours, apparently.
With the Department of Motor Vehicles preparing to launch a new driver’s license renewal process, several readers had follow-up questions regarding the documentation needed to obtain an advanced, secure-issuance license, the type that in a few years will be the only driver’s license accepted to board an airplane and to enter certain federal buildings. The new regulations, which were included in the federal Real ID Act, will go into effect early next year.