Though transit officials unanimously voted for an enhanced bus system over light rail for a stretch of Maryland Parkway, Regional Transportation of Southern Nevada CEO Tina Quigley said a rail-based system isn’t completely out of the picture.
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Mick joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal as transportation reporter in November 2018. He previously worked at the Las Vegas Sun covering a variety of beats including transportation, business, gaming, and city and county government. Prior to that, he worked at the Pahrump Valley Times, where he was named the Nevada Press Association’s Outstanding Journalist in the intermediate category for his coverage of the Lamar Odom brothel overdose situation, rural healthcare and more. Mick was born in Texas but grew up in Las Vegas, attending UNLV’s Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies where he was a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Society.
Frontier Airlines will offer new nonstop routes from Las Vegas, the airline’s third largest market.
The buzz in the transportation realm these days centers around emerging technology, and one form gaining steam is the use of artificial intelligence.
With Las Vegas on the forefront of autonomous vehicle testing, a natural question is when will self-driving vehicles be the norm on our nation’s roads?
Las Vegas’ airport continued to see increased traffic in March with 4.4 million passengers travelling through its gates last month.
A large crowd at Raiders organized draft party on the Las Vegas Strip cheered as the team selected Clemson defensive end Clelin Ferrell with the fourth-overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.
Two years after negotiations began, Allegiant Airlines and its dispatchers have come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement.
Specialty license plates are a big hit in Nevada and various charities benefit from many of the plates mounted to vehicles statewide.
A pair of multiday closures for portions of Charleston Boulevard that were postponed Monday will now begin Thursday in downtown Las Vegas.
Nevada roads have seen a decrease in fatal crashes through the first three months of 2019.
Nevada residents who don’t identify with a specific gender now have the option to remain gender-neutral on state-issued driver’s licenses and ID cards.
Allegiant Air is looking south of the border for its next possible flight destination.
The Nevada Department of Transportation made the rounds at various local government meetings to announce pending changes to how high occupancy vehicle lanes will be governed starting next month.
Just ahead of the sweltering summer heats return to the Las Vegas Strip, the long-running tram that shuttles guests between TI and the Mirage is back in operation.
A scheduled update of the funding related to the Las Vegas Monorail Co. was temporarily derailed this week.