In The News: Transportation Research Center
Pedestrian traffic fatalities are on the rise across the U.S., and Nevada is no exception, a new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association shows. The report released Thursday projects an 11 percent nationwide increase in the number of pedestrians killed in crashes last year using statistics from first six months of 2016 and past data trends. Pedestrians account for about 15 percent of all motor vehicle deaths.
Doctors and traffic safety researchers urged Nevada lawmakers Thursday to pass a bill making seat belt violations a primary offense, but opponents countered the change would lead to profiling and infringe on personal choice. Senate Bill 288 sponsored by Sen. David Parks, D-Las Vegas, would allow officers to pull over vehicles if someone is not wearing a seat belt. The violation carries a $25 fine.
The crash highlights a deadly trend on Las Vegas Valley roads.
The speeding days of summer are over.
Today marks the start of a new school year for most children across Clark County — just the right time for drivers to get a crash-course on some road rules.
The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles is partnering with State Farm Insurance to help parents supervise their teen drivers and prepare them for a lifetime of safe driving.
The Carson City Sheriff's Office along with other law enforcement agencies throughout Nevada will be participating in the Joining Forces campaign in June.
When Jay Sarno opened Circus Circus casino in 1968, he charged an admission fee to visitors. “He thought it was so unique and wonderful that people would pay to go in,” says UNLV history professor Eugene Moehring.
Safety advocates and local leaders say pedestrian deaths outnumber deaths from breast cancer and HIV in Nevada.
In efforts to make Boulder Highway less dangerous for drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists, the speed limit has been lowered 10 miles per hour.
A 50-year-old woman was hit and killed on Boulder Highway Wednesday night and police are still looking for the driver who hit her.
The Las Vegas Strip, flanked by towering casinos-hotels, is a 4-mile stretch of near-constant movement, jammed with cars, buses, taxis and mobile billboards rolling alongside scores of pedestrians.