In The News: Transportation Research Center

There have been 9 fatalities just through the first 9 days of August, 5 of them including minors. Combined with 131 others through July 31st, including 40 this summer, the death toll on the valley's roads has soared to at least 140. Since 100 lives are lost in intersections each year across Nevada, Metro Police conducted targeted enforcement at Sahara and Decatur in recognition of National Stop on Red Week.

The three teenagers who died in a car crash in North Las Vegas last week weren't even old enough to have driver's licenses, according to the Clark County Coroner's Office.

Public safety officials around Clark County are becoming concerned about the recent surge in crashes involving motorcycles, including six over the past month, four of which were fatal.

The future engineers are making their mark on local roads to improve transportation for drivers. The National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI) hosted a two-week program to give students the opportunity to envision and redesign streets across the valley.

Near record-breaking temperatures have arrived in Las Vegas, and many residents are feeling the heat.

Formula One repaving has raced back to the Las Vegas Strip, while the lights of the nearby Sphere are making traffic worse.

Nevada’s Republican governor signed a bill on Wednesday in Henderson that increased the penalties for reckless drivers who kill someone while speeding.

With the 4th of July just next week a lot of people will be heading to the airport and going through the airport connector tunnel. If you drive through it chances are you're probably speeding. Traffic safety experts explain why the speed limit is unsafe.

Our roads are dangerous. And new analysis of crash numbers show that high speed maybe the biggest culprit.

More than a year after the tragic loss of a Henderson teenager, the parents of Rex Patchett have a reason to celebrate.

Memorial Day kicked off the unofficial start of summer, but it also serves as a grim reminder of the alarming fatal crashes nationwide.

There are nearly 1,200 miles of Union Pacific Railroad track carrying freight through Nevada, its rail cars loaded with everything from coal and chemicals to consumer goods.