Las Vegas
The U.S. News World and Report, better known for ranking colleges and universities, recently released a ranking of state transportation systems.
U.S. News & World Report
Transit agencies and advocates are developing a genre of criticism that could be described as calling Elon Musk on his BS. Musk still has plenty of support on social media.
SFGate
Las Vegas is the first city to pay for the services of Elon Musk's Boring Company.
The Guardian
It's legal to smoke marijuana in Nevada, but the adult tourists traveling to Las Vegas have had a hard time finding places to smoke marijuana legally.
The Boston Globe
A regional transportation planning authority, comprised of local representatives that tilt representation away from the urban core, rejected a voter-approved proposal for light rail in Southern Nevada.
Las Vegas Sun
Developers have withdrawn an application to build the world's largest concentrating solar-thermal power facility.
Bloomberg Environment
Las Vegas has almost maximized its growth potential given projects for its future water supply—something has to give.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
The Regional Transportation Commission is looking for ways to reverse ridership figures that have plummeted since the advent of transportation network companies.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
A new survey by Governing and living Cities examines what it takes for cities to innovate.
Governing
Segregation is decreasing, even in America’s most segregated big cities.
The Brookings Institute
The city of Las Vegas is experimenting with a new traffic management partnership that will add traffic cameras and sensors to the streets in its innovation district.
Smart Cities Dive
The "Satellite timelapse" account on YouTube created a timelapse of satellite imagery of Las Vegas and nearby Lake Mead between 1986 and 2016.
Satellite timelapse on YouTube
A look at transportation trends in Las Vegas suggests a surprising relationship between ridesharing and transit.
The City Fix
Shocking news from the high-speed rail industry, as Brightline announced its purchase of XpressWest, which is underway with plans to link Las Vegas to Victorville, California and eventually to Los Angeles.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Congress and presidents have threatened Amtrak service on the Southwest Chief, connecting Los Angles to Chicago, in the past. This time the threat is coming from inside Amtrak.
The Kansan
All that empty acreage means that these big, rapidly developing cities don’t really have to sprawl.
CommercialCafe
Las Vegas home and business owners can now receive $3 for every square foot of lawn they replace with less water-intensive landscaping.
Las Vegas Review Journal
On May 3, the public could take rides with a new fleet of self-driving cars in Las Vegas.
Traffic Technology Today
In its first dive into a touchless transportation payment system, Google Pay is partnering with NXP's MIFARE on a Las Vegas Monorail pilot.
Smart Cities Dive
The city of Las Vegas is buying land on Foremaster Lane and making it legal for homeless residents to camp there.
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