Transportation Research Center News
Current Transportation Research Center News
Headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.
This month’s frosty headlines and highlights from the students and faculty of UNLV.
Shashi Nambisan, director of UNLV’s Transportation Research Center, explores sustainable solutions for a robust and efficient transportation system.
The workshops and accident re-enactment immerse students in urban infrastructure planning issues.
Erin Breen, longtime safety advocate, on the Maryland Parkway project and other transportation improvements coming to the Valley.
As the nation's most-watched sports entertainment event rolls into town, UNLV researchers are available to provide expertise.
Transportation Research Center In The News
Community gathers for Safe Travels Day as 12 juveniles have died on valley roads in 10 months
An intersection on Lake Mead Boulevard in the east valley has seen 27 crashes in just over six years, including three fatal collisions, according to data obtained by News 3.
Three of the four wrong-way driver alert systems the Nevada Department of Transportation told FOX 5 last year would be installed along the 215 are now in place. The systems are located at the westbound off-ramp at Warm Springs, Las Vegas Boulevard, and Windmill Lane. NDOT said the alert systems are not yet online, pending additional testing.
The deadly crash is renewing concerns among people who live and work in the area. Erin Breen, the director of PedSafe Vegas, said the death is part of a troubling trend.
Neighbors and a local traffic safety leader are calling for change in an East Las Vegas neighborhood after a 10-year-old boy is the latest child killed while crossing road.
Red has been the required background color for all government-related stop signs since the 1950s. However, blue stop signs can also be put up by private property owners on their own land.
