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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.
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Local police data confirm what anyone who has spent time near a Las Vegas-area school during morning drop-off or afternoon dismissal already suspects: e-scooters and e-bikes are everywhere — and children are getting hurt.

Data shows roughly 60 percent of fatal crashes happen when a driver turns into a motorcyclist’s path or pulls out in front of them.

“If you’re driving in Las Vegas, and the light turns green? Wait.” Local performer Amy Saunders, aka Miss Behave, drops this line in her show-opening monologues, where it always gets a brittle, self-aware laugh because we’ve been on every side of that intersection.

According to the latest data, 338 students have been struck by cars going to or from school; the data tracks students going to or from school, between the hours of 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

E-devices linked to more than 130 incidents as officials push for safety measures

Helmets are the safe way to go when it comes to riding a bike, scooter or e-device, but many people may be wearing them incorrectly.
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