Transportation Research Center News
The Transportation Research Center (TRC) promotes and facilitates transportation related research, education, and outreach activities at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý to address current, emerging, and long-term needs and challenges for a vibrant transportation system. TRC strives to develop innovative solutions that enhance safety, as well as improve accessibility and mobility for passenger and freight transportation systems.
Current Transportation Research Center News
Headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of ÐÔÊӽ紫ý.
This month’s frosty headlines and highlights from the students and faculty of ÐÔÊӽ紫ý.
Shashi Nambisan, director of ÐÔÊӽ紫ý’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, ÐÔÊӽ紫ý researchers are available to provide expertise.
Transportation Research Center In The News
Tesla Robotaxi filed an application with the Nevada Transportation Authority to bring up to 5,000 robotaxis to Clark County, if approved, they would join the fray of self-driving cars in the valley.
Last month, the City of Las Vegas unanimously approved a new traffic camera program that’s not about speeding tickets – but collecting traffic data. It’s in the hopes of improving street safety and won’t be used by police. So what gives? Today, we revisit a conversation between Dayvid Figler and Erin Breen, director of ÐÔÊӽ紫ý’s Road Equity Alliance Project, to dig deep on not just why so many drivers hate these cameras, but why so many city leaders love them.
Clark County fatalities down 25 from last year as enforcement, road design improvements show results
Days after a new fence was installed along Boulder Highway between Desert Inn and Flamingo, a driver drove right through it and tore a new hole. The hole serves as the latest in a series of challenges for the project, which sought out the new fencing to repair other holes ripped by previous drivers.
The corridor, roughly 530 yards long, has a posted speed limit of 45 mph and no marked crosswalks between 28th Street and Mojave Road. Police said all three pedestrians were taken to University Medical Center following the crashes. Doctors at UMC see the consequences firsthand of crashes around the valley, not just on East Charleston.
The corridor, roughly 530 yards long, has a posted speed limit of 45 mph and no marked crosswalks between 28th Street and Mojave Road. Police said all three pedestrians were taken to University Medical Center following the crashes. Doctors at UMC see the consequences firsthand of crashes around the valley, not just on East Charleston.
