In his new position, John Meng will provide focus, direction, and leadership, as well as project management and technical expertise on local projects as appropriate.
The system is budgeted to make about $6.5 million less in ticket sales than was forecast in ridership study.
To mark the occasion, RTC staff spent the day traveling to various locations throughout the transit system in branded community outreach vehicles to thank customers for riding.
The shuttle is the country’s first autonomous shuttle to be fully integrated with “smart city” infrastructure, communicating with traffic signals to improve safety and traffic flow.
XpressWest could draw about 21% of the total travel market by 2024 and 27% of the market by 2050.
Under one bill signed by the governor, the RTC has until the end of 2020 to ask Clark County voters whether sales taxes should be increased to help pay for the proposed 8.7-mile transit system
The bill would give local officials new authority to seek tax hikes or federal grants to finance developments and explore the use of self-driving cars.
A stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard from the Flamingo hotel south to Harmon Avenue was shut down and area hotels were not letting guests leave through front doors. The shooting prompted the Cosmopolitan to initially tell its guests to shelter in place.
The proposal heard in the Senate Transportation Committee would give local officials new authority to seek tax hikes or federal grants to finance an expanded portfolio of major transportation developments.
The public will be able to ride on the shuttle Jan. 11 to 20, as it travels along east Fremont Street between Las Vegas Boulevard and Eighth Street, with regular street traffic.
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