Eric’s Question:

Eric wants to know why there are “no parking” signs posted by the road near the Henderson DMV where maybe there can be extra parking spaces! He says: I work down the street, and every time I drive by the DMV customers are forced to park on the adjacent streets because the DMV is so busy and there aren’t enough places to park! He says: the trouble is, it says “no parking” up and down American Pacific Street. These poor people are going to the DMV to get their drivers licenses they wait in line for hours, only to return to their car with a parking ticket on it! Either the DMV needs a larger lot, or one side of American Pacific needs to allow parking.

Melissa’s Answer:

I spoke to the City of Henderson for this who says American Pacific Drive is designed as an arterial street. This means it’s posted at 45 miles per hour and was built to support large volumes of traffic.The outside travel lane here where Eric suggested traffic could park- is actually considered a shared bike lane. The city says with the higher speed limit for this road and bicycle traffic here, this portion of road can’t be used for on-street parking. That’s why American Pacific Drive has the “no parking” signs posted. Unfortunately, this doesn’t help much with the parking problem- however it does make sense, at least for this section of road!

Rosemarie’s  Question:

Rosemarie called the Channel 8 Traffic Team and sounds very concerned about an intersection she uses in the northwest. ou can’t see anything coming at you when you’re at the intersection of Alexander and Cliff Shadows Parkway…model homes were recently built here. Even if you stop at the sign– the stop is 2 car lengths away from where you can actually see cars that are coming from the left. We need someone to check this out – I am worried about a bad accident happening here.    
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Sherry Roretz wrote me an email and says: 

The northwest corner of Charleston and Rainbow is a very busy intersection, and when you are traveling westbound on Charleston there is a bus stop just past the intersection near the Albertsons shopping center. Traffic always gets stopped and backs up when the bus is loading and unloading. Can they move the bus stop so the cars turning into the center aren’t forced behind a waiting bus and into the middle of a busy area? Help, its a mess!

Question from Robert Magahan in Las Vegas:

When driving on Alta drive at Campbell, near “Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic School” there are flashing lights to warn drivers of the 15 miles per hour school zone. However, if you enter Alta from Campbell driving north, there’s nothing to let you know, that you’re in a 15 miles per hour school zone. They need a flashing light on Campbell or at least a sign to warn drivers like me! It’s driving me crazy!!

Melissa’s Answer:

I spoke to City officials about this area and crews are now planning to install a “backside flasher indication” for drivers that are traveling east on Alta. This “backside” flashing light will provide a warning for vehicles that enter onto the roadway between the other flashers that are posted in nearby. New signs will also be mounted on Alta just east and west of Campbell. These new additions should help warn people of the school zone coming up. The work is expected to start in the next couple of weeks.

Question from Daniel in North Las Vegas:

“For the last few months the intersection at Losee and Washburn has been driving me nuts! We drive in through Washburn Road where there’s a two-way stop. The thing is, Losee’s traffic doesn’t have to stop, but Washburn’s does! At times, it has taken us up to five minutes, just to get through this one intersection! Is there something that can be done here?”  (more…)