WASHINGTON, Dec.

By Francis McCabe By FRANCIS McCABE REVIEW-JOURNAL Members of the Regional Transportation Commission board seemed to do everything but ask General Manager Jacob Snow to be their valentine at Thursday's meeting.

By Geoff Schumacher Last week, I took a morning rush-hour spin along the newly widened stretch of U.S. Highway 95 running west of downtown. I must say it was a pretty smooth ride - at least compared with the near-gridlock congestion that has plagued the 95 for many years.

By Alan Choate By ALAN CHOATE REVIEW-JOURNAL Waiting for a bus in the blazing Southern Nevada sun would be a thing of the past if a plan to put shelters at every bus stop in the Las Vegas valley comes to fruition.

By Brian Haynes By BRIAN HAYNES REVIEW-JOURNAL Regional transportation officials plan to break ground next month on the first leg of a rapid transit bus system that eventually will crisscross the valley.