Cab drivers get a unique perspective on the world. They see things most
people don't and many things that even drivers wish they didn't have to look
at.
Las Vegas Sun Reporter Marshall Allen was recently in China on vacation. He
joins us to tell about his adventures and particularly the new maglev train
that travels at over 300 miles an hour.
High-Speed rail projects are being planned to run from Southern California.
But what makes them greener than I-15? And how do they work? UNLV
transportation experts Pushkin Kachroo and Tom Piechota help us understand
the pros and cons of high-speed trains.
There are two plans for high-speed rail links from Las Vegas to Southern
California but they don't seem to have made the cut with the latest round of federal funding. We talk with transportation expert Eric Morris about the lack of a unified national approach and about whether high-speed rail can ever succeed in the United States as it has in Europe and Japan.
Mike Boyd, airline consultant, The Boyd Group
Todd Curtis, founder and publisher, Airsafe.com
... on airline safety in the wake of the commuter airline crash in Buffalo.
Susan Fleming, Dir for Physical Infrastructure Projects, GAO
... on two high speed rail projects that are hoping to link Las Vegas with Southern California and whether they will be successful.
Alex Ocampo, Paramedic, AMR and Chief Steward, SEIU
Jenna Callahan, Intermediate EMT, and member SEIU
... on the possibility of valley ambulance workers walking off the job next Friday.
Ky Plaskon, Author, Silent Heroes of the Cold War: The Mysterious Military Plane Crash on A Nevada Mountain Peak - and the Families Who Endured an Abyss of Silence for Generation
Steve Ririe, Founder, Silent Heroes of the Cold War
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Nancy Brune, Dir of Research and Outreach, UNLV's Inst for Securities Studies
Oliver Hemmers, Dir, UNLV Office of Strategic Energy Programs
Jack Caravelli, panel member, and former Dir for Nonproliferation, National Security Council
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