I understand that in Nevada, qualified electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) may use designated HOV lanes regardless of the number of occupants in the vehicle. But do you have to have a Nevada license plate to take advantage of this privilege? Can out-of-state visitors to Nevada in green vehicles use those lanes during rush hour too?

There was a headline in today's paper that read McCarran air passenger traffic up ... that got me to wondering how many people are employed at the airport? I thought I heard about five years ago another airport was being planned to replace McCarran ... anything to that rumor?

In today’s QoD, we present the third and final installment of our epic answer to the rental-car question. This part addresses the worst-case scenarios of damaging the rental car or being accused of doing so when you haven’t.

Today, we present the second of our three-part QoD series on the renting a car. This part addresses how to lower your odds of falling afoul of the problems and potholes typically faced by rental-car customers.

We saw a story in the paper that one in six drivers experiences damage to a rental car and that the average cost of a rental-car accident is around $800. We’d very much appreciate any tips on renting a car in general, and specific to Las Vegas, plus avoiding charges for accidents and inadvertent damage!

I have been visiting Las Vegas since November 1999. It seems like when I first started coming out, I recall a short tram from Mirage, or somewhere in that area, going toward Bellagio. Am I just confused and thinking about the one from Mirage to Treasure Island? Did MGM properties have one on that side of the Strip that was removed?

In the Question of the Day for 9/23/2014, regarding cracks in the Las Vegas Monorail’s supporting columns (if you didn’t read it, fear not - they are merely superficial flesh wounds), we promised we would attempt to track down a copy of a very interesting account of the project’s history, originally published in the now-defunct CityLife alt weekly. As luck would have it, thanks to a chance encounter at G2E, here it is! But first, a little "front" (as opposed to back) story, so to speak, since we couldn't help but feel a little chintzy to merely post a link to other people's work as today's answer. (It may be the weekend, but QoD seldom sleeps, outside of our annual Christmas and New Years's Day vacations :-)

I was in Vegas last week, and I noticed many of the columns supporting the Monorail are cracked. I was wondering if this might be another problem for this beleaguered endeavor?

This week’s "Sample Sunday" spotlights one of the landmark books in the Huntington Press line, Madam—Inside a Nevada Brothel by Lora Shaner, a former Sheri’s Ranch madam, a job title that’s effectively a catch-all for a combination of hostess, shift supervisor, bookkeeper, house mother, juggler, and cop.

In a recent QoD regarding safety riding the bus, you said, "....this city has some distinctly dubious neighborhoods...." Care to tell us exactly which neighborhoods we should stay away from?