{"id":7333,"date":"2021-11-18T13:53:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T21:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/?p=7333"},"modified":"2021-11-18T13:53:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T21:53:31","slug":"rtc-encourages-commuters-to-plan-ahead-for-heavy-traffic-and-reduced-transit-schedule-for-thanksgiving-and-family-day-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/rtc-encourages-commuters-to-plan-ahead-for-heavy-traffic-and-reduced-transit-schedule-for-thanksgiving-and-family-day-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"RTC Encourages Commuters to Plan Ahead for Heavy Traffic and Reduced Transit Schedule for Thanksgiving and Family Day Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>RTC Encourages Commuters to Plan Ahead for Heavy Traffic and Reduced Transit Schedule for Thanksgiving and Family Day Holidays<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ctt.ac\/c1aUs\"><em>Click to Tweet:<\/em><\/a> <em>.<\/em><a href=\"mailto:.@RTCSNV\"><em>@RTCSNV<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0is #thankful for its customers and urges everyone to plan ahead for heavy #holidaytraffic and delays in and out of Las Vegas.<\/em><em> #RTCSNV buses will operate on a holiday schedule in observance of #Thanksgiving 11\/25 and Family Day 11\/26.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-7334 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/Thanksgiving-Day-Travel-Forecast-GFX-2021.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/Thanksgiving-Day-Travel-Forecast-GFX-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27984%27%20height%3D%27660%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20984%20660%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27984%27%20height%3D%27660%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/Thanksgiving-Day-Travel-Forecast-GFX-2021-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/Thanksgiving-Day-Travel-Forecast-GFX-2021-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/Thanksgiving-Day-Travel-Forecast-GFX-2021-400x268.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/Thanksgiving-Day-Travel-Forecast-GFX-2021-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/Thanksgiving-Day-Travel-Forecast-GFX-2021-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/Thanksgiving-Day-Travel-Forecast-GFX-2021-800x537.jpg 800w, https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/Thanksgiving-Day-Travel-Forecast-GFX-2021.jpg 984w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>LAS VEGAS \u2013<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\">Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC)<\/a> is encouraging commuters to plan ahead and anticipate heavy traffic and delays during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. RTC buses will operate on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/ways-to-travel\/schedules-maps\/\">Sunday schedule<\/a> for transit service on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 25 and Saturday schedule for transit service on Family Day, Friday, Nov. 26.<\/p>\r\n<p>Drivers traveling in and out of Southern Nevada should prepare for longer commutes, particularly during peak travel times. To avoid traffic congestion and delays, drivers should note that peak drive times on I-15 include Saturday, Nov. 27 between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 28 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Commuters can sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/traffic-cams\/traffic-alerts\/\">traffic alerts<\/a> on the RTC website to have the most up-to-date traffic information.<\/p>\r\n<p>Residents and visitors are encouraged to use RTC\u2019s public transit options, including free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/ways-to-travel\/schedules-maps\/park-ride\/\">park-and-ride facilities<\/a>, to help ease congestion on the roadways. Transit routes including the Deuce on the Strip, which runs every 15-20 minutes 24 hours a day, offer convenience and accessibility to help riders move throughout the Las Vegas Strip. Riders can plan trips and purchase passes through the agency\u2019s free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/ways-to-travel\/how-to-ride\/ridertc-app\/\">rideRTC app<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RTC Encourages Commuters to Plan Ahead for Heavy Traffic and Reduced Transit Schedule for Thanksgiving and Family Day Holidays Click to Tweet: .@RTCSNV\u00a0is #thankful for its customers and urges everyone  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":5749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[90,81,29],"class_list":["post-7333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-holiday","tag-traffic-management-center","tag-transit"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}