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TRANSPORTATION -the tfefal of l ,284,943 KB^^^^HBB?·MSBaB|MBre|^S|^^^M)cr'^M3g^j^^^^^^^gPaggaTOie previous year The^WBB of daily flights increased considerably, too, with the total well over 100. The year was attested to Southern Nevada's develop- ment as an all-year resort and convention persons carried on private and non- scheduled flights. 1962 MONTHLY TOTALS ?√ßnga |Kip| February 100,418 August 114,257 -JlfijgR h9|^R 'n'^M April 109,111 October 108,998 RR9S mmm June 110,182 December 88,331 AIR SERVICE GROWTH RECORD PASSENGERS DAILY FLIGHTS 16 1951 .... ..-.....-...-..89,222 ^^9 1952 ... 36 ^^B .............213,979 Ws&m 1954 .... 3^^9 56 ^^B 440,585 ^^9 1956 .... 72 PASSENGERS DAILY FLIGHTS ^^B l|BR9l69 IB 1958 .... 686,268 85 ^BR RR& Bo .-.' 1,0^9,20^ 96 1961 .... ............1,132,370 - 90 Bi2'y> 99984,943-' -* 1 If BUS TRAVEL area during the yeai^r^^XwfHe year-end total of passengers arriving and boarding YEAR 1962 YEAR 1961 ARRIVING STOPOVER BOARDING ARRIVING STOPOVER BOARDING Las Vegas-Tonopah-Reno . 117,222 ^^9412^. 195,208 415,456 723,195 483,185 785,328 TOTAL ........... 508,418^, - 'mfrsM 849,?½ Page Six AND TRAVEL the year the five major highways serving the region were traveled by a daily average of 12, 329 vehicles, use of the roads during the year were from out of the state. The largest single carrier is consistently High- way 91 south, connecting to the Southern California area. This particular road showed an increase of 25 per the Atomic ?╟ TRAFFIC ON PRINCIPAL HIGHWAYS ^ DAILY AVERAGE FOREIGN ^?√ßT962?╟╓^|:%'.1961 NEVADA m *1962 ' 196? TOTAL 1962 INCREASE WENM OFINC. 91-93 North (Salt Lake) 2,482 576 3,058 19.45 325 173 ^^9 498 202 93 East (Kingman) 2,084 ^^9 149 9^9 2,233 ^^9 410 22.49 190 11$* 116 ^^9 306 91 South (Los Angeles) 5,570 ^^9 432 umi 6,002 ^^9 1,200 24.99 8,987 1^9 1,002 9,989 95 West (Nevada Test Site) 493 ^^9 2,229 2,722 2,135 363.71 16-hour day over a four-day non-holiday period, in conformity with traffic procedures used throughout the nation. RAIL TRANSPORTATION and is served by eight daily transcontinental trains, including the Domeliners "City of Los Angeles" and "City During an average month in 1962 these regular trains handled 23,405 individual passengers to and ^^HffiH|M|Hln addition, frequent tour groups and special trains made stopovers at Las Vegas. In July, 1959, the Union Pacific introduced a new Las Vegas Holiday package plan in cooperation with most of the July, 1 959, through December, 1 962. Page Seven