S Maryland Pkwy

Maryland Parkway is the east side’s primary commercial spine — one of the RTC’s primary bus routes and a major pedestrian corridor serving UNLV students. The section between Sahara and Tropicana through the UNLV campus edge is one of the most pedestrian-intensive stretches of road in Las Vegas outside the Strip itself. Locals who live on the east side know Maryland as simultaneously essential and frustrating: the bus service makes it accessible for those without cars, but the traffic volumes make it slow and unpredictable for drivers who need to cross it.

Seven fatalities over three years with 41 pedestrian crashes — the second-highest pedestrian count of any non-Strip surface street in the dataset. The crash count is declining: 313, 320, 240 in 2024. But 41 people on foot struck over three years reflects the mismatch between Maryland Parkway’s arterial traffic volumes and its function as a primary walking environment for a transit-dependent, student, and lower-income population. This is Nevada’s pedestrian safety crisis made visible at the street level.