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I would imagine that you could cut out 80% of the lanes of traffic on the strip if there was a dedicated train from the airport to the strip continuing to other
by dangus 3y ago
I would imagine that you could cut out 80% of the lanes of traffic on the strip if there was a dedicated train from the airport to the strip continuing to other points of interest for tourists. Maybe you could even make the strip pedestrian-only.
The strip is basically a walking area like a theme park, except that it’s cut down the middle by an eight lane road and supplemented with overpasses. Cars get priority over people, who ironically mostly don’t have a car while they’re on vacation in Vegas.
This is an avenue that’s already served by frequent double decker buses. The ridership volume is there at least for a light rail tram system.
- ghaff 3y agoYou might imagine that but I'm very skeptical that 80% or anything like that of the traffic on the strip is people going back and forth to the airport.
- supertrope 3y ago1/3 of urban core traffic is just people cruising around looking for free parking. Then consider how much is unlicensed taxi services like Uber. A lot of urban core traffic is self-inflicted through lack of public transit.
- ghaff 3y agoVegas doesn't really have an urban core as such and AFAIK, there really isn't free street parking near the Strip (and also AFAIK all the casinos now charge).
- voisin 3y agoTransit from the airport would stop at each casino. That would be the bulk of traffic (inter -casino traffic)
- ghaff 3y agoThere are a lot of casinos. You could have a shuttle that serves some subset of hotels. Maybe that even exists today. (There are actually a couple of limited trains today along the Strip.) But people by and large don't love that sort of thing because shuttle buses with a dozen or so stops can take a long time. Rail wouldn't be a lot faster.
- dangus 3y agoSure, but it’s rather convenient that the route from the airport also takes you up and down the main drag. Let’s say I’m staying at circus circus and I’m seeing a show at the MGM grand. It’s an hour walk, 24 minute bus ride plus the wait for the bus (15 minutes divided by 2 on average), or a 12 minute drive. The Vegas monorail exists but it isn’t anywhere near the actual street where the pedestrians are, and the station locations are so far from where you want to be that you might as well walk. Therefore, if I’m a typical tourist I’m taking an Uber or a taxi for this trip. That’s why the strip has so many lanes of traffic. I’m incentivized to get in a car and I haven’t even left the “theme park” boundaries.
- hnburnsy 3y agoAgreed, add a monorail/light rail along side the pedestrian only lanes running down the strip and you have a winner. Always suspected casinos don't want you to roam. Also with F1 now it will never happen.