LC wrote on July 11, 2008 12:31 PM: No, Jake, let's not go the nuclear route. There's a lot of wind in Vegas, why can't we harness it like California, Texas, and Iowa have done so successfully? It's safe, healthy, and efficient.

Anyway, express buses are nice, but what they really need to do is expand their service area. If you had to walk two miles after the last stop (and an hour and a half ride), would you want to use the transit system? The outlying areas/new developments are seriously lacking for bus service, and they need to get on that problem pronto.

Whateverusaydear wrote on July 10, 2008 11:19 PM: Express busses! Why didn't other cities think of that? (LOL)

I understand that people may quibble about how many people/mile the monorail carries over its relatively tiny coverage... mostly tourists. Any figures on how many residents go out of their way to use it?

The people/miles isn't valid when you notice the congestion and the drive times at the Spaghetti Bowl and beyond... mostly local traffic (not tourists) going to and from home. Think the monorail does anything for that congestion?

Is the monorail fare priced right for Vegas residents to use?

Is the monorail profitable yet? Who's going to subsidize it when the monorail runs out of money? Is it possible the taxpayer is eventually going to foot the bill to pay for the use of tourists/conventioneers, but we still will be plagued with an inefficient system for the residents in the rest of the valley?

Just can't picture local residents putting up with the present transit system, so they can ride the overpriced monorail at most 4 miles near the strip.

Most cities with these light rail systems started out with opposition to it (UTA comes to mind); how many of those cities (working in conjunction with their busses) wanted them removed afterward? I'm not familiar with any who didn't want the rail system EXPANDED afterward? Unlike the monorail, they caught on.

Vegas doesn't have the ability to implement a successful rail system, but other cities can? I would think that Vegas, with all its positives, can do a successful system here. Salt Lake City, San Diego and many others did; why not here?

Don't know if UTA is subsidized, but what's the negative there? The taxpayer can subsidize pork but not something that would improve the quality of life here?

jed wrote on July 10, 2008 09:26 PM: "Snow also said that by moving people faster, fewer buses would be needed on the roads"

I would really like to know his reasoning behind this. Dumping more people into the Downtown Transit Center would require more regular buses to handle the excess, especially for Strip employees.

You're kidding, right? wrote on July 10, 2008 09:24 PM: CAS 127, the Lady Luck interests can't even get the Lady Luck open. Why would they want the transportation hub land? So they can pay more taxes on something that isn't generating any revenue?

UNLVStud wrote on July 10, 2008 06:41 PM: Express buses are one solution to the issue. However, a light rail system or something else needs to be part of the plan. The monorail needs to be expanded not only to the airport, but to downtown and throughout the valley. The monorail would be self sufficient only when it finally goes to places people want/need to go on a daily basis. That's where the real solution to our traffic problems lie.

CAS127 wrote on July 10, 2008 04:34 PM: Hmmm...maybe somebody at the RJ needs to check out the interesting coincidence that at the same time the importance of the central downtown hub is greatly increasing (due to the plan described in this article) the land that the central hub rests on is likely to be sold at below market rates to the Lady Luck interests - predictably triggering a "necessary" boondoggle to build a new multi-bazillon dollar hub downtown.

jake wrote on July 10, 2008 04:32 PM: ts for the record I worked 30-60 hrs week while going to college. your dad didn't pay for me. if a few more kids had to pay for their education, you probably wouldn't see all the new cars parked on campus

jake wrote on July 10, 2008 04:10 PM: no ths I'm just sick of the freeloaders. lets put some tolls on our hiways. I have no problem with it. Paid tolls on east coast for years. build some nuclear plants so Las Vegas can keep its lights on. Tell Reid and Peloski to take a walk and any senator with 2 terms and congressman with 4. gone poof, break up the good ol boy network. teddy kennedy has never had a real job in 45 years. what does he know? nothing.

ti702 wrote on July 10, 2008 04:04 PM: "I have no problem with developing mass transit just charge the riders what it costs to operate and not rip the people off that don't use it."

Yet you would reap the benefit of fewer cars on the road because of others using the system.

ths wrote on July 10, 2008 03:59 PM: Jake, my point. Mass Transit around the country is subsidized, but LV Monorail only subsidy it gets is being taxed exempt. Well it is giving us mass transit for free to the citizens that don't use it.

I agree people need to work, but the best thing that could ever happen to this country is $4-5 a gallon gas now then a shock of $15-20 a gallon gas 10 years from now.

We should of never stopped being an exporter of oil to import, but that was before my time. The problem now is you sound like the cranky old man that does not want to help pay for anything including kids going to school, even though the masses helped pay for you.

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