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Started by Plutonic Panda, November 19, 2021, 05:35:30 PM

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Occidental Tourist

Quote from: jeffandnicole on November 28, 2021, 05:22:26 PM
Quote from: Plutonic Panda on November 28, 2021, 04:27:04 PM
Or, and just hear me out, we could do what other major cities have done you know a proven concept like the noble subway. It doesn't affect the street above(still allows for the same amount of lanes), provides greater mobility, doesn't force people to rely on cabs and Uber saving people money, and potentially reduces ADT counts on the road. At the same time expand the elevated monorail as well to make it more useful to move people between hotels without having to travel below. It isn't like the money isn't there. Vegas is flush with cash.

The area you're referring to isn't in Las Vegas. I doubt the city is going to give their money to the county for use elsewhere.


Yep, seems unprecedented.


Max Rockatansky

Quote from: Occidental Tourist on November 28, 2021, 10:53:18 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on November 28, 2021, 05:22:26 PM
Quote from: Plutonic Panda on November 28, 2021, 04:27:04 PM
Or, and just hear me out, we could do what other major cities have done you know a proven concept like the noble subway. It doesn't affect the street above(still allows for the same amount of lanes), provides greater mobility, doesn't force people to rely on cabs and Uber saving people money, and potentially reduces ADT counts on the road. At the same time expand the elevated monorail as well to make it more useful to move people between hotels without having to travel below. It isn't like the money isn't there. Vegas is flush with cash.

The area you're referring to isn't in Las Vegas. I doubt the city is going to give their money to the county for use elsewhere.


Yep, seems unprecedented.

Clark County and the City of Las Vegas kinda/sorta often act as a consolidated county.  A big example is Las Vegas Metro acting as a single law enforcement entity since 1973. 

Sub-Urbanite

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 19, 2021, 05:56:31 PM
It used to be fun to walk around Las Vegas Boulevard before all these pedestrian safety measures went in.  I understand why they are being built and they no doubt have improved the traffic flow of Las Vegas Boulevard.  Some of the overpasses aren't very convenient to use and making getting from one casino to the next take longer.

Might have been fun for you, but was hellish to drive across, especially when tourists would just continue to amble across an 8-lane Flamingo or Tropicana long after the red hand started flashing and block the green for E-W movement.

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: Sub-Urbanite on December 28, 2021, 12:18:42 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 19, 2021, 05:56:31 PM
It used to be fun to walk around Las Vegas Boulevard before all these pedestrian safety measures went in.  I understand why they are being built and they no doubt have improved the traffic flow of Las Vegas Boulevard.  Some of the overpasses aren't very convenient to use and making getting from one casino to the next take longer.

Might have been fun for you, but was hellish to drive across, especially when tourists would just continue to amble across an 8-lane Flamingo or Tropicana long after the red hand started flashing and block the green for E-W movement.

Which is part of the reason I used to stay at the chain hotels on Paradise Road.  It was way easier to walk over to Las Vegas Boulevard at night than try to drive to a destination on it.  I know one person already said "inhuman scale"  referencing a two mile walk, but it never seemed like that big of a deal to me.

skluth

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 28, 2021, 12:27:38 PM
Quote from: Sub-Urbanite on December 28, 2021, 12:18:42 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 19, 2021, 05:56:31 PM
It used to be fun to walk around Las Vegas Boulevard before all these pedestrian safety measures went in.  I understand why they are being built and they no doubt have improved the traffic flow of Las Vegas Boulevard.  Some of the overpasses aren't very convenient to use and making getting from one casino to the next take longer.

Might have been fun for you, but was hellish to drive across, especially when tourists would just continue to amble across an 8-lane Flamingo or Tropicana long after the red hand started flashing and block the green for E-W movement.

Which is part of the reason I used to stay at the chain hotels on Paradise Road.  It was way easier to walk over to Las Vegas Boulevard at night than try to drive to a destination on it.  I know one person already said "inhuman scale"  referencing a two mile walk, but it never seemed like that big of a deal to me.
I stayed on Paradise the first time I went to LV alone, but I drove over to one of the strip casinos and took advantage of their free parking ramp. The length of the walk wasn't an issue - I walked from Treasure Island to Mandalay Bay and back - but I wasn't keen on the sidewalks along Flamingo at the time.



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