BIKE: Monorail opens in Vegas

[David Dobbs]

Michael,

Thanks for the update.

At 17:31 -0500 7/16/04, Michael Bluejay wrote:
>The cars can travel as fast as 50 miles per hour; the entire 
>3.9-mile one-way trip to MGM Grand to the Sahara takes 14 minutes.

This is approximately 17.5 mph average, about the same as most modern 
light rail systems do on the street.

Dave Dobbs
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>From the Las Vegas Advisor:
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>Monorail Debuts
>
>After six months of costly delays, the Las Vegas Strip Monorail 
>began operating yesterday, July 15, on the previously announced 
>opening day. According to riders, the ride is "quiet, though 
>somewhat jerky," and handrails are lacking in the cars. The cars can 
>travel as fast as 50 miles per hour; the entire 3.9-mile one-way 
>trip to MGM Grand to the Sahara takes 14 minutes. The $3 one-way 
>fare trumps the $12 charged by a taxi for the same ride. A $10 
>all-day pass is available.
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>
>
>Cabs in Vegas cost the same for 1-4 people, so the monorail is not 
>any cheaper than a cab for two people ($3+$3 for monorail vs. $12 / 
>2 for a cab).
>
>They supposedly have Bus Rapid Transit on the Strip now too, but 
>looking at their website I couldn't see how it differed from the bus 
>service they already had going up and down the strip.  I called them 
>a couple of weeks ago to ask about that, they transferred me to 
>someone's voicemail, and then I never heard back from them.
>
>-MBJ-
>
>
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