I agree.The Monorail should have been built on the Strip and modeled after the Skytrain in Bangkok.
In my opinion the Monorail is a lot better then the Deuce bus.Yes it's a bit more money but you're not stuck in traffic moving 10 feet at a time and crammed into it like sardines.
Imagine how sweet this thing would've been, if... in addition to being a conveyance, it also served as an actual attraction--taking the rider in, around, across (LV Blvd!) and (possibly) actually through LV casinos! The thing would've costed more, for sure. BUT--it would've actually been a BOON to the Strip and the city, attracting riders! ...instead of being the albatross that it actually has become.
This is what you get with public transit, a real dose of humanity. And for all of you big time fans of PT, most public transit loses money big time, most people avoid it because you must deal with the dregs of society.
I mean, how the hell can NYC transit have a budget shortfall of 800 MILLION? The population density for NYC and the ridership levels should make this area a goldmine for transit in this area, how do you expect areas with less density and ridership to just break even?
Anything ground based is dangerous and expensive. Ben Missler has designed a great over-head City to City Tram solution that mostly uses off-the shelf technology, and can intersect with ship, train, Park and Rides and urban transit systems. To run on (& sell) clean energy along the route, to help cover costs & reduce ticket price.
@pdxjules I have never heard of Ben Missler's overhead City-to-City Tram. I don't understand why you say monorails are dangerous, but I do agree that they are expensive to build and maintain.
This is the monorail that had oodles of technical problems and the City sued or something like that, and then the people said they should have built an LRT or subway instead?
Start your own research at the Las Vegas Monorail Wikipedia article. I don't know about what you're saying - I don't remember hearing or reading stuff about that, except possibly the technical problems. However, all railways have technical problems - that's why they undergo lengthy testing.
I will opine that the hotels and their owners really botched the system because they forced the train to behind their buildings, where they're very inaccessible and not visible to people walking on the Strip.
Subways are too expensive and dangerous to put in, becainse in L.A. when they've worked on the Red Line Metro, they had lots of Avalanch whare the roads and street collaped in the Subway system during construction and it happened lots of times, when there digging or whiding the tunnes and stations.
This Monorail was popular to take untill Star Trek left the Hilton.
sideslide23 1 year ago
I agree.The Monorail should have been built on the Strip and modeled after the Skytrain in Bangkok.
In my opinion the Monorail is a lot better then the Deuce bus.Yes it's a bit more money but you're not stuck in traffic moving 10 feet at a time and crammed into it like sardines.
BangkokBoy101 1 year ago
Imagine how sweet this thing would've been, if... in addition to being a conveyance, it also served as an actual attraction--taking the rider in, around, across (LV Blvd!) and (possibly) actually through LV casinos! The thing would've costed more, for sure. BUT--it would've actually been a BOON to the Strip and the city, attracting riders! ...instead of being the albatross that it actually has become.
JohnLeeMD 1 year ago
I helped design this Monorail in Ontario Canada. Yes it has some problems
scottman624 1 year ago
This is what you get with public transit, a real dose of humanity. And for all of you big time fans of PT, most public transit loses money big time, most people avoid it because you must deal with the dregs of society.
I mean, how the hell can NYC transit have a budget shortfall of 800 MILLION? The population density for NYC and the ridership levels should make this area a goldmine for transit in this area, how do you expect areas with less density and ridership to just break even?
tickyul 1 year ago
terrible
gocheapvegas 1 year ago
Anything ground based is dangerous and expensive. Ben Missler has designed a great over-head City to City Tram solution that mostly uses off-the shelf technology, and can intersect with ship, train, Park and Rides and urban transit systems. To run on (& sell) clean energy along the route, to help cover costs & reduce ticket price.
pdxjules 1 year ago
@pdxjules I have never heard of Ben Missler's overhead City-to-City Tram. I don't understand why you say monorails are dangerous, but I do agree that they are expensive to build and maintain.
derekcsy90 1 year ago
@derekcsy90 Referring to the radiation risk which _derailed_ the Beijing Mag-Lev type Tram.
Misslers would run on Renewable energy generated along the route, would be fast to build,
and proposes to repay development costs.
pdxjules 1 year ago
these were some of the Mk IV monorails from Disney World.
attackeagle 1 year ago
This is the monorail that had oodles of technical problems and the City sued or something like that, and then the people said they should have built an LRT or subway instead?
jaworskij 3 years ago
Start your own research at the Las Vegas Monorail Wikipedia article. I don't know about what you're saying - I don't remember hearing or reading stuff about that, except possibly the technical problems. However, all railways have technical problems - that's why they undergo lengthy testing.
I will opine that the hotels and their owners really botched the system because they forced the train to behind their buildings, where they're very inaccessible and not visible to people walking on the Strip.
jamesbondsv 3 years ago
Subways are too expensive and dangerous to put in, becainse in L.A. when they've worked on the Red Line Metro, they had lots of Avalanch whare the roads and street collaped in the Subway system during construction and it happened lots of times, when there digging or whiding the tunnes and stations.
sideslide23 2 years ago
This is the Monorail one rial.
1324TN 3 years ago