The Strip wasn't built for pedestrians, or to be pedestrian-friendly. The design is to keep people OFF the streets. The casinos want you inside, spending money. Notice that there is no place to sit outdoors (or indoors) either, unless you are in a place (restaurant, bar, slot machine) where you can spend money. The Strip wasn't designed for you (or me).
@MichaelSmith-on1ig2 жыл бұрын
Exactly my thoughts. And it won't change any time soon.
@slothrr7762 жыл бұрын
This video wasn't built for good solutions. The design is to push you to Nebula and Curiosity Stream. The KZfaqr wants you over there, spending money.
@hahayouarefunny2 жыл бұрын
And yet, it is still a major commerce center of a major city.
@TransportSimulatorNationTSN2 жыл бұрын
@@slothrr776 true
@givingtree96192 жыл бұрын
@@slothrr776 While its true they want to push those websites, why isnt the video built for good solutions?
@henryD93632 жыл бұрын
I think you're neglecting a very important factor. Very important. Once you're inside a casino, they don't want you to get out. They don't want it to be easy to find an exit. And certainly don't want it to be pleasant to walk down the strip to another casino. They want it to be unpleasant. You're safe here at home in the casino. It's nasty outside and you won't like it. Any ideas you may have about making it easier or attractive will be... RESISTED by those who pay taxes.
@MB-st7be2 жыл бұрын
Tell them it will help them to poach customers from *other* casinos
@jayteegamble2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you're frequently getting routed into shopping areas when you're looking for the exit.
@tjs2002 жыл бұрын
this so true but from a pure tax perspective making the street experience more pleasant will ultimately make las vegas as a destination more pleasant, which means more tourists and more $$$ coming in overall.
@vegastjg2 жыл бұрын
no clocks to be found either
@JeremyWomack2 жыл бұрын
@@jayteegamble Everything does this. It's called "exit through the gift shop"
@BargSlarg2 жыл бұрын
The Las Vegas strip seems like a perfect candidate for a streetcar or light rail
@jramseier2 жыл бұрын
and it would add another attraction! (It would be cute/touristy) I heavily disagree with buses, as it really doesn't fit the vibe people are going for. Cool tram/streetcar ride? Monorail? Hell, even boring tunnel tesla? sure. But people likely wont go on a bus clumped with a bunch of other people while wearing their vegas oufits. Unless we're talking about mostly transporting all the cities workers, in which case, its another discussion.
@awsomevideoperson2 жыл бұрын
It would really need air conditioned stops to be used rear round.
@deldarel2 жыл бұрын
Considering how many people it will carry every year and the wear and tear it brings, the tram really is a better solution. Casinos can buy their own trams and dress them up however they like within spec so it's like a flashy parade 24/7 Imagine a tram with a spynx as a head or one that resembles a space shuttle not just in colour but in shape (minus the wings)
@baldeagle47102 жыл бұрын
@@jramseier there is a monorail but no one uses it
@douglasross5942 жыл бұрын
The Las Vegas Strip needs more lanes, not a rail system taking away lanes.
@molybdnum2 жыл бұрын
The only reason to "stroll the boulevard" is to traverse the multiple-city-block-sized void between megacomplexes, basically walking from one entire self-enclosed shopping mall to another. The fundamental model of business on the strip is trapping visitors in your particular omni-entertainment bubble. The street experience will always be held to a "just good enough" level by local interests.
@Jack-fw4mw2 жыл бұрын
This seems to ignore a big part of Vegas; the restaurant and show scene. People (generally) don't choose their hotel based on which live performances or restaurants they want to see; those end up being on different properties. Really, many people going to Vegas for a "work conference" end up wanting to traverse the town after the workday, to go to their restaurant/show of choice.
@lindsaycole84092 жыл бұрын
@@Jack-fw4mw True enough, that is what the customers want. But the hotel/casino wants to keep those "work conference" attendees inside their restaurants and casino halls.
@sebastianmalton59672 жыл бұрын
Light rail seem a much better option that BRT, especially in such a rich place like Las Vegas. The upkeep costs will be less and you can have higher capacity will less clumping.
@barncheng92812 жыл бұрын
*than not that
@turtle4llama2 жыл бұрын
BRT is easier to understand as a tourist in the US.
@seamusmckeon91092 жыл бұрын
Considering it’s Vegas you should put flashy lights on the train and the track and call it the “Vegas Duorail” or “Monorail^2”
@sebastianmalton59672 жыл бұрын
@@turtle4llama what do you mean as easier to understand? From a user experience POV they are basically the same
@wclifton968gameplaystutorials2 жыл бұрын
@@seamusmckeon9109 Then you'd just be copying Blackpool, England which does exactly that in December on their "heritage" tram fleet which is add lots of flashy lights to old trams that run along their mainline tramway which is along the beachfront...
@josephhouk67032 жыл бұрын
Biggest problem is, if the casinos don't want it, it won't happen. And they want people to come and STAY in their properties, not walk the Strip like it's Broadway in NYC.
@halfvolley11 Жыл бұрын
then why build non-casino attractions in the city in the first place ?
@paulsmith8510 Жыл бұрын
@@halfvolley11 because morons bring kids.
@petergriffin7121 Жыл бұрын
@@halfvolley11 people that go to those attractions will rent rooms at the casinos, they will most likely spend money while at the casino is my theory.
@halfvolley11 Жыл бұрын
@@petergriffin7121 Yea, LV needs a refurbish. It should be designed like Dubai. Dubai has done a fantastic job in city planning.
@MAHORAGADAOPPSTOPPA Жыл бұрын
@@halfvolley11 dubai with no sewage system and poop trucks?
@th3thrilld3m0n2 жыл бұрын
A couple things not mentioned: the taxis, up until recently with the growth of rideshare, have always reigned supreme in LV (helped by the fact that they, at least were, owned by the mafia). This is why the monorail stops just before the airport at MGM and not continuing on, which may be in the Nebula episode. Also, Macau's original casinos are where you mentioned, but more of them are popping up across the water on a larger scale and taking up entire city blocks, similar to LV, but not all along one strip.
@R_V_2 жыл бұрын
The mafia (and other violent organisations). Here's an important factor never taken into account by city planners...
@julianlora_2 жыл бұрын
Macau does have the Cotai Strip (on estrada do istmo or isthmus road) on the Cotai reclaimed area between Taipa and Coloane. But you're right, the casinos aren't confined to it now. Actually, a significant portion of Cotai is casinos and hotel resorts.
@CoasterRanger2 жыл бұрын
Great points. The taxi cab union is the main reason transit on the strip sucks. If the monorail ran from the airport to downtown, there would be little need for cabs or for people to rent cars.
@gfrewqpoiu2 жыл бұрын
It is in the Nebula Episode
@yannick2452 жыл бұрын
@@CoasterRanger Is the taxi cab union still mobbed up these days? Or are talking about the American anti-union sentiment? Americans use every way do destroy unions...
@jerrydunn30042 жыл бұрын
Vegas native. Some observations. What you see today on the strip is actually much better than it used to be. In the 70s and 80s, as car drivers, we'd do *anything* not to cross the strip when traveling east-west, as it would take you several cycles of the light to get past Las Vegas Boulevard. The pedestrian bridges and barricades to pedestrians at-grade you see were part of a massive effort to alleviate the problem, in order to prevent the conflict of pedestrians crossing and cars turning right. The other big push at the same time was convincing the casinos to move their motorcourts, garage entrances, taxi stands, and valet stands to the rear of the property, fronting streets such as Koval on the east, and Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, and Frank Sinatra streets to the west. Given our current understanding of ideal pedestrian-friendly, multi-modal transportation, it's hard to fault the decisionmakers in the 80s and 90s doing what they did. They had a specific problem, and they solved it -- from the perspective of locals who drive cars to get around. I do agree with you that the wide median is a wasted opportunity. Back when they constructed the monorail, multi-mode transportation didn't have the cool factor that it does today. What they should have done is route it right down the center of Las Vegas Boulevard, going from the airport all the way to downtown/Fremont Street. The other thing that has improved things dramatically in the last 20 years is that they've constructed the 215 beltway, and widened/improved the 15 freeway through the strip corridor. So now, you don't necessarily need to cross the strip to travel east-west, nor drive it for north-south. I wouldn't be surprised if, 20 years from now, they made the strip all-pedestrian, a la 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica.
@fgpalm Жыл бұрын
Making the strip even 1/2 pedestrian only would be a massive upgrade
@plektosgaming Жыл бұрын
@@fgpalm The only realistic way would be to make the vehicle traffic that is going across the strip underground in a tunnel. There are two places where they did that and ALL of the locals use them. Then put the railway in and make it a pedestrian only zone. The major issue is people don't look when driving, especailly at night. Without fail, someone is running last minute across a very large street and everything would have to stop unless there were literal gates to keep people back. As it is, there is almost gridlock most of the day at several intersections due to people trying to get through lights and hanging out 2 lanes into cross traffic. If you want to see this in action, the north end of the strip is how it was in the 80s. It's a literal mess of cars and traffic up near Circus Circus and the new Resort World.
@qimvibes2 жыл бұрын
Vegas res. 1yr now.. The walking overpass is honestly nice, BUT if implemented with busing it'd be great! The Art District/ Fremont St. area is really setting an example, love what they're doing there. Always excited for your content, especially today!!
@talideon2 жыл бұрын
Nah, dual trams! Go big!
@qimvibes2 жыл бұрын
@@talideon tram or buses whatever they can do I’m fine with! There’s enough lanes for growth honestly loll
@MikeHarris19842 жыл бұрын
When I go to Vegas, I stay at Fremont. So much more fun and entertaining and the new circa hotel is amazing.
@PlaystationMasterPS32 жыл бұрын
I visited Las Vegas last year and I must say that the Fremont Street Experience is quite a joy
@seshiontheartist9512 жыл бұрын
Las Vegas literally has 24/7 buses and they run efficiently every 15 to 20 minutes
@listenatwork992 жыл бұрын
As someone who until recently lived in Las Vegas I can say for sure that the Strip is awful. The design is not pedestrian or vehicle friendly and locals avoid it unless they have no other option. Vegas missed a great opportunity to have the monorail run down the middle of the strip and make it more accessible to all casinos and make it a tourist attraction to see the strip from an elevated position. It should have also connected to the airport like any real city but the taxi authority shot that down.
@AssBlasster2 жыл бұрын
Even as a visitor, the gimmick gets old after a few times. The views from the outdoor bars aren't really that nice either. The casinos themselves are pretty awesome, but commuting between them is annoying if I always have Spiderman trying to take a pic with me...
@mr.gh0st6782 жыл бұрын
I’ve been living in Vegas going on 9 years and I hate that the Strip is the only thing people see us for
@genericallynamed12 жыл бұрын
Really is frustrating to see them actually greenlight the ridiculous Tesla tunnels instead of any reasonable transportation project.
@mr.gh0st6782 жыл бұрын
@anthony diaz To be fair yeah
@birchheights65422 жыл бұрын
Yes , the way did they monorail was ridiculous. The only way it could have been profitable was if it connects airport to Las Vegas Boulevard ( The Strip ) . But cab drivers lobby was too strong to let that happen .
@canorth2 жыл бұрын
The Vegas strip reminds me of the touristy portion of Waikiki: it’s a voluntary prison for the tourists. Difficult and unpleasant to leave and full of touristy shiny stuff to keep you stuck. I think the isolation is very purposeful.
@AcmeRacing Жыл бұрын
On our first visit to Oahu the tour operator offered us a free breakfast the first day. They put us on a bus and took us to another resort, then gave us the opportunity to buy discount tickets to a bunch of shows and attractions. We got back on the bus and they told us it wasn't going back to the hotel, the next stop was Hilo Hattie. My wife and I weren't happy about the day's itinerary they had planned. We walked away from Hilo Hattie and went exploring on foot, because our hotel was within walking distance. We found some great local restaurants north of the Ala Wai canal. On our visit we rented a car and saw more interesting things at our own pace.
@trottingfoxinc2 жыл бұрын
3 year LV local here. You definitely managed to "figure out" a lot of the weirdness of the strip! My only critique is in its current state, no one in their right mind bikes around the strip area, and it would feel to me disingenuous to tourists to add bike lanes...it's just too dangerous once you get more than a block or two off the blvd. Summerlin and Henderson are another story though, and I'd LOVE to hear your opinion on Summerlin. The Las Vegas area that most residents actually live in is VERY different from the one you documented here and immediately surrounding the strip. A few points you missed that I think actually strengthen your arguments though: Locals avoid the main strip like the plague. If you work at one of the hotels or shows, chances are your employee garage is accessible only from the roads behind the hotels anyway, and you only traverse the strip to cross it. Even then, many try to take Desert Inn (the only surface road that tunnels under the strip) or a freeway to get across. Additionally, most of the casino entrances are on the cross roads, not the strip itself. It really wouldn't take much to reduce the car traffic, and honestly it's still surprising to me there's so much. This would never happen, but I honestly would love to see the strip get the Fremont street treatment. Pedestrian only.
@SuperSMT2 жыл бұрын
Plus, bikes aren't the greatest mode of transport anywhere in the desert lol
@mcculloughdakota2 жыл бұрын
I worked on the strip for many years. I’m also born and raised here, third generation. Many low wage employees who work on the strip ride their bikes there to get to work. If they could afford a car they would probably drive it to work. If this horrible customer service industry paid better they could afford cars. Some actually just choose to ride a bike for other various reasons. It would actually be safer for them if there were bike lanes but I don’t think the tourism industry cares about them. They don’t really care about any of their workers anymore. Desert inn, industrial, dean martin, etc used to be less crowded with traffic as little as ten years ago. But people keep moving here because it’s easy to find work and house prices were cheap and thus even the local travel ways get heavy traffic.
@LoveStallion2 жыл бұрын
Isn't Summerlin just a Stepford, NIMBY paradise?
@mcculloughdakota2 жыл бұрын
@@LoveStallion Once upon a time. But now that depends on the part of summerlin. Newer developments closer to the mountains still seem that way but older summerlin developments are more average middle class, seniors, and becomes more and more multicultural as the city expands outward. Although the NIMBY idealism is a bit hypocritical in these parts considering that summerlin and neighboring communities keeps expanding into our wildlife areas and endangering important natural and cultural sites.
@AssBlasster2 жыл бұрын
I was bewildered to see some group of bikers on the far right side of the road but they looked quite fine, probably because the overall speed is low on many portions. My local friend, who works at UNLV, never goes to the strip either.
@roaringchicken42192 жыл бұрын
3:37 “use all five of our senses to understand the space as deeply as possible” Can confirm, Vegas asphalt tastes like asphalt.
@BassReeves242 жыл бұрын
I love the enthusiasm but they put those pedestrian bridges in because too many people were being hit and killed by traffic. The sidewalk barriers are installed to prevent a terrorist attack from driving through crowds. The 12 lanes actually function pretty efficiently for traffic flow and emergency vehicle access. Drive a few laps around the strip at night and during the day and you really don't sit in traffic for very long.
@bdefinisterra2 жыл бұрын
Just a couple of corrections: Macau street view images are from 2008, and the streets look now completely different (its better to just google pictures of the streets) and Avenida da Amizade is not equivalent to the Las Vegas Strip - Estrada do Istmo in the Cotai area is.
@tomascontreras51522 жыл бұрын
This solutions would be great if Vegas were a normal city but it's not. It's built on a foundation of consumption/tourism and consumption happens inside the casinos. Developers in Vegas purposefully made the city layout hard to navigate and inconvenient for pedestrians so that will stay off the streets and stick to the casinos. Same reason casinos don't have windows and have a confusing layout. They want to keep you inside spending money. Developers of the strip are not trying to make the city a better place for people to live and get around unfortunately
@worldchangingvideos62532 жыл бұрын
Just like shopping malls.
@devanwilliams11272 жыл бұрын
I think the problem is that the Strip isn’t actually in Vegas. Paradise is basically an oversized company town. Vegas probably would have tried to enact some more pedestrian friendly solutions. This is one of those situations were private sector is resistant to progress that has been proven by the public sector. The model for how casinos do business has drastically changed. Pool clubs, night clubs, and live entertainment have insanely high margins from beverage sales, and admissions practically have them breaking even alone. These casinos should have a priority from moving people into their casinos efficiently. With the presence of airbnb and uber, it’s easy then ever to stay off strip. They should want to make it easy to get people into the door.
@viduljain51942 жыл бұрын
The guardrails separating the sidewalk from the road are actually for pedestrian safety! There have been cases in the past of vehicles veering off the road and into dense groups of pedestrians which is why they separated pedestrians from the road, however a central bus line is still a great idea!
@brbailey2 жыл бұрын
Agreed. We'll never get rid of the barricades and walls between the road and the sidewalk, as to protect pedestrians and buildings from vehicles intentionally (terrorism) or unintentionally plowing into hundreds of pedestrians.
@sergiovazquez85992 жыл бұрын
The Strip might as well be lined with decent vegetation and endemic trees to provide some shade and yet make it more walkable.
@CityBeautiful2 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@bonda_racing35792 жыл бұрын
Going down the Las Vegas strip at night on a streetcars would be amazing experience. Even if it's a bit Tacky
@OrdinaryDude2 жыл бұрын
Except that it's a desert and the only trees that can survive are palms, and they don't provide a ton of shade.
@trottingfoxinc2 жыл бұрын
@@OrdinaryDude Not true in the slightest. A. MANY types of trees live here just fine, look up some of our parks like Sunset or Craig Ranch. B. MANY species of palms are awesome for shade anyway, Date Palms are SUPER common around here.
@thomasgrabkowski82832 жыл бұрын
Las Vegas is too dry for there to be decent vegetation
@Vanayr2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been here since 93, and while this is a lovely idea, you have to account for the drunks. The reason for those annoying fences is to keep drunks from wandering on to Las Vegas blvd and being turned into a ping pong ball. Another issue is security. The overpasses are lovely, but the Clark County Sheriffs had to crack down on the street vendors and hustlers because of all the stabbings. Whatever solution gets floated is going to have to deal with these two major issues. Another thing to consider is an aging and “scooter” based population. I don’t know how many folks on some kind of assisted mobility device you came across, but any solution is going to need to keep them in mind.
@giavannauvari20832 жыл бұрын
Las Vegas local here for 10 years. The annoying fences are actually there to prevent a terrorist attack. They are placed by the sidewalks so no one can just drive up on the sidewalks and run over a bunch of people. They were only put in a few years ago- but I think they're super smart. But, I definitely agree about keeping the people using devices in mind if someone was to renovate the strip! -Just thought I'd share a little knowledge (:
@alecwhatshisname51702 жыл бұрын
Hoooly fuck you have no idea how many handicapped people live in Las Vegas. The cost of living is just insane, so it’s filled with old retired people taking care of THEIR PARENTS. I’m talking 60-70 yr olds taking care of 80-90 yr olds. Every handicapped space is always filled. Every. Single. One.
@Vanayr2 жыл бұрын
@@alecwhatshisname5170 rent here in the last 18 months has gone insane 🤬
@cesariojpn2 жыл бұрын
5:30 Vegas did have a BRT system, it was called SDX (Strip & Downtown Express). From RTC South Strip Transfer Terminal south of the Welcome to Las Vegas sign/McCarren Airport to Las Vegas North Premium Outlets past the Government sector to the west of Fremont. It got cancelled shortly after the pandemic started. You can still see the BRT infrastructure in the Arts District.
@cesariojpn2 жыл бұрын
@@jaredroussel Online sources says SDX got cancelled in March 2020. With the Deuce essentially plying almost the same route as SDX and the uneasy future of tourism to Vegas, it makes sense. Plus, the Deuce buses can be easily shifted to other routes when needed; couldn't do that with the specialist buses SDX used. HOWEVER, it did leave a gap from Fremont to Las Vegas Premium Outlets North. RTC does have a route that goes from the Strat to LVPO North (Downtown Express, terminates at 6PM) and 401 IIRC does stop at LVPO North. So there's that.
@colormedubious47472 жыл бұрын
Instead of Mandalay Bay, the monorail should be extended south to the airport and north to Fremont. A streetcar line should be built along The Strip and connect to those two stations, enhancing both lines' utility and overall ridership.
@danieldaniels75712 жыл бұрын
The taxi cabal would never allow it. They’re the reason it was not built to the airport.
@colormedubious47472 жыл бұрын
@@danieldaniels7571 Yes, I know. But that happened when the LVM was developed and owned by private companies. Now that it's owned by the quasi-governmental LVCVA, the story can be very different.
@danieldaniels75712 жыл бұрын
@@colormedubious4747 I sure hope you’re right. But with all I’ve seen watching local politics, especially in Vegas, I’m pretty doubtful. It sure would be great to fly there and take the monorail downtown, though. I live in Phoenix and usually drive as it ends up being cheaper and easier than the combined expense and hassle of flying and renting a car or paying for taxis and ride share. I do actually enjoy walking there just the way things are, though.
@colormedubious47472 жыл бұрын
@@danieldaniels7571 I hope I'm right, too! Given how they fell for Musk's idiotic sewer pipe, though, I reserve a bit of doubt. I'm old enough to remember 90s Vegas, when hopping between half a dozen different hotel peoplemovers was the only way to move up and down The Strip without enriching cabs or wearing out your shoes.
@hotdogstandman2 жыл бұрын
Nobody uses the monorail. And I mean nobody
@sonofsarek2 жыл бұрын
1) Having ALL your attractions on one road is stupid 2) Having ALL your attractions on one road without an underground subway servicing it is even stupider.
@AssBlasster2 жыл бұрын
What? How does 1 make any sense? Isn't that what a main street is about? Fremont St works great as a pedestrian street
@ericcarabetta11612 жыл бұрын
Nobody's walking or riding a bike anywhere when it's 110℉ outside.
@leonpaelinck6 ай бұрын
Yes they are
@airops4232 жыл бұрын
After having stayed on the strip a couple times, when I come back I will definitely be staying in downtown Fremont St. area instead. It's just better in every way, and it's easy to go down and experience the strip and shows for a few hours while you're there. Cheaper (lower casino minimums, reasonably priced food, etc.), much more walkable, interesting museums and other attractions besides casinos, and still an experience.
@AdamAarts2 жыл бұрын
We always stay off strip. Much better experience, MUCH cheaper, and it’s easy to go visit the strip for a show or meet friends or whatever.
@AssBlasster2 жыл бұрын
I just got back from staying on Vegas strip and visiting fremont st and came to the same exact ideas! They also had some fancy hotel right next to the golden gate casino that looked like an ideal location. More variety of decently-priced food places and free concerts on fremont too.
@darylontiveros66122 жыл бұрын
Fences on the sidewalks are to keep drunk people from stumbling into or trying to cross the street without a crosswalk. The heavier duty barriers are to prevent cars from plowing into the sidewalks.
@JoshuaFagan2 жыл бұрын
When I last went to Vegas, I had to drive through terrible, congested traffic just to get from one side of the strip to the other because it was too far (and too hot) to walk. The paucity of public transit in the city is honestly appalling, and it makes the city's dedication to Musk's useless tunnel system infuriating.
@weareorigin2 жыл бұрын
That tunnel system supposedly only works for Elon's cars. And the process is flawed since it can be 10 people in 10 different cars. That's a lot of car weights for no reason.
@ixlnxs2 жыл бұрын
Last time I was in Las Vegas (as a kid) it was late June, so yes, it was hot (48°C) but as it was dry, my parents and me just walked with sunblock and hats just like we did along the Equator and in Africa, and it actually felt more bearable than in a lot of tropical coastal places. But yes, the public transport was found wanting. Buses were few and far between. So much potential for a great network waiting to be established.
@MrAmbrooks2 жыл бұрын
It really is less about the city's dedication to the Boring Co as it is the city not having to fund it. Even at a $6 ticket or $8 day, the Deuce isn't really making money anymore. Back when it did make a profit, it was diverted to residential bussing rather than improving Deuce/SDX service. You need frequent, reliable service that isn't overcrowded.
@markharmon49632 жыл бұрын
Give it a chance. It will provide point to point delivery of passengers. Minimal waiting and no transfers without adding to or competing with surface traffic.
@douglasross5942 жыл бұрын
Useless, who says, you? LOL wrong.
@dannybau2 жыл бұрын
I live in Vegas. The pedestrian bridges are great since it allows constant pedestrian traffic to flow compared to having tourists cross with traffic. Just look at other cities like New York City where pedestrians routinely jaywalk or do not follow the signals. They are walking across maybe the equivalent of 3 to 5 lanes and a couple of inattentive pedestrians can waste a half of a light cycle for turning traffic. This is really seen at the hotel entrances/driveways where it can back up traffic when pedestrians cross or ignore active driveways. Locals tend to avoid the Strip more since many of the resorts charge for parking (there are some reduced resident rates or free parking lots), but it's avoided for being too busy or expensive. As for public transit, it needs work but the RTC has come up with ways to help residents go to football and hockey games via the bus (park free at the commuter lots for free and take a direct express bus to the event for $2 each way). They also just created new bus lines to serve newer parts of town as well as the large Amazon warehouses in the northern edges of town.
@jonw9999992 жыл бұрын
The Strip could probably be one of the strongest transit corridors in the country... you have an incredibly high concentration of destinations and hotels in a very confined linear corridor with Downtown Las Vegas as a strong anchor to the north and the airport as a strong anchor to the south. With a very good transit line here, visitors would have no need for a car or taxi during their entire time in LV.
@jfungsf8822 жыл бұрын
Yep, all it needs is a high frequency high capacity metro/subway line that is well connected & integrated and you will see ridership soar through the roof.
@danieldaniels75712 жыл бұрын
The mob controlled taxi union is a very strong force in Vegas. Visitors having no need for a taxi is unacceptable.
@josephreyes76102 жыл бұрын
I can’t even begin to imagine the traffic hell of trying to redo the strip for a bus line or train.
@pragmax2 жыл бұрын
I love everything about this idea. The monorail also has one major thing going against it: it's functionally invisible. The signage for it is inside the casinos and is almost impossible to spot (bordering on nonexistent). You also wouldn't even know it was there because it's tucked away behind all the high-rise buildings on the east side of the strip (except for Mandalay Bay). Putting effective bus transit in the middle of the road would not only be super visible, but would make it much harder for casino operators to hide that it's there. Also, attempting to walk From Mandalay Bay up the strip is almost impossible in spots. There are very poor pedestrian affordances that (read: no sidewalks) that need to be addressed for this plan to really work.
@Lildizzle4202 жыл бұрын
it doesn't go up town or to the airport
@biglos9d2 жыл бұрын
The entrances and exits on street level are not marked at all. My wife and I walked past the entrance to the station because it looked like an emergency exit, until we saw people walk up to the doors and open them.
@DanielGarcia19802 жыл бұрын
That and it's horribly expensive for a system that runs only a couple miles.
@AssBlasster2 жыл бұрын
TIL Las Vegas has a monorail lol
@vegastjg2 жыл бұрын
Mandalay Bay is on the West side of the strip and we've spent millions on the pedestrian walkovers at the major streets. Youre complaining now but just imagine if none of those existed
@POV-UP5392 жыл бұрын
I understand that adding a regular street crosswalk would be easier for pedestrians to use however I think the pedestrian overpasses brings a kind of fun and unique element to the strip. I personally enjoy riding the escalator to walk across the streets whenever I’m in Vegas
@vegastjg2 жыл бұрын
They built the pedestrian walkovers to stop people from getting killed as they walked across the Strip.
@dissonanceparadiddle2 жыл бұрын
A bus running the length of the strip would be fantastic! Or better yet a rail system
@AldanFerrox2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, build a tram.
@caseymacdonald10772 жыл бұрын
the monorail should have been built down the center of the strip instead of running behind the casinos where it's hard to access. Which explains it's lack of ridership.
@KaiSosceles2 жыл бұрын
There is a bus that runs the length of the strip. It's called The Deuce. It's run by RTC. You can get 3 day 24 hour unlimited pass for 20 bucks.
@Lildizzle4202 жыл бұрын
@@caseymacdonald1077 doesn't go to the airport, doesn't go "downtown" or "uptown" or what ever.
@sarcasmo572 жыл бұрын
What about a chair lift?
@bobbycrosby97652 жыл бұрын
Even if you fix transit, a big problem with the strip is the casinos and hotels are usually pretty far off the road. Unless the goal was to just meander down the strip, my friends and I would always take a taxi to our destination. They know all the routes to avoid the strip, they can pick you up right at your hotel's entrance, and they can drop you off right at the entrance of your destination.
@shotelco2 жыл бұрын
A.) Las Vegas Casino/Hotels _do not_ want guest leaving their properties - and spending money at their competitors. B.) (Most) Americans will not use public transit as their is a perception that it is for "poor people," and they don't want to intermingle with _those people._
@MrAronymous2 жыл бұрын
Las Vegas is a semi-theme park though. And Americans consider trains a theme park ride lol.
@Alexrocksdude_2 жыл бұрын
replying to a) Orlando has the same problem with Disney vs. I-Drive attractions (universal, sea world, etc.) both lobbied against the local light rail and now that high speed rail is coming, the i-drive attractions are lobbing against a planned stop at disney. When tourist attractions dictate public policy on transit you end up with a broken system that leaves everyone, both locals and tourists to use a car for everything all so that the attractions can make a little (or a lot) more money.
@dlazo326962 жыл бұрын
That’s because it is for poor people. I much prefer my automobile, good sir.
@johnathin00618922 жыл бұрын
C.) Public transportation in American cities is not always safe, especially at night, and especially for women. D.) Public transportation, except airplanes which filter and change out the air constantly, can help spread COVID and other airborne disease.
@shotelco2 жыл бұрын
@@wordsmith451 Not really. 2 corporations own half of the properties on the strip. There are 32 Hotel/Casinos on the Las Vegas strip. 13 of worlds 18 largest (by bed capacity) hotels are located on the Las Vegas strip. Including the recently expanded convention center, there is approximately 20 million square feet of trade show/convention space in Las Vegas. 6 corporations own these properties #1. Las Vegas Sands Corp (The Palazzo and The Venetian) #2. MGM Resorts (The Bellagio*, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, Aria, Excalibur, The Mirage, NY/NY, Luxor, and Park MGM.) #3. Caesars Entertainment (Bally’s, Caesars Palace, Harrah’s, Planet Hollywood, Paris Las Vegas, Flamingo, The Linq, The Cromwell) #4. Wynn Resorts (Wynn, Encore) #5. Genting Group/Malaysia (Resorts World) *The Blackstone Group owns the Bellagio; operated by MGM Resorts Other Strip property owners are Boyd gaming, Golden entertainment, several deca-Billionaires own individual properties, etc. List of the 32 Hotel/Casinos on the strip: Mandalay Bay Luxor Excalibur Tropicana New York New York MGM Grand Park MGM Aria Cosmopolitan Planet Hollywood Bellagio Paris Las Vegas Bally’s The Cromwell Caesars Palace Flamingo The Linq O’Sheas Harrah’s Mirage Casino Royale Venetian Palazzo Treasure Island Wynn Encore Resorts World Slots A Fun Circus Circus Sahara Las Vegas The Strat Fontainebleau (completing construction)
@eggballo44902 жыл бұрын
The monorail needs to be extended to Downtown and Terminals 1 and 3.
@brianna_lynch2 жыл бұрын
I agree. I hate having to use Lyft and Uber. It would be so nice if I could just get on the monorail.
@jayteegamble2 жыл бұрын
Such a no-brainer. But i think the fact that the monorail only connects to the hotels on the East side of the strip means it's opposed by the (more expensive) hotels on the West side. The MGMirage casinos. Or at least i assume that's an issue.
@AssBlasster2 жыл бұрын
This would be a good idea, like how Disney World in Orlando does a direct bus connection from the airport to their resorts. Beats renting a car or wasting time on slow uber rides.
@LoveStallion2 жыл бұрын
Hot take: Put the street underground and pedestrianize everything above.
@127drums2 жыл бұрын
I recently moved to Mexico City from NY and It's amazing how much urban planning and design in general is WAY better than here almost all US and Canadian cities, If you haven't been here you should absolutely check it out
@SeanMather2 жыл бұрын
Those fences are key for keeping drunk gamblers from wandering the streets lol. Very necessary
@plektosgaming Жыл бұрын
People forget that The Strip is one of the few places in the U.S. where openly carrying alcohol is allowed. Those barriers DO keep cars from running into crowds and vice-versa.
@ChurroWaffles2 жыл бұрын
You know what’s crazy is this idea is actually present a couple of blocks north of the strip. By the North Outlet Malls they actually have this setup. But then again that’s North Las Vegas and its a different city altogether. I wish they would extend it to the strip though.
@mcculloughdakota2 жыл бұрын
The north outlet mall isn't in North Las Vegas at all, Its near downtown Las Vegas. North Las Vegas AKA "Northtown" and "The Northside" borders parts of Lake Mead BLVD and Owens. You are right however in saying that North Las Vegas is a separate city.
@MadMadCommando2 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing it's way too much to ask for a Las Vegas Strip metro? Underground airconditioned stations and tunnels connecting to casinos sounds pretty good to me.
@kelaarin2 жыл бұрын
That's what the Boring Company is working on...sort of.
@MadMadCommando2 жыл бұрын
@@kelaarin I personally think that expensive tunneling projects with the capacity of a single lane of traffic are the future of public transportation. How have people even managed to travel at all with out personal pods?
@kelaarin2 жыл бұрын
@@MadMadCommando Bicycle/motorcycle: personal pod. Car: personal pod. Wagon: personal pod. Horse: personal pod. Beats me, guess no one's ever done it before. On the other hand, tunnels (far less expensive versions), with pods at high speed (carefully managed by computer-controlled timing systems), with point-to-point travel (instead of stopping at every station) and dedicated side areas at every station (instead of having to wait if the track is blocked), could work.
@danatronics90392 жыл бұрын
@@kelaarin Can't wait until they give up on the Tesla idea, sell the tunnels to the city, and end up with a nice subway line.
@kelaarin2 жыл бұрын
@@danatronics9039 Why would they? The test system they've got at the Convention Center has already exceeded projections.
@colinmcnamar4222 жыл бұрын
I lived in Vegas for a year. I feel that unless you get public transit out to where most of the workers live, then reimagining the strip for pedestrians won't make any sense.
@patricktam42782 жыл бұрын
I believe one of the issues is the huge taxi lobby for what you see on the LV strip. When I need to drive to casinos on the strip, I avoid Las Vegas blvd as much as possible and just use the side streets as well as the back entrances to the casino parking lots.
@simoneh47322 жыл бұрын
CityNerd just released a video on a Las Vegas Stroad yesterday!! Is there a city convention going on there or something??
@DiogenesOfCa2 жыл бұрын
I saw that one, it is great!
@39Thacker2 жыл бұрын
Neat they went and left covering different areas too
@akilword-daniels66652 жыл бұрын
I like the thought of improving transit on the strip, however, I wonder how supportive the casinos would be of increasing hotel guests' ability to more easily move further from their casinos. I love your videos btw, and thank you and the team for your dedication to this content.
@theprofessionalfence-sitter2 жыл бұрын
Since you're already talking about monorails, is there any chance you could make a video about the one in Wuppertal one day?
@noob.1682 жыл бұрын
Japan probably has the most urban monorail systems in the world 2 suspended ones and a couple of conventional ones.
@elizabethdavis16962 жыл бұрын
Video ideas How palaces are planned How military bases are planned How universities are planned How industrial farms are planned
@elizabethdavis16962 жыл бұрын
Also vacation resorts And childrens summer camps
@twylanaythias Жыл бұрын
As a former resident of Las Vegas, here's my proposal: PHASE I ~ Elevated Pedestrian Plazas ~ This would primarily be around 10' in elevation, perhaps 20' wide, with the inside edges overhanging the outermost traffic lanes. These traffic lanes would be eliminated, providing space for valet, taxis, and rideshare driveways for visitors favoring these methods. A portion of this reclaimed area would also be used for dedicated, protected bike lanes which additionally benefit from the shade and shelter of the pedestrian plazas above. ~ Emphasis would be placed on outdoor amenities ranging from benched planters (to provide frequent shady resting points for visitors) to small outdoor cafes. Lighting would be subtle, such as LEDs beneath the guardrails, so as to provide adequate nighttime illumination without clashing with the visual spectacle of the Las Vegas Strip at night. This would also offer spectacular viewing opportunities for displays such as the Bellagio fountains or the Treasure Island pirate show. ~ Only minimal increases in elevation would be permitted when crossing roadways, as part of this plan is to eliminate all commercial traffic (including buses) from Las Vegas Boulevard proper. Such crossings would be fairly frequent, excepting locations selected for Phase II development. PHASE II ~ Boulevard Monorail Project ~ The primary component of this phase would be the construction of a suspended monorail system, initially running from Fremont Street to New York, New York (eventually connecting with McCarran Airport, the existing monorail, and the elevated tram from Excalibur to Mandalay Bay). Boarding locations would be around 18' in elevation, centered between the Phase I pedestrian plazas, with each location also providing public amenities such as restrooms and drinking fountains. Given the nature of the Las Vegas Strip, these would also be ideal locations for staffed information desks and emergency personnel (primarily police and medical). ~ The innermost traffic lanes (one on each side) would be reclaimed to provide workspace during construction, and later to increase the median foliage. In addition to the visual aesthetics, this would help abate the desert heat in addition to providing safety islands for those who choose to cross Las Vegas Boulevard at ground level. ~ Again, care will be taken with lighting in order to provide ample illumination for nighttime usage while remaining modest enough so as to not clash with the visibility of displays. PHASE III ~ McCarran Airport Connection & Existing Monorail Integration ~ This third phase would include the stations near The Strat and New York, New York integrating Phase II with the existing monorail and elevated tram systems. Additionally, the system would be expanded to include direct access to the passenger terminals at McCarran Airport. FUNDING ~ While this is unquestionably an expensive undertaking, it would be an even bigger boon to businesses along Las Vegas Boulevard as to visitors. As such the primary funding sources for construction would be the casinos/hotels themselves (as well as McCarran Airport, during Phase III), with only a smaller portion (perhaps 25%) coming from public/government sources. ~ Ongoing expenses would be handled entirely through public/government sources, though the increased revenues provided by this project should more than offset the operational costs for the monorail. As such Phase II would operate fare-free, ideally persuading LVCVA to operate the existing monorail fare-free. While I'm sure I've overlooked a few things in this monologue, I'm confident that this general plan would be the best possible solution to addressing multimodal transportation along the Las Vegas Strip. Let's just face it, shall we? The combination of pedestrian and monorail vistas along Las Vegas Boulevard would be an immense tourism draw unto itself - a win-win-win for everyone by every conceivable metric!
@jackcarver16292 жыл бұрын
This was very nice video! You should do some more videos focusing on small towns and cities! My own town is trying to be more walkable and I love it
@worldchangingvideos62532 жыл бұрын
Taylor TX near Austin endorses Strong Towns
@thedavidj19962 жыл бұрын
As someone who has been to Vegas recently and lived there for about a year I have some ideas. I think the strip should be turned into a pedestrian space like Fremont Street just to the north or like Beal Street in Memphis. The cross streets to LV Boulevard, like Tropicana, Flamingo, Desert Inn, etc can remain vehicle intersections, but the area between should be pedestrian only, maybe with a monorail above, tram line, or electric buses in dedicated lanes. Something like this would be a massive project since most of the resorts have LVB entrances and parking access.
@Random.ChanneI2 жыл бұрын
So you mean removing the 12 lanes completely?
@Nukepositive2 жыл бұрын
If cars want parking access to casinos, they can have a couple lanes 'round the back.
@thecardsaysmoops32 жыл бұрын
@@Nukepositive Which they already do in most cases.
@markhollingshead13512 жыл бұрын
Grew up in Vegas. Worked driving deliveries along the strip for a while. The pedestrian bridges are great to keep the streams of tourist from crossing illegally and dying.
@markhollingshead13512 жыл бұрын
Also, when you can't drive from people crossing in front of you when you have the right of way
@wiesejay2 жыл бұрын
Also, you’re STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to take a “limo” from McKaren to the Strip (try to find the Uber pick-up)
@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome2 жыл бұрын
They need to improve the signs for sure. I drive rideshare in Vegas and the amount of time people don't know where to meet is mind boggling. Most of them are first-timers though.
@jayteegamble2 жыл бұрын
Connecting the monorail is such a no-brainer.
@bassdrumflextime12532 жыл бұрын
fun fact: it's Harry Reid International Airport
@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome2 жыл бұрын
@@bassdrumflextime1253 A change which was totally undeserved. Reid was a total self serving scumbag.
@bassdrumflextime12532 жыл бұрын
@@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome yup
@CaptureKing2472 жыл бұрын
If you could redesign the strip, there would be no car traffic on the street. It would be 1 walkable space with an underground LRT. Vehicle access to hotels would only be from the side streets. But since that will never happen, they should force MGM to upgrade the street presence of Cystals & Aria. That maze of concrete that you have to walk around is ridiculous
@grahamturner26402 жыл бұрын
Or an above-ground automated metro system.
@Angarsk1002 жыл бұрын
3:25 This doesn't seem to add up: 50,000 pedestrians, vs. 60,000 vehicles. Even if they were all cars only with the driver in, that's already 10,000 more, thus, the majority. If you account for multiple passengers in a car, public transit, other kinds of busses, well, that goes way up. I do understand the need (and advantages) to make more pedestrian-friendly cities, but not by making it a war on drivers, specially when there's so many people that for a lot of different reasons need to drive (or use a motor vehicle) and walking is not an option. For a city to actually be better, you can't benefit one group at the expense of other, that'll only generate backlash further down the line.
@blitzn00dle502 жыл бұрын
The point was that the majority of people going through the strip aren't in private vehicles. How many of those people would take a bus rapid transit system if one of the lanes was given up for it? Because I guarantee there's not that many people hauling a fridge, driving their entire squad, driving across the city or doing any other good reason to drive. I say let's go right ahead and declare war on the objective shittiest way to move people. Arterials should never be wider than 7 lanes for any reason.
@ShallBePurified2 жыл бұрын
Las Vegas local here. I can tell you that all the locals avoid driving on The Strip as much as possible. There are a lot of side streets that bypasses The Strip to get the back entrance to the casinos. Only employees or locals would take these streets. I think redesigning the street to reduce traffic would be amazing, since it is by far the worst street to drive on in the city.
@AssBlasster2 жыл бұрын
Yup all of my uber drivers either used a back road off the strip to get between casinos or the freeway to get to fremont st. Not sure who all the drivers on the strip are.
@otanakugaming33572 жыл бұрын
Actually, many of the newer, fancier casinos in Macao were located along the Estrada do Istmo in Cotai, which was more similar to the strip with wider avenues
@duck8dodgers2 жыл бұрын
Speaking as someone who went to college in Flagstaff, a three or four hour drive away from the strip, and visited way more often than I'd like to admit. I feel like any discussion about changing the strip has to include changes to the streets going to the parking garages in the back. After my first trip I avoided the strip entirely and went straight to the closest parking garage to where I wanted to be. If that access was made easier from the freeway you would probably get less resistance to knocking out a few of those 12 car lanes.
@jeffh88002 жыл бұрын
Love the nod to residents and workers knowing the strip better than a visitor might. At what point in the process would you seek their input? This is obviously a larger project that affects a large area. I wondered if there were any more incremental, guerilla urbanism tactics that could be used to re-inhabit the space?
@jordanmcgrory21712 жыл бұрын
You've suggested dedicated mass transit lanes up and down the centre of a relatively short distance, but why gas powered buses, not electric light rail / trams?
@thedak8082 жыл бұрын
Cost maybe?
@762rk95tp2 жыл бұрын
Bus is cheaper. Both catenaries and rails cost money. Half way option would be either using battery electric buses and fast charging stations or just building the catenaries and using trolley buses.
@MFachrizalR2 жыл бұрын
Costs of course, and trams are slower in average in terms of spees. Trams also need to overhaul the street to make way for the rails and it's comparably more unflexible if we're talking about routes, stops, etc. Electric light rail are kinda same just maybe completely separate from the road, which could get in the way with pedestrian way etc. in a place that already dense enough. Considering Vegas Strip already have some bus stops, you can say it's the easy way solution just to improve the existing ones.
@CityBeautiful2 жыл бұрын
Other than the monorail, I haven't seen a lot of support in Vegas for rail, so I went with bus. It's an upgrade of the Deuce service they already have. LRT would have worked too.
@colormedubious47472 жыл бұрын
@@CityBeautiful Back in 2002 (ish), LV was considering implementation of the Civis "self-driving" bus. It was featured at APTA 2002 at the LVCC. Needless to say, that plan fell apart.
@D3Vlicious2 жыл бұрын
With Vegas looking to add a Formula 1 race along the strip, I doubt any future plans would have them reducing the number of lanes down Las Vegas Blvd.
@ThatOneAccount9312 жыл бұрын
As a Las Vegas native, those fences are needed. Ppl get very drunk and stumble into the street and drivers get drunk and drive onto sidewalks.
@evjq2 жыл бұрын
I really liked that this one was more of a thought experiment, and showed how to approach the problem.
@decibellone6962 жыл бұрын
no, he has no clue what hes talking about.
@kaitlyn__L2 жыл бұрын
@@decibellone696 funny how city planning is literally his job
@fawfulfan2 жыл бұрын
I remember driving on the Strip last summer, and even though as a driver I had so much of the infrastructure devoted to me, it was a complete pain in the ass to navigate. All the extra space made it more confusing to figure out where to go. I definitely think LV Blvd should be four lanes instead of eight; some of those lanes need to be repurposed. The inner lanes ought to be used for a major public transit project, ideally LRT that stops every couple casinos. The outer lanes should be repurposed as pedestrian malls, with space designed for food stalls, street performers, just stuff to give the whole experience of walking the Strip some more character.
@definitelynotacrab76512 жыл бұрын
I give you serious credit walking down the strip to gather all that footage, must've been a pain.
@ivano28632 жыл бұрын
I think there's a reason Fremont is becoming so popular, it's just so much more walkable.
@ejf26362 жыл бұрын
I love your videos because it makes school for me fun! Keep it up! And you should do Canton Ohio next because people majorly underrate it but it’s actually a decent city :) i would love that. ❤️
@DarlingDeliveries2 жыл бұрын
I've noticed you like to put dedicated bus Lanes on the left lane, is there a specific reason why it wouldn't be better to put it on the right lane? Closest to the pedestrian walkway, minimizing the amount of crossing needed?
@CityBeautiful2 жыл бұрын
I think both lanes could work. From what I read about other high capacity systems, center running buses were more common. And again, there are lots of turning movements from the roadway into Vegas casinos that could disrupt bus flow curbside.
@danieldaniels75712 жыл бұрын
@@CityBeautiful are you aware Vegas already tried BRT and shut it down nearly two years ago?
@ericllorens17342 жыл бұрын
@@CityBeautiful the only issue with that is it’s a lot of drinks on the strip, they could easily fall into the street
@weareorigin2 жыл бұрын
The escalators and bridges to cross the street is one of the better designs I've seen in America. It bypasses drivers who think they are better than pedestrians since they are in a car.
@DiogenesOfCa2 жыл бұрын
Still a pain to traverse and cars are still king and you are an after thought.
@danieldaniels75712 жыл бұрын
Also keeps the pedestrians, who are mostly drunk and high, out of the street.
@weareorigin2 жыл бұрын
@@DiogenesOfCa yes downtown areas of smaller cities don't have easy to access cameras. Car drivers will not let pedestrians cross at the WALK light. The drivers ignore the pedestrian walk laws
@nocodekevin2 жыл бұрын
The one think to remember about the strip is that it probably has the most Drunk Walkers. People walking between casinos with big drinks in their hand, not watching where they’re going. Just stumbling forward. So any overpass or lack of fences I think is by design, to manage these bumbling fools.
@bananaboat18082 жыл бұрын
I stayed a couple nights on the strip with a friend earlier this month, and it's somewhat walkable but feels unwalkable. An average city block in a normal city, or even in Downtown Vegas, would be between 2-5 acres. But on the strip? The city blocks roughly follow the PLSS and are 20, 40, 80 acres or even larger. Better pedestrian signage helps as well.
@JesseBethke2 жыл бұрын
^ LV local. It's worth noting that almost all vehicle traffic on the boulevard is superfluous or mostly people 'cruising' to see the sights. Both sides of the strip are serviceable by parallel streets on their back sides; employees and locals take these streets. My vote would be to convert the entire boulevard to pedestrian only with park areas.
@MircoWilhelm2 жыл бұрын
My insight from staying there was, most cars on the strip are either through traffic or taxis. this could points to re-routing though traffic entirely and enabling a massive reduction in car lanes. Maybe using an actual tunnel (not the boring one) to get the majority of traffic off the surface level might work
@danieldaniels75712 жыл бұрын
People drive on the strip because they want to drive on the strip. For those who don’t, I-15 runs right along side it.
@aGIANTmonster2 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed the video! I've been going to Vegas since I was a kid so here's a few things I've noticed: 1. People that are dressed up going to a bar, club or restaurant don't want to hop on a bus. They would rather take a taxi or Uber which can navigate on small streets so they get to their destination faster. You get a little privacy and there aren't a bunch of random guys hitting on the ladies. The taxi or Uber also drops you off right at the valet so you can enter the casino quickly. With the bus everyone is wearing dress shoes or heels and now you have to walk from bus stop to the entrance, which sometimes isn't easy to find. Also, the vibe of the bus is more of an older touristy vibe and not the young "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" story to tell your friends. 2. The rails on the strip are to prevent people from jaywalking, people have got hit and killed. Drunk people get into fights and sometimes that would spill onto the street as well. Then you have the guy on drugs that wants to dance in the street. The rails prevent most of that surprisingly. 3. The city of Vegas want people to walk from hotel to hotel. They're drinking so they are more willing to spend money at a bar, souvenir store or slot machines placed near the entrance. Also, open container laws make walking the strip at night a lot of fun. You talk to strangers, take a picture for them as they pose in front of something, exchange pleasantries and everyone goes on their way. In my 20's we would run into bachelorette parties and we would invite them to the club we were going to and we would party lol. Vegas would have been better if the monorail system pulled up directly to the hotels. But the hotels don't want a monorail system that would block the view of the front. Can you imagine the Bellagio water show being blocked by a monorail track? As it is now you can be across the street and see whats going, you can see the Mirage volcano (sadly, soon to be destroyed), you can see the Eiffel Tower and the Venetian's architecture is beautiful to stare at. If Vegas and the casinos were on the same page, we could have had a monorail system that runs behind all the hotels in a giant loop. But it's probably way too late for that as all the space is already being used up.
@KaiSosceles2 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a vegas strip video about crowd control. Those pedestrian bridges you mention in this video often act more like a funnel into casinos and luxury shops than a means to get from one side of a street to another, with stairways being tucked off to the side while the main walkways dump directly into malls. Also, the completely lack of available seating throughout the strip, the exteriors, and even the interiors of these resorts. The best outdoor seating solution on the strip that I found was literally 2 giant slanted rocks. Everything else was either majorly slanted to keep people off (even the bollards are slanted) or was a seat at a slot machinea, another gambling game, or a restaurant's private seating.
@manuelgilgil2 жыл бұрын
They don't want people sitting. I recently sat in front of the Golden Nugget to wait for a friend to arrive. I was promptly removed by security who told me I was loitering
@flyingfoamtv21692 жыл бұрын
@@manuelgilgil yeah ,vegas is shit.
@danieldaniels75712 жыл бұрын
This is 100% intentional and by design.
@SigmaRho2922 Жыл бұрын
Extending the monorail system to serve all areas of the city would be a nice option, but this would require the rehabilitation of the tracks and the replacement of the trains.
@RecklessFables2 жыл бұрын
The purpose of casinos is to bring people in and then keep them there. There is a lot of politics about creating better access to competing venues.
@respect4112 жыл бұрын
las vegas is literally perfect for light rail forget BRT. its gotta be one of the largest cities if not the largest city in the developed world with no rail transit, particularly a city built for tourists who all fly in. youd really only need 1 line with a branch or two and that monorail is laughable
@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome2 жыл бұрын
Yeah the corrupt taxi companies all got their fingers into that mess.
@Ceilingcat90012 жыл бұрын
Last time I was in Vegas I had the simple task of going to Harrah's garage, going to the 3rd floor and parking in a reserved parking spot I paid more money then I should have on. From the Interstate to the Strip was maybe 3 miles, probably less. It took 50 minutes, I was almost involved in 4 HEAD ON collisions and there was a Motorcycle in my parking spot owned by a Tree of a man, it was his now... However the casino is next to Guy Fieris restaurant with the mountain of cheese fries I crave. I usually go to the Luxor because it's a Pyramid and it's eazy to get to. I don't go to the Strip much anymore. Edit- I've been informed that distance is .5 miles.. lololol lol 🤡🤡🤡
@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome2 жыл бұрын
3 miles? I-15 to the strip is less than .5 of a mile. But if going the back way to Harrah's via Spring Mountain/Sands/Koval Lane then it is about 1.5 miles from the freeway.
@Ceilingcat90012 жыл бұрын
@@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome well damn, so I went half a mile in nearly an hour? Yeah nah, nothing wrong with the Strip, no public Transportation needed here 😺
@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome2 жыл бұрын
@@Ceilingcat9001 Yeah it can get pretty bad but depends on which day, time of day, what's going on in Vegas at the time etc. Over the past two years road works have plagued the strip, with lanes closed and cones everywhere. Couple that with a holiday or a Friday or Saturday when there are big events going on such as a fight, Golden Knights game or Raiders game and you have disaster traffic. Just getting from one side of the strip to the other can take forever trying to get through the traffic lights, especially at Spring Mountain or Flamingo. Contrast that with a regular noon on a weekday and you'll be through in a couple minutes. I'm an Uber driver here, I deal with it a lot and try to avoid the strip as much as possible.
@Ceilingcat90012 жыл бұрын
@@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome doing God's work. I have family in Vegas but only go to the Strip when I go to eat memes or watch a big ape fight. The Luxor is every bit a casino as any on the strip and I've never felt like I /just/ narrowly avoided death just for cheese fries that are the size of a mountain at Flavor Town for it.
@douglasross5942 жыл бұрын
"No thanks" to the Vegas Loop? The Las Vegas loop is a brilliant idea.
@douglasross5942 жыл бұрын
The Las Vegas Loop stations will be directly beneath the casino floors, not a half mile away to somewhere in the center of the strip. The problem has been solved, all the issues will be worked out over time. The naysayers lack imagination and should shut it. If you think the Las Vegas Loop isn't going to work then you don't have what it takes to (truly) solve problems.
@krakatoasundra2 жыл бұрын
By the way, hotel staffs are not using the Strip. Employee have to enter through the separated parking structure far in the back of the hotels.
@danieldaniels75712 жыл бұрын
Yep, the staff and locals use the rat pack streets: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. Methinks City Beautiful didn’t really do much research as to how Vegas works before making this video.
@vejet2 жыл бұрын
I love the idea of escalators for pedestrian overpasses!! Why can't my city have those!😍
@Alias_Anybody2 жыл бұрын
Why not convert two of those 12 (!) lanes into tram lines? One for each direction. Except for initial building speed&cost it's clearly better than busses. A small tram has at least 150 capacity, which is a bit more than a large bus. But you can make them MUCH longer if necessary. Assuming we just do those 150 and do that every 2 minutes we already have a capacity of 54k every 12 hours. If we do 220 it would be almost 80k.
@CTSH12 жыл бұрын
Very true, with trams, they could be decorated and much easier than busses to retain that Vegas charm
@blogoosfera Жыл бұрын
Hello. I don't have a degree in Traffic Engineering, but I couldn't help but notice that you didn't consider transport and traffic solutions in Japan, especially in Tokyo. I believe that an efficient road network is the result of an efficient master plan. If you can manage a city with the idea of keeping the supply of services and products within a certain radius, as happens in Tokyo, for example, minimizing the need for large displacements, you reduce the effects of saturation and congestion. I believe that the first step is to study the behavior of origin and destination of the population and adapt the distribution of services and products, stimulating the creation of certain services and commercial points, etc., in places where there is a greater flow of people looking for these services. This is the first step. From that moment on, you study the modes of transport that can maximize the flow of people and offer different types of modes of transport, understanding that some choices for this or that type of transport are also motivated by other issues, such as beliefs, ideologies, aspects emotional, etc. Tokyo is wonderful because you can leave a completely quiet street, turn a corner and enter an avenue with all the services you need. Transport modes must be considered as secondary and complementary elements and not an end in themselves. In short, I see the problems of circulation in an urban region as a reflection of the mismanagement of service and product offerings and the need to travel to obtain and/or offer them. Grateful for the attention. Congratulations on the channel.
@rhythmcaster20182 жыл бұрын
I love this kind of content. Please do more; the hi-hats, crashes and efx's cymbals. Love you guys.
@benlong10402 жыл бұрын
The Strip would be a perfect place for a protected bike lane + bikeshare. Many locations are too far to walk / too short to drive, but perfect distance for biking.
@maxpowr902 жыл бұрын
It's also Las Vegas where the average temperature is 80F. I imagine you won't find many people wanting to bike when it's 80F+ 7 months out of the year.
@benlong10402 жыл бұрын
@@maxpowr90 80 degrees is actually nice weather for biking
@TheFeldhamster2 жыл бұрын
@@benlong1040 it's not when you're dehydrated and drunk and overweight, like most Americans going there. Riding a bike in 80+ heat might be a health risk if you're obese and not used to much sports alone, not to mention when people are drunk and dehydrated. And that's not even talking about drunk bicycle accidents, that's just talking about people fainting and having heat stroke.
@benlong10402 жыл бұрын
@@TheFeldhamster Just because you don't want to ride in the heat doesn't mean you should prevent others access to safe biking. You're free to wait for your overpriced taxi. Biking should be preferred in the heat because you can arrive at your destination faster than walking.
@stimulationii2 жыл бұрын
Seattle and Boston put their major roadways underground within the city. It would be interesting to make most of the lanes underground and only a few lanes above ground for local traffic.
@thecardsaysmoops32 жыл бұрын
Thing is the strip isn't really a major artery for the area. I-15 is only a few blocks away and parallels the Strip, and there are roads serving the backs of the hotels. They could narrow the strip 2-3 lanes either direction and not really create congestion imo
@Danielle_12342 жыл бұрын
You guys are missing the key fact that the strip is intentionally bad. They use the same concept malls use where they make the floors intentionally uncomfortable to minimize standing around in between shops. The strip is designed to get people into casinos. Want out of the heat? Go to a casino. Want shade? Go to a casino. Want to get away from all the cars and car noise? Go to the casino. And so on. The strip is incentivized to be terrible. If you want to go somewhere decent go to Fremont Street, especially after the sun has set. The locals don't go to the strip, they go to Fremont Street for a reason.
@bearworldwide1012 жыл бұрын
They need to make a light rail system that can help and suppliment the monorail system also do what Chicago does have an underground pedway system since the region does have hot days of over 110 degrees while we have it for extreme cold and shortcuts underground to other buildings the Red Line Blue Line and Metra electric Millennium Park.
@Austin-uj4re2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Its also important to note that Las Vegas may soon finally get high speed rail with a station right on the strip! (Brightline West)
@amadeosendiulo21372 жыл бұрын
I hope future generations of Northern Americans (U.S., Canada) won't live in a car centric horror thanks to people like you! Greetings from Poland, EU.
@SparenofIria2 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace to the Strip and Downtown Express (the BRT service whose dedicated bus lanes only existed in the City of Las Vegas and ended as soon as they reached the Strip due to political reasons).
@worldchangingvideos62532 жыл бұрын
It's a horrible place.
@jfungsf8822 жыл бұрын
What the Las Vegas Strip really needs is a high frequency high capacity subway under Las Vegas Blvd connecting all of the strip to McCaran Airport and to the Fremont St Experience in Downtown Las Vegas. It would be one of the busiest metro lines in the world.
@DanielGarcia19802 жыл бұрын
Would be nice, but not easy or cheap to build in such an already developed area.
@jfungsf8822 жыл бұрын
@@DanielGarcia1980 That is true, but it would be *way better* than the currently proposed *boring company scam* that will do nothing but waste time, money and potential. Instead building a high capacity subway with deep bore tunnels would still be worth it. It would serve so much more people too.
@MikeHarris19842 жыл бұрын
One thing the strip does do good. Keep pedestrian off the road. All roads and access is blocked. You use the sidewalks and overpasses.
@empirestate87912 жыл бұрын
Honestly, given the sheer number of people who move up and down the strip, a heavy rail system wouldn't be a bad idea. And narrow the strip to two lanes in each direction, one of which is for buses and trucks. A giant linear park running down the middle, or super wide sidewalks with plazas, al fresco dining, playgrounds, you name it, could replace the strips of asphalt. Those who want to drive through Vegas should use the freeway, not the strip.
@LadyAnuB2 жыл бұрын
You do know that Vegas gets pretty damn hot during the day for most of the year? Fixing up Las Vegas Blvd. needs to take this into account as well.
@myowncomputerstuff2 жыл бұрын
I was so ready for this guy to suggest replacing the strip with a 12-lane bike path or something. 😂
@NicholasBhagasinsan2 жыл бұрын
6:22 I wish you used other BRT terminal like Bundaran HI's terminal in Jakarta. Because any bus terminal which uses pedestrian bridge is just plain stupid and ugly. ITDP's research on pedestrian crossings concluded that pedestrian crossings are more dangerous, longer to walk, waste people time & energy, expensive, and imo ugly as hell. For those who are wondering how pedestrian bridges are more dangerous, it's pretty simple. Since there's no more conflict in roads, drivers drive faster, which leads to more accidents
@deldarel2 жыл бұрын
While this is normally true, Las Vegas is a case on its own. The raised bridges and boulevards already exist and serve the purpose of corralling people into the casinos. Connecting the bus stations to a strip in the middle not only uses existing infrastructure, but it helps the businesses that run this place. This place isn't meant to be livable, unlike most other streets. It's a flashy pedestrian pipeline that keeps people indoors gambling. Normally I'd hate such an approach but in this case, if one doesn't like this, don't go to Vegas.
@ognjensijak9892 жыл бұрын
They could add street cars and call the "strip cars". Many streets have them in the center!
@ShawnTempesta2 жыл бұрын
Traffic on the strip is awful during the weekends. That said, while I love your content, the plan for a mid-street public transit is a nightmare waiting to happen. They are trying to keep pedestrians off the road as much as possible. They are drunk, the drivers are pretty mesmerized by the lights, and they don't want any pedestrian deaths for visitors. The Boring Company tunnel system IS the plan, and while it's not perfect, it will get a lot of the taxi/Uber traffic off the street. That said - I'd love to see the strip traffic go down to 1/2 lanes when it does happen, and create more pedestrian and beautification space. One lane dedicated to bus routes, and move a good portion of the taxi traffic to Frank Sinatra.
@DriveCarToBar2 жыл бұрын
The pedestrian overpasses aren't there because the street is that wide. It's there because tourists were getting run over with alarming frequency as they tried to run across the street instead of using the crosswalks.