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| - NOTICE: On about 10 January 2010 the Deuce will only stay on the strip casinos and not go downtown. Another bus rapid transit system called ACE will go downtown.
FASTER ALTERNATIVE TO THE DEUCE UNTIL 10 JANUARY :
Route #116, KOVAL / INDUSTRIAL
http://www.rtcsouthernnevada.com/transit/route/116/116(6-1-08).pdf
* Residents use bus route #116 which parallels the Deuce route, but on the streets behind the casinos. It is CONSIDERABLY faster since it doesn't make as many stops. Neither the #116 or the Deuce makes change so have quarters and dollar bills. The advantage of this route over the Deuce is speed and not being crowded. The side streets are not as pretty as the strip. The schedule is given above.
Deuce Bus Route #116
Price (1 way) $3 $1.75
Price (24 hour) $7 $4.00 (add $1 per trip on Deuce)
Transit Time no schedule 22 min. D-town Transit Ctr. to Palazzo
18 min. Palazzo to Mandalay
50 min. entire route
Headway 7-8 minutes 30 min. 5am-7pm (8pm-1am 60 min)
Night @17 minutes take Deuce between 1am & 5:00 am
Equipment double deck ordinary bus
X-Fremont St. 4th & 5th st. 2nd & 4th st.
Advantages view deck speed / cheaper
Disadvantages overcrowded low frequency requires schedule
Disadvantages drunks drivers are not as colorful
WARNING: The Downtown Transit Center is only two blocks north of Fremont Street, but it can be a more urban reality than the average tourist may want to see. Follow the instructions below.
I put a map under the Wikipedia article called "Downtown gaming in Las Vegas". It's near the bottom of the page. It shows all the locations to pick up buses that are of interest to tourists and visitors.
DOWNTOWN TO STRIP
If you are going from downtown to the strip catch the bus on Casino Center Blvd. just south of Golden Nugget porte cochere (walk between the Golden Nugget and the Four Queens). This bus stop is the same one used by the shuttle to Premium Outlet Mall. This leg is probably the MOST EFFECTIVE one to use the bus on. All the tourists get on the Deuce at one single stop at Las Vegas Blvd & Fremont three blocks away while the #116 bus leaves half empty. Route #116 could save you 45 minutes of waiting in line for the Deuce . As of this writing the evening buses leave at 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00 from the transit center. Unfortunately the bus leaves at the same time as the hourly Fremont Street Experience show. During the day, if you are standing at the Golden Nugget across the 2nd street from the Four Queens and you see the bus, you can jog to the bus stop (just a bench and a sign) in about 90 seconds.
STRIP TO DOWNTOWN
On the way from the strip to downtown, board the bus on Sands Blvd on the north side of the street by the Nieman Marcus (across from Treasure Island). Get off the bus when you can see casinos on 4th and Fremont Street. Deuce riders disembark at the same place.
NORTH STRIP
Access to Circus Circus on this route is from the rear. If you are going to Sahara, Slots-a-Fun, the Riviera or the Stratosphere take the Deuce.
MID STRIP to LOWER STRIP
LOWER STRIP to MID STRIP
There is much less advantage to using route #116 in this direction unless you are staying in the Motel 6. The bus stops are on Koval Lane behind the parking lots of the Casinos on the eastern side of the strip. The bus rejoins Las Vegas Blvd by the Luxor.
Your all day pass can be used to take the local buses from Las Vegas Blvd over to the Rio, the Palms, the Orleans, and the Gold Strike.
BY 2009
By 2009 they will have the ACE (a cross between a bus and light rail) which will provide access to downtown. It will follow pretty much the same route as the route #116 bus route.
= You will be able to take the ACE or the DEUCE.
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