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| - I love the Las Vegas Monorail, probably a little more than I should. The matter of fact is that this four mile stretch of track is the best thing this city has, and most important. It saddens me that the middle leg was built first, I truely wish they had started phase 1 or 3 first to the airport or to Fremont Street. Everyone is already on The Strip, they want to get to these ends, but oh well, it may never happen at this point because this city has no forward thinkers but anyway. The monorail is the most invaluble asset in this city. It's the only completly dependable bet anywhere near Las Vegas Blvd and we desperately need it. No matter if it's a weekend and Strip traffick is completely jammed or if there is an accident on I-15, the monorail will always without fail get you from Tropicana Ave to Sahara Ave in 15 minutes, no matter what. That's the most important fact people always lookover. You can't put a price on dependability like that when you have somewhere to be and a time to be there at. Hopefully it at least goes to Fremont Street eventually seeing as that is where all the masses of people are always off to, which you would know if you ever ride the Strip & Downtown Express or Deuce to and from Fremont/The Strip. Until then if you ride the monorail to Sahara Station and take the escalator to street level, directly to your left you will see the station platform for the SDX. It's not too bad on a busy weekend if you are trying to get between The Strip and downtown as nothing will get you out of the mess on Las Vegas Blvd faster than the monorail, and from Sahara the Strip & Downtown Express only makes three additional stops before you get to Fremont Street then it continues on to the Outlet Mall and new downtown. I like to this of this as the temporary monorail extension if you will. If you have an event at the Las Vegas Convention Center, then the monorail really is second to none in this case. If you're staying at any property on the east side of The Strip then a tree day pass would do you wonders! To your convention, back to the hotel, out to dinner or a show, back to your hotel. It'll be worth it for you people, I promise. Now if only it took you back to the airport too.....
My point is this city needs this service and I hope it is here and extended for decades to come. I use it to get to work at MGM Grand and I can't believe how many times it has got me to work in time when I would have been late because of an accident of the 15 or a major even getting out blocking you from parking. I'm thankful we have this. Lets hope phase 1 and 3 happen someday so we can all rest a little better.
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