February 19, 2004

The ring came off my pudding can.

The grand, bright metropolis of Las Vegas sports a shiny new monorail, thanks to the privately-funded non-profit Las Vegas Monorail Co.

This represents a sensible investment for the hotels and businesses who will ease congestion on the Strip, which holds 14 of the country's 15 largest hotels1, hosts many vast conventions, and of course has the slot machines.
The state hopes to appropriate $20 million in federal funds (highway funds?) to to build monorail extensions to downtown and the airport.

1and a developer is building a new, $2.4 billion hotel. B is for billion. Billyun.

Posted to transit by salim at 10:13 PM