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Hi Robbie,
I'm interested in knowing more about this. Do you know why they blocked the monorail and trains? Both seem like a great idea. I would have expected a high speed train connecting Las Vegas to LA by now...
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It was the cab drivers who stopped the monorail service from the airport to the strip.
They didn't want to lose that money they get driving each passenger the 2 miles from the airport to the strip.
They also insured that the monorail didn't really go to places that people wanted to go...from the old Sahara to The Flamingo with a stop at the LVH. And it shuts down at night...even though Vegas is a 24 hour town.
And all highspeed trains in the U.S. are always shelved. The airline industry doesn't want to lose their enormous revenue either.
Folks in Europe tell me they never fly unless they are going across the ocean. But here in the U.S. you are forced to fly if you are going any distance (unless you want to drive forever...which also wastes fuel and pollutes).