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ACE Produces Winning Hand
Ridership for new Bus Rapid Transit routes way above initial expectations
April 14th, 2010
After just a few weeks, the Regional Transportation Commission’s new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route between the Strip and downtown seems to be finding its ridership. The ACE Gold Line and the new ACExpress C Line from Centennial Hills join a BRT route called MAX already running from downtown to Nellis Boulevard. Ground has just broken on a new line down Boulder Highway, and RTC also received funds for a new line along Sahara Avenue. Read more »
Where the Rubber Meets the Road
The era of Bus Rapid Transit begins this month. How far will it take us? Will we regret abandoning light-rail?
March 3rd, 2010
Jacob Snow, general manager of the Regional Transportation Commission, has spent his career working on ways of bringing people to Las Vegas and moving them around. In a transit-averse, auto-heavy town like this, that hasn’t been easy. Cars are happiest, he says, when there aren’t other cars around. “We’ve got a lot of unhappy cars.” Read more »
