[08grad]

I can't think of a more terrifying place to be during one of our notorious "gusts up to 60 mph" days.

[Merrily Gather]

They probably shut them down on days with those predictions expected. I recall seeing zip lines shutdown on those types of days or stopped temporarily.

[Merrily Gather]

Originally Posted by lvmensch

I think we are missing the complexity of the problem.

I would think it possible to do a quick gondola down the strip. But that would basically be a tourist attraction not a mass people mover. And note that once you do it the space above the strip is gone.

As you move it toward a people mover you need more stations...every block or so. Now it starts to get complicated. These will end up reasonably complex structures integrating bridges and escalators and perhaps other services.

If you extend it to the airport you need the capability to handle baggage. Vehicles which are designed to handle baggage are different than those for people with only light stuff.

When you are all done I think you have reinvented the monorail. Note the German vehicles are really inverted monorails with the device powered from electric feeds not a cable.

I would still like to see something run down the middle of the strip providing quick transport and moving lots of people. Bit I think it needs both airport access and more flexibility than a gondola system.

Two autonomous vehicle lanes above all the rest? Exits to each of the big resorts? Vehicles 10 feet apart doing 30 mph? Anywhere to anywhere on the strip in 10 minutes? Downtown in 15?

Inverted. That's the word I was looking for in the prior posts. Thanks!

[Bruff]

Originally Posted by lvmensch

I think we are missing the complexity of the problem.

I would think it possible to do a quick gondola down the strip. But that would basically be a tourist attraction not a mass people mover. And note that once you do it the space above the strip is gone.

As you move it toward a people mover you need more stations...every block or so. Now it starts to get complicated. These will end up reasonably complex structures integrating bridges and escalators and perhaps other services.

If you extend it to the airport you need the capability to handle baggage. Vehicles which are designed to handle baggage are different than those for people with only light stuff.

When you are all done I think you have reinvented the monorail. Note the German vehicles are really inverted monorails with the device powered from electric feeds not a cable.

I would still like to see something run down the middle of the strip providing quick transport and moving lots of people. Bit I think it needs both airport access and more flexibility than a gondola system.

Two autonomous vehicle lanes above all the rest? Exits to each of the big resorts? Vehicles 10 feet apart doing 30 mph? Anywhere to anywhere on the strip in 10 minutes? Downtown in 15?

Excellent, well-thought response, Mensch.
There's too much emphasis on the Strip-proper. Your idea of quick, easy and elevated transport moving lots of people in and out of ALL resorts just may be what the doctor ordered. Imagine what it would do to the blighted North Strip or to off-Strip properties, particularly west of 1-15.

[BBMW]

They use these on ski mountains, which can get very windy. So I'd think they'd have that issue figured out.

Originally Posted by 08grad

I can't think of a more terrifying place to be during one of our notorious "gusts up to 60 mph" days.