The lovely and prompt people at Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) got me the statistics on the top twenty crash sites in the Vegas valley in 2007. Needless to say, they’re all along the Flamingo, Tropicana and Sahara corridors – the heart of downtown.

In the core of downtown, buses come between 10 and 15 minutes. However, at the intersection with the highest number of accidents, Sahara Ave and Decatur Blvd, it comes maybe every 20 minutes. Crossing that intersection is like crossing the Sahara Desert (pun intended). Eight lanes of traffic and 20 seconds to run across in 100 degree isn’t the answer. Fewer lanes and more buses is.

Click on the dots near your home and see how many accidents happen. I wanted to make a heat map but I’m not a code monkey .

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