ACE is coming along and is expected to be finished by the end of this year. Go down to Grand Central Parkway to see the rose colored lanes. RTC also plans on putting up old neon signs like the 5th Street Liquor Store in the photo above.
What do you think?
The new Park and Ride transit facility groundbreaking on Durango and US 95 was held on Wednesday, June 24th.
That’s the word from PIO Tracy Bower at RTC.
There are plans in the works for ACE Downtown Connector and ACE Express, which has three stops at Durano & US 95, the downtown transportation center, then possibly UNLV, to connect to the city’s university. With the completion of two studes – UNLV intermodal transit hub and the Maryland Parkway ACE study – it sounds like Clark County is seriously thinking about serving the community and not just the toursists.
I haven’t gotten a hold of either studies yet, the PIOs at RTC are saying they’ll be out soon.
Photo courtesy of City of Las Vegas
Wish granted: Las Vegas is in the second stage of building a LEED Neighborhood Development, Union Park, right in the heart of downtown. Located on Grand Central Parkway and Bonneville, Union Park will include several Newland residential developments, the Smith Center for Performing Arts, the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute, and some commercial spaces.
The center of any city is its downtown. Unfortunately for Las Vegas, that downtown is littered with tourists who really don’t care about the Vegas community.
UNLV is a prime target to start growing a more connected city.
The people at the university’s parking services department have been almost irreversibly stigmatized because the student newspaper, The Rebel Yell, attacks them repeatedly for the of lack of parking spaces.
More parking spaces means more cars, more cars means more gas burning, and more gas burning means terrible air quality and longer, hotter, drier summers.
But let’s not focus on parking, let’s focus on buses.
What would happen then if students were to actually take the bus to school? What would happen if the apartments in the surrounding area were dominated by students? It would create a chain reaction.
More bus lanes, better access and even university run shuttles to neighborhoods within a 2 mile radius could ease up the need for parking, create a real downtown feel and, of course, make UNLV green.
Right now, RTC is conducting a corridor study of Maryland Parkway that could better serve the area by adding a bus-only lane. It’s a fantastic idea. Tracy Bower, public information officer for RTC, said they were working with the university on the study.
I am waiting for Tad McDowell at UNLV’s Parking Services to return a call so we can begin the discussion.
Shortly after posting my first entry, my copain, Mark, tells me about RTC cutting back on its routes – most effecting me are the cuts to the Sierra Spirit line.
The Nevada Sagebrush has an article up about the changes being made.
If you live in Reno and have something to say, you can speak up at the RTC Open House:
Speak up about RTC Ride
* What: Open houses
* Why: To discuss solutions for the 10 percent proposed cuts to RTC Ride and the 25 percent proposed cut to RTC
* When: 8 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday at RTC Citicenter, South Building and 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Friday at the RTC Centennial Plaza in Sparks
* What: Public hearing
* Why: RTC will discuss suggestions from the open houses and accept public comment on the proposed RTC Ride reductions. The commission might decide where to make some or all of the cuts, which could go into effect in May.
* When: No earlier than 9:05 a.m. Feb. 12, RTC offices, 2050 Villanova Drive
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