Construction, Traffic and the Monorail in Vegas

"What were they thinking?" said my taxi driver. March is the busiest month in Vegas, convention season I gather. And so my driver wondered what the hell they were thinking doing constuction during the busiest month of the year. I'm thinkin', hey at least they are supporting the economy.
And so it was that 2pm became rush hour. The strip was at a practical standstill.

Our conversation turned to the monorail system. Apparently there was a proposal to make the monorail a subway system under the strip. It was rejected. Instead the monorail system runs behind the casinos on the eastern side of the strip. The usual casino tactic of making you walk thru everything to get to it was enforced. Unfortunately as a result, the monorail doesn't seem to be doing too well.

Finally, the limit of casinos power seems to have been reached. If people have to walk to get them to save on walking... they just want to walk without having to pay for it. Sorry Vegas, you should have built a subway.