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Monday, December 31, 2007

Public transportation in Las Vegas

Downtown, uptown and all around is where the CATS transit system will take you in the greater Las Vegas area.

Whether you are traveling from the Fremont Experience in downtown Vegas to the Strip’s Mandalay Bay Resort and Conference Center then over to Ethel M’s Chocolates there’s a modern clean convenient coach available to transport you there.

A “five” spot ($5.00) will get you an all day pass on the buses of Vegas’s CAT or “Citizens Area Transit” network. All of the routes are numbered and once you figure it out it’s a breeze to transfer from coach to coach. Many of the stops are right at your destination or only a short walk away.

I took the CATS to the outlet shopping malls, Ethel Ms and many other interesting Las Vegas venues. The drivers and the local riders were very helpful in helping me navigate my way around town.

Public transportation here in Las Vegas like in so many other cities and urban areas is the green, cost effective way to go.