Transportation Investment Business Plan TIBPDRAFT Stakeholders RECOMMENDATIONS Agree: TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE MATTERS SecuringIn a recent a Better survey, Future TIBP forSystems the Las Commitees Vegas of and Tomorrow Transportaton Steering Commitee The transportationmembers commented network for on the Las Core Vegas’ Area transportaton of – infrastructureSouthern ’s and prioritzed economic engineareas – is nearfor capacity. improvement. Without newHere’s investments, what we learned: the roadways, pedestrian facilities and transit system will be overwhelmed, the quality of the visitor experience degraded and the Core Area’s economic growth impeded.A: The Resort Corridor’s transportaton network is an To address impediment these challenges, to growth RTC andof Southern development. Nevada is working closely with public and private stakeholders to develop a program of transportation infrastructure investmentsTIBP and policy Survey • A majority (58.4%) of respondents feel that the current transportaton recommendations. network hinders The Southern following Nevada’s list of nearability-, tomid atract- and tourists. long-term improvements are considered to be the most viable options for protecting Las Vegas’ core tourism industry and driving economic diversification• Nearly half in (46.5%)areas beyond believe itthe undermines Resort Corridor. eforts to diversify the OVERVIEW region’s economy. Near•- TeAlmost r m Im two-thirds pr ov e m e(62.4%) nts : 1 tobelieve 5 y e the a r s infrastructure network harms IN NOVEMBER 2014, TIBP Systems Commitees Several the relatively patern quick of urban changes development. would make a big difference in improving and Transportaton Steering access• Most and mobility(73.3%) infeel the that Core other Area. comparable tourist destnatons have CommiteeSTREET members beter transportaton networks. CONNECTIVITY 1) Taxi and Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) partcipated in a survey on AND MOBILITY Las Vegas’ transportaton B:• RespondentsExplore opportunities hold for a additional shared loading vision area(s) of Lasfor taxicabs Vegas’ and future: for SOLUTIONS such TNCs as Uber and Lyft at McCarran International Airport and other infrastructure. Abovemajor Resort all, transportaton Corridor destinations, and and exploreinfrastructure adding taxi capacity solutons as necessary at peak times must accommodate a growing tourism industry. • 18-queston survey 2) Downtown• The tourism Las Vegas industry Connectivity is expected to dominate the Las Vegas economy • 258 recipients BUILD/IMPROVE • Implementin the next Downtown 10 years (73.3%),Las Vegas and circulator property trolley in and to give around Downtown the Resort • 101 completed visitorsCorridor and will workers be developed easier access around to thetourism-related city’s work centers, actvites attractions, (87.1%). CORE AREA AND retail and dining • 38 partallyREGIONAL completed BUS • Over 90% of respondents believe that Las Vegas’ Resort Corridor CONNECTIONS 3) Street transportaton Connectivity strategyand Mobility should focus on facilitatng the efcient “The Core Area” was • Improvemovement roadway of tourists. linkages (Grand Central Pkwy./Industrial Rd. connector, defned as the central • MeadeNearly Ave.all respondents to Resorts World feel thatDr. connection, the region MLKneeds Blvd. a new extension or to economic area within the Meade Ave. and Valley View Blvd. to Harmon Ave. connection) expanded form of mass transit to ease mobility for visitors (95.1%) Las Vegas metropolitan area ADDITIONAL • Reconfigureand commuters streets (89.1%). with new transit options to prioritize pedestrian and anchored by McCarran transit movement (Convention Center Dr./Riviera Blvd. and Harmon Ave.). InternatonalTAXI AND Airport, TNC the – More than 65% of respondents believe ofering frequent stop fxed LOADING • Develop Tropicana Ave.-Flamingo Rd. connector Resort Corridor, the Las guideway transit (e.g., streetcar and monorail) will best accommodate AREAS AT Vegas Conventon Center, • Create and onemeet-way the couplets expectatons in locations of tourist where travel they will within improve the trafficResort Corridor. TERMINALS 1 & 3 performance and safety (extend Paradise Rd./Swenson St. couplet with a Downtown Las Vegas, future– This connection contrasts towith City 61.4% of Las Vegas’who believe Main/Commerce that limited St. stop couplet) fxed and the UNLV campus. guideway transit (e.g., light rail and subway) will encourage commuters • Improve Giles-Reno-Koval linkage, building on Clark County’s approved widening to take of mass Koval transitLn. within the Resort Corridor. “Resort Corridor”referred to a.k.a., • • ImplementOver half ofintersection respondents improvements (69.3%) believe to enhance more operations people will(Swenson live in St. atthe Tropicana Core Area Ave., 10 and years Las from Vegas now Blvd./Main. St. at St. Louis “the Strip”. Ave./Paradise Rd.).

TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT BUSINESS PLAN GO Fast GO Forward GO Vegas DRAFT Near-Te r m Im pr ov e m e nts : 1 to 5 y e a r s (C ontinue d) 4) Pedestrian FacilitiesTIBP Stakeholders Agree: • Build additional pedestrian bridges where car and pedestrian traffic volumes are high. Possible locations include: Hard Rock Café at MGM Dr., Planet Hollywood/ BellagioTRANSPORTATION at Dr., Mirage and Harrah’s, INFRASTRUCTURE Sahara Ave., Sands Ave. at Koval MATTERS Ln., Paradise Rd. at Harmon Ave. and Convention Center Dr. • BuildIn a recentpedestrian survey, bridges TIBP to connect Systems Downtown Commitees Las Vegas toand Symphony Transportaton Park, Steering Commitee currently underway by City of Las Vegas • Constructmembers a uniquecommented pedestrian on bridge Las Vegas’ at Las Vegas transportaton Blvd. and Sahara infrastructure Ave. to serve and prioritzed areas asfor a improvement.marquee gateway Here’s to the Strip what and we Downtown learned: • Widen sidewalks along Las Vegas Blvd., where possible, and/or build elevated A: Thesidewalks Resort in areas Corridor’s with high pedestrian transportaton volumes, including network over major is an resort impedimententrances. to growth and development. 5) Monorail Extension and New Station TIBP Survey • • ConnectA majority the (58.4%) existing of system respondents to serve Mandalayfeel that theBay current Convention transportaton Center, construct a newnetwork station hinders at Sands Southern Expo Convention Nevada’s Center,ability to and atract provide tourists. a future connection to LVCVA’s future expansion facility. 6) Program• Nearly and half Policy (46.5%) Actions believe it undermines eforts to diversify the OVERVIEW • Tacticalregion’s Transportation economy. Management Group • Almost- Create two-thirds a Tactical (62.4%) Transportation believe Management the infrastructure Group networkto coordinate harms IN NOVEMBER 2014, the transportationpatern of urban resources development. TIBP Systems Commitees • Flexibility in Street Operations and Transportaton Steering • Most (73.3%) feel that other comparable tourist destnatons have - Coordinate maintenance and non-emergency construction activities in the Commitee members beterResort transportaton Corridor to avoid networks. interference with large conventions and events partcipated in a survey on • Real-Time Transit Information B: Respondents- Provide ticket holdmachines, a shared real-time vision route information of Las andVegas’ enhanced future: shelters at Las Vegas’ transportaton transit stops infrastructure. • AboveEmployee all, and transportaton Visitor Parking and infrastructure solutons PROGRAM AND POLICY must- Create accommodate a long-term parking a growing strategy to tourismaddress parking industry. policies and increase • 18-queston survey capacity through consolidated employee parking facilities ACTIONS • • MobileThe tourism Parking industry App is expected to dominate the Las Vegas economy • 258 recipients in- theCreate next real 10- timeyears parking (73.3%), availability and property signs, availablein and around via mobile the appResort • 101 completed • VisitorCorridor Transportation will be developed Information around tourism-related actvites (87.1%). • 38 partally completed - Launch a transportation information campaign to inform visitors of their MONORAIL • Overtransportation 90% of respondents options in Lasbelieve Vegas that Las Vegas’ Resort Corridor EXTENSIONS AND • Pedestriantransportaton Overpasses strategy should focus on facilitatng the efcient “The Core Area” wasNEW STATION movement- Explore architecturalof tourists. themes for pedestrian overpasses to enhance views defned as the central • • PedestrianNearly all respondents Connections feel that the region needs a new or economic area within the expanded- Provide form pedestrian of mass walkways transit tobetween ease mobility resort properties for visitors to break (95.1%) up “super Las Vegas metropolitan area andblocks” commuters along (89.1%).Las Vegas Blvd. anchored by McCarran • Pedestrian Mall Internatonal Airport,PEDESTRIAN the – More than 65% of respondents believe ofering frequent stop fxed - Continue to convert Las Vegas Blvd. to a pedestrian mall for major events. Resort Corridor, theFACILITIES Las guideway transit (e.g., streetcar and monorail) will best accommodate • Coordinated Signage System Vegas Conventon Center, - andImplement meet the a Resort expectatons Corridor ofsignage tourist system.to travel within help visitors the Resort find attractions Corridor. and key destinations Downtown Las Vegas, – This contrasts with 61.4% who believe that limited stop fxed and the UNLV campus. guideway transit (e.g., light rail and subway) will encourage commuters to take mass transit within the Resort Corridor. “Resort Corridor”referred to • Over half of respondents (69.3%) believe more people will live in Las Vegas Boulevard a.k.a., the Core Area 10 years from now. “the Strip”.

TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT BUSINESS PLAN GO Fast GO Forward GO Vegas DRAFT Mid-Term Improvements: 5 to 10 years These investments take more time to complete and require more extensive coordination.

1) Multimodal Transportation Center MONORAILMONORAIL • Build a transportationTIBP hub adjacent Stakeholders to McCarran International Airport that accommodates Agree: EXTENSIONEXTENSION TO TO visitor’s travel needs through various forms of public transit and private transportation HIGH SPEED RAIL services in one location, accessed via people mover 2) Monorail TRANSPORTATIONExtension to High-Speed Rail INFRASTRUCTURE MATTERS • Extend from to connect to proposed high speed rail station at Russell Rd., when complete In a recent survey, TIBP Systems Commitees and Transportaton Steering CommiteeCORE AREA 3) Core Areamembers High Capacity commented Transit on Las Vegas’ transportaton infrastructure and prioritzed areasHIGH CAPACITY • Build bus rapid transit or streetcar in the center of Maryland Pkwy., connecting to the airport, TRANSIT UNLV,for improvement. Downtown Las Vegas Here’s and what the many we activitylearned: centers in between 4) A:Regional The BusResort Connectivity Corridor’s transportaton network is an • Build/improve Core Area and regional bus connections to leverage new Resort Corridor impedimentinvestments, including to growth service via and Valley development. View Blvd/US 95, Paradise Rd., North 5th St., South Las Vegas Blvd., and I-215/CC-215 freeway corridor to Summerlin TIBP SurveyREGIONAL BUS • A majority (58.4%) of respondents feel that the current transportaton CONNECTIVITY 5) Enhanced network Access hinders from Southern Freeways Nevada’s ability to atract tourists. • Build new interchanges at I-515/Maryland Pkwy./13th St. and I-515/City Pkwy. to provide •enhanced Nearly half access (46.5%) to Downtown believe it Las undermines Vegas. eforts to diversify the OVERVIEW region’s economy. • Create I-15 center exit ramps for high-occupancy vehicles (HOV); possible locations include MULTIMODAL •Harmon Almost Ave., two-thirds (62.4%) Ave., believeand Meade the Ave infrastructure network harms IN NOVEMBER 2014,TRANSPORTATION the patern of urban development. TIBP Systems CommiteesCENTER • Create a direct HOV-lane connection from I-215 to McCarran International Airport and Transportaton Steering • Most (73.3%) feel that other comparable tourist destnatons have Commitee members 6) High - Speedbeter transportatonRail Multimodal networks. Station • Provide connectivity to future high-speed rail from Southern Nevada to Southern Californiapartcipated in a survey on B: Respondents hold a shared vision of Las Vegas’ future: Las Vegas’ transportatonFREEWAY infrastructure. IMPROVEMENTS Long -AboveTe r m Im all, pr ovtransportaton e m e nts : 1 0 to 2and 0 y e ainfrastructure r s solutons Large must-scale investmentsaccommodate will enable a growing Las Vegas tourismto compete industry. more effectively for future business by accommodating significant increases in visitor volume and moving visitors• 18-queston survey seamlessly to and from major destinations, including McCarran International Airport. • The tourism industry is expected to dominate the Las Vegas economy • 258 recipients 1) Core Areain the Light next Rail10 years Service* (73.3%), and property in and around the Resort • 101 completed Commence Corridor detailed will be analysis developed to evaluate around appropriatetourism-related light rail actvites alignments (87.1%). serving the Core Area, including at-grade, below ground, and elevated alignment options • 38 partally completed • Over 90% of respondents believe that Las Vegas’ Resort Corridor • Las transportaton Vegas Boulevard strategy - Light should rail from focus Russell on facilitatng Rd. to Sahara the Ave.,efcient with stations accessing the Strip and potentially directly to adjacent properties on both sides “The Core Area” was movement of tourists. defned as the central • Downtown Extension - Light rail from Sahara Ave. to Downtown Las Vegas with potential •future Nearly connection all respondents to Cashman feel thatCenter the region needs a new or economic area within the Las Vegas metropolitan area • Connection expanded optionsform of to mass McCarran transit International to ease mobility Airport: for visitors (95.1%) anchored by McCarran and- Light commuters rail connection (89.1%). options via Harmon Ave., Tropicana Avenue, or Airport Connect Internatonal Airport, the – (center)More than Tunnel 65% of respondents believe ofering frequent stop fxed • Expand Bonneville Transit Center: Resort Corridor, the Las guideway transit (e.g., streetcar and monorail) will best accommodate - Expand transit center to accommodate light rail Vegas Conventon Center, and meet the expectatons of tourist travel within the Resort Corridor. 2) Regional Rail Transit Connectivity Downtown Las Vegas, • Provide– This future contrasts expansion with 61.4% of the regional who believe light rail/streetcar that limited system stop fxed that connects into theand the UNLV campus. Core guideway Area spine transit along (e.g., Las Vegas light rail Blvd., and with subway) potential will routes encourage along Flamingocommuters Rd. and REGIONAL RAIL Charleston to take Blvd.mass transit within the Resort Corridor. “Resort Corridor”referredTRANSIT to CONNECTIVITY *Light rail• Overis a flexible half technologyof respondents that can be(69.3%) used in believea variety ofmore urban people conditions, will including live in elevated, at- Las Vegas Boulevard a.k.a., grade or below grade in a tunnel. It is not to be confused with a “metro” or a “subway,” which typically “the Strip”. refers to heavier, the Core larger Area trains 10 that years have thirdfrom rail now power.. Light rail operates in tunnels in many cities including Portland and Seattle, and have sufficient capacity to serve expected ridership of the airport and CORE AREA Las Vegas Blvd. LIGHT RAIL SERVICE TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT BUSINESS PLAN GO Fast GO Forward GO Vegas DRAFT