[Mr Ramsbotham]

Not only that, but their fares are ridiculously high. If I recall correctly, it's somewhere around $5 for a one-time trip. You can get it down to about $3 if you buy multiple passes, but that's still too high.

The people who set the fares do their calculations like Democrats formulating tax policy. They figure they need X amount in revenue to cover costs and divide expected ridership by X. It never occurs to him that lowering the fares would lead to increased usage and more revenue.

Society supposedly learned this lesson back in the nineteenth century with the introduction of the penny post.

[farmguy]

If they were charging $5 to ride it, I hope it was longer than I remember. Last time I rode it, it was free. It only ran from the MGM to Ballys and free was pretty much all it was worth.

Of course, I haven’t been to Las Vegas since ubama told us not to go there. I’ll go again when a future president tells us it’s OK to go again.