Dropping a Deuce on Vegas

Just after Halloween this year, a new form of cheap public transportation made it's debut in Las Vegas. It is called, "The Deuce". In some ways it is the most appropriately named item in the world (dropping a deuce = taking a dump) and in other ways it is a GREAT new addition to the Las Vegas experience.



The Deuce is a double-decker bus that offers inexpensive rides up and down the Strip as well as into the downtown area. You can pay $2.00 for a single ride or $5.00 for an all day pass. Since cabs are so damned expensive there it certainly seems like a great idea. A fresh, clean tourist-friendly bus system is much better than the standard public transportation offered there (and considerably less scary).

The problem? Taking the Deuce up and down the Strip MAY actually take longer than to actually walk up and down yourself. There are so many stops along the way and since all the bugs are not entirely worked out, the time in between stops is excessive.

The advantage? If you're on the far north end of the Strip, live at the Sahara or the Stratosphere and want to head downtown, you get a VERY inexpensive ride and considerably fewer stops (fewer tourist traps from the north end of the Strip to downtown). A cab ride to downtown could be $10.00-15.00 or more depending upon where you leave from.

A compromise? Take the Deuce to and from downtown and use the most excellent Las Vegas Monorail for travel up and down the Strip. A single ride on the Monorail is only $3.00 and you can get from end to end in about 17 minutes. Or you can just walk the Strip all the time and burn calories, wear off rubber from your shoes, and kill your poor feet!


I hear that the Flying Penguini used the Deuce to make their escape from our hotel and see the town. I'm waiting for some surveillance footage and other confirmation of this. When I have it, I'll share.