Is Las Vegas Pedestrian-friendly?

Las Vegas' Strip offers pedestrian-friendly areas for tourists, but residents are forced to drive.

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August 24, 2001, 11:00 AM PDT

Michael Ronkin, a bicycle-pedestrian program director for the Oregon Department of Transportation evaluated Las Vegas' intersections and streets: "Las Vegas's road system relies too heavily on huge arterials and subdivisions with curving, meandering streets that connect to nothing. It needs more medium-size streets and grid-type neighborhoods that provide options. Such streets allow shorter trips for everyone -- those who walk, pedal and drive."

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