On my way to register for the Sharepoint 2009 Conference, I decided to take rapid transit instead of investing in the already well-funded cab cartels that populate Vegas.
I had heard when doing some research for other Gov 2.0 articles I was writing on public transit, that the City of Las Vegas was considering extending the (excellent) monorail service they have to Las Vegas International Airport, so that a tourist (or convention-goer like me) might be able to get to and from their destination without having to shell out $50 to a cab company — and be able to do it on their schedule without having to wait for a cab.
Apparently, though, the process of actually getting the construction effort started and the funding approved, etc, is being impeded heavily by limo and cab organizations, who claim that if you offered a convenient mode of transportation that people could use, that this would then cut into their business.
Whoa – I bet it would!
Unfortunate, again, that another city should face illogical opposition like this to putting in a proper infrastructure. Vegas is no longer just a tourist city, but one of the largest cities in the USA, and one that has needs that must be met by more than just cab companies.
This seems to me to be one more place that an Open311-type service or other Gov 2.0 technologies might be able to be utilized to get the public into participation on issues like this to be able to allow infrastructure progress to move ahead.

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