Talk:Las Vegas Transit

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LVTS had its franchise cancelled in 1992 as a direct result of a lawsuit by a handicapped activist. He claimed he was injured by being thrown to the floor after being improperly secured and as part of the settlement LVTS made him sign an agreement he would never ride an LVTS bus again. City then revoked franchise, something they had been trying to do since 1975 after the "empty buses in the desert" grid-system debacle that Clark County was backing. The grid system was abandoned and replaced by the former hub-and-spoke system under NVPUC orders after LVTS saw over half its revenue disappear in two weeks. After that, the city and county spent years looking for a way to get rid of LVTS, and the handicapped incident was their excuse. Initially in 10/91, CAT operated the old LVTS routes and schedules using the 28 city-owned buses, but as soon as enough of the 90 NFIL D40's in the 401-490 series were delivered, a completely new route structure was started in December 1992. LVTS continued running the 6-Strip until 1993, when CAT started its Strip route. Initially there was concern over having a governmental agency (CAT) competing with private enterprise. In 4/93, LVTS sold its 9 newest buses, 5 RTS's and 4 NFIL artics, to CAT. However, LVTS continued to run on the Strip for many years. Later owned by Coach USA and renamed Transportation Unlimited, the Strip service continued at ever-shrinking levels until 2004. The last buses were 6 ex Stockton CA RTS's that ran a roughly hourly headway between Belz Mall and downtown Las Vegas, mostly transporting Japanese tourists who had tickets as part of their tour package. A Kristopans