Las Vegas being so popular has its downside, being stormed by a lot of people from all parts of the world and the never-ending traffic jam. Here are some proven tricks to avoid the crowd and the jammed traffic when you are in Vegas.
- Research.
- Avoid Rush Hours.
- Avoid these streets.
- Use the Monorail!
Familiarize yourself with dos and don’ts or Las Vegas traffic Laws. It’s in your best interests to have the knowledge of the city’s highway limitations. Learning where to make that U-turns on green lights and right-hand turns at red lights during a complete stop are both allowed and legal in Las Vegas. You can make your way faster and easier to your destination without the hustle and bustle.
Rush hour in Las Vegas normally happens during morning hours from 7am to 9 am, and evenings from 4pm to 6pm and definitely on holidays.
Bryan Mullennix in Getting Around in Vegas also says the same thing. He says,“Morning rush hour in Las Vegas runs from 7am – 9am, while evening rush hour is from 4pm – 6pm. At these times, you can expect both freeways and surface streets to have heavy traffic. On the weekends, rush hour on the Las Vegas Strip can last from midday until well into the night.
During the rush hour times, you can expect the I-15 freeway, which runs parallel to the Strip, to be anywhere from slow to stop and go. This is especially true in the areas where interstate 15 (I-15) connects to interstate 515 (I-515) (known as the Spaghetti Bowl) and interstate 215 (I-215), he added.
The good news about rush hour in Las Vegas is that the areas with heavy traffic are not that big and can get you stuck in just a few miles.
There are streets in Las Vegas that you must avoid if you don’t like the traffic jam. One of which is the intersection of Charleston Blvd and Lamb Boulevard. This intersection has been also deemed the most dangerous in this city, as it holds the record for most car accidents than any other intersection in Las Vegas.
Gomapper listed the Busiest Streets in Las Vegas in Nevada, United States of America online. Also, Bryan Mullennix added, “When it comes to the busiest streets in Las Vegas, without a doubt one of them is the Las Vegas Strip. If there is another particularly busy street in Vegas it would have to be Tropicana Avenue.”
The Las Vegas monorail stops at the major Las Vegas resorts along the Las Vegas Boulevard and that includes the MGM Grand Station.
LVmonorail.com says, “Let the Las Vegas Monorail show you the best way to travel on the Strip. With trains arriving every 4-8 minutes at our seven stations, you can ride knowing you are using the fastest, cleanest, and most efficient transportation available.”
Travel the entire distance of the legendary Las Vegas Strip in minutes in a safe, comfortable environment while seeing all that our great city has to offer. The Monorail has seven stations, located at MGM Grand, Bally’s/Paris Las Vegas, Flamingo/Caesars Palace, Harrah’s/The LINQ, Las Vegas Convention Center, Westgate Las Vegas and the SAHARA Las Vegas Station, they added.