LVSportsBiz.com Proposal to Clark County: Open Strip To Bicyclists Quarterly For Community Bike Rides
By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
The other day my pal Anthony told me he wanted to ride his bicycle with me on the Strip.
That was after Chris Maathuis at Channel 8 Sports posted photos of he and his grandkids pedaling the Strip.
There was my good friend Heather Fisher bicycling with her family on Las Vegas Boulevard and showing the good times on social media.
My friend Melissa Ferris posting a video of she and her friends biking the Strip.
And who would have thunk it — Mr. Las Vegas himself, Wayne Newton, was seen bicycling down the Strip in a picture in the local newspaper.
These pandemic times have turned life upside down for many and created conditions that have given birth to some unintended results.
Like the fact that the world-famous Strip has turned into an unofficial “ciclovia” — a main boulevard in a town where bicyclists pedal their way down the road without cars around.
Look, I know the Las Vegas Strip these days is not an official formal ciclovia where motorized vehicles are banned, but so many families and folks who would never even consider bicycling the Strip before are now showing their pedal power on a road previously considered impossible to bike.
So, LVSportsBiz.com is asking Clark County to do what good local governments do — take action to improve the quality of life of its local residents by closing the Strip for a few hours once a month or once a quarter to let locals bike their Strip. Closing the Strip is hardly unprecedented. The Strip is closed for New Year’s Eve and NASCAR drivers — terrific tourist and visitor events.
Now let’s close the Strip for a few hours now and then for the locals, giving them a sense of security and wonder of pedaling by the Bellagio fountains and the Paris, Caesars and Venetian hotels.
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