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	<title>Comments on: Viva Las Social Media</title>
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	<description>Socialnomics is a blog designed to cover how social media is changing the way we live and do business.  We interpert the latest social media news and summarize what it means to users and companies.</description>
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		<title>By: equalman</title>
		<link>http://socialnomics.net/2009/08/28/viva-las-social-media/#comment-871</link>
		<dc:creator>equalman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rashidi:  Thanks for contributing to the conversation and you raise a very interesting point.  If I save 40 minutes of standing in line at the airport, can I then use that extra/saved time to take a cab somewhere else once I&#039;m on the Strip? I believe you could make a strong argument that some amount of this will occur.  Thanks!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rashidi:  Thanks for contributing to the conversation and you raise a very interesting point.  If I save 40 minutes of standing in line at the airport, can I then use that extra/saved time to take a cab somewhere else once I&#8217;m on the Strip? I believe you could make a strong argument that some amount of this will occur.  Thanks!</p>
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		<title>By: Rashidi Barnett</title>
		<link>http://socialnomics.net/2009/08/28/viva-las-social-media/#comment-869</link>
		<dc:creator>Rashidi Barnett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great idea on the app! In regards to the taxi drivers, their need for them to be at the airport would decline, however, wouldn&#039;t they be making more trips instead of waiting in line at the airport?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great idea on the app! In regards to the taxi drivers, their need for them to be at the airport would decline, however, wouldn&#8217;t they be making more trips instead of waiting in line at the airport?</p>
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		<title>By: equalman</title>
		<link>http://socialnomics.net/2009/08/28/viva-las-social-media/#comment-814</link>
		<dc:creator>equalman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jim - now that is leveraging the social graph and something we will see more and more of!  Positively influencing governments on the local level.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jim &#8211; now that is leveraging the social graph and something we will see more and more of!  Positively influencing governments on the local level.</p>
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		<title>By: equalman</title>
		<link>http://socialnomics.net/2009/08/28/viva-las-social-media/#comment-738</link>
		<dc:creator>equalman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is GREAT insight!  Thanks for taking the time to educate us.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is GREAT insight!  Thanks for taking the time to educate us.</p>
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		<title>By: MyWebs</title>
		<link>http://socialnomics.net/2009/08/28/viva-las-social-media/#comment-722</link>
		<dc:creator>MyWebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I used to drive a taxi cab here in Las Vegas so I can relate very well to what your saying here. Based on randomly asking my passengers &quot;how long was the cab line wait&quot; most usually said on average about 30 minutes, unless there was a major event going on. Not bad considering how many people come through McCarran daily.  3,557,509 July &#039;09 passenger count.

As far as your Tram idea goes the monorail, www.lvmonorail.com, has talked about expanding to the airport for a while now. But the Monorail has seen one problem after another, from going way over budget when it was built, to operating at a significant loss since day one. The locals oppose this expansion for good reason. It can not even break even after all these years! It only services the east side of &quot;The Strip&quot; is one major problem in my opinion. What WERE they thinking?? How many people want to have to get off, and lug their luggage several normal sized city blocks when its 100 - 115 F in the summer to get to their hotel if the closest stop is not at their hotel? Not very many, think about it. Which is why most business travelers prefer cabs when jumping around the strip so they don&#039;t show up in a suit and tie looking like they just stepped out of the sauna. Now if your staying at the MGM and your going to the LVCC for some convention then its great, no major walking involved. But more times than not the Monorail is more trouble than its worth. Bad planning strikes again.

I think your  mobile Share A Cab idea is great. Although it would hurt cabbies a bit. Then again it would ease up traffic some on the strip which is much needed for all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to drive a taxi cab here in Las Vegas so I can relate very well to what your saying here. Based on randomly asking my passengers &#8220;how long was the cab line wait&#8221; most usually said on average about 30 minutes, unless there was a major event going on. Not bad considering how many people come through McCarran daily.  3,557,509 July &#8217;09 passenger count.</p>
<p>As far as your Tram idea goes the monorail, <a href="http://www.lvmonorail.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.lvmonorail.com</a>, has talked about expanding to the airport for a while now. But the Monorail has seen one problem after another, from going way over budget when it was built, to operating at a significant loss since day one. The locals oppose this expansion for good reason. It can not even break even after all these years! It only services the east side of &#8220;The Strip&#8221; is one major problem in my opinion. What WERE they thinking?? How many people want to have to get off, and lug their luggage several normal sized city blocks when its 100 &#8211; 115 F in the summer to get to their hotel if the closest stop is not at their hotel? Not very many, think about it. Which is why most business travelers prefer cabs when jumping around the strip so they don&#8217;t show up in a suit and tie looking like they just stepped out of the sauna. Now if your staying at the MGM and your going to the LVCC for some convention then its great, no major walking involved. But more times than not the Monorail is more trouble than its worth. Bad planning strikes again.</p>
<p>I think your  mobile Share A Cab idea is great. Although it would hurt cabbies a bit. Then again it would ease up traffic some on the strip which is much needed for all.</p>
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		<title>By: equalman</title>
		<link>http://socialnomics.net/2009/08/28/viva-las-social-media/#comment-712</link>
		<dc:creator>equalman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great tip!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great tip!</p>
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		<title>By: Phil Cavanagh</title>
		<link>http://socialnomics.net/2009/08/28/viva-las-social-media/#comment-711</link>
		<dc:creator>Phil Cavanagh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great idea on the app... but in the meantime, the trick to McCarran is to leverage union concessions. When you come down into baggage claim, scope the cab line outside, if it is long, grab a skycap, give him your bag (even if it is just your wheeled carry-on) and a decent tip. Skycaps at McCarran bypass the taxi line and can pull cabs out of the waiting area. a $5 tip will save you 45 mins to an hour.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great idea on the app&#8230; but in the meantime, the trick to McCarran is to leverage union concessions. When you come down into baggage claim, scope the cab line outside, if it is long, grab a skycap, give him your bag (even if it is just your wheeled carry-on) and a decent tip. Skycaps at McCarran bypass the taxi line and can pull cabs out of the waiting area. a $5 tip will save you 45 mins to an hour.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim</title>
		<link>http://socialnomics.net/2009/08/28/viva-las-social-media/#comment-707</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How about an iphone app. to petition the city to allow a tram built, overpowering the taxi union</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How about an iphone app. to petition the city to allow a tram built, overpowering the taxi union</p>
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		<title>By: Tori</title>
		<link>http://socialnomics.net/2009/08/28/viva-las-social-media/#comment-699</link>
		<dc:creator>Tori</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What a great idea! I too would be interested if it already exsists.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a great idea! I too would be interested if it already exsists.</p>
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