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The 24/7 Deuce and the CAT (Citizen’s Area Transport) are part of the same bus system in Vegas which also includes MAX and Silver STAR bus lines. The Deuce is a double-decker with a low ceiling on the second story—be sure to bend down unless your forehead easily bends steel. CAT and Deuce cost $5 for an all-day pass—have exact change. You can transfer from one to the other.
Strip visitors can now only take the Deuce Strip bus; the Deuce LVCC no longer runs. The Deuce Strip starts near the Las Vegas Outlet Stores and now serves them directly unlike before when you had to transfer.
The Deuce Strip goes up Las Vegas Boulevard (the Strip) hitting all the big casinos. It continues north to Downtown. Downtown casinos are all pretty close to each other so you should not have a problem hitting most of them in a day.
From 3 pm to 11 pm, the busses are scheduled to run every 7 minutes. In the time slot of 2 am to 5 am, they run every 17 minutes. Here is the schedule.
| | M-Th | F | Sa | Su |
| 2 AM |
5 AM |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
| 5 AM |
6 AM |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
| 6 AM |
9 AM |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
| 9 AM |
10 AM |
10 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
| 10 AM |
11 AM |
8 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
| 11 AM |
Noon |
8 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
| Noon |
3 PM |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| 3 PM |
11 PM |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
| 11 PM |
Midnight |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| Midnight |
1 AM |
10 |
8 |
8 |
10 |
| 1 AM |
2 AM |
12 |
12 |
12 |
15 |
CAT routes can take you pretty much everywhere with the exception of the newer areas such as Aliante, Mountain’s Edge, and pockets in the west. Schedules outside of the Strip vary and have service gaps with some routes up to an hour wait. Of about 40 routes, just over a third of them are 24 hours with 1 am to 5 am a common service gap.
Overall, the bus system in Las Vegas is not too bad and on the Strip is excellent. Vegas Made Easy.com gives a very slight edge to the Deuce over the Trolley for most Strip visitors because it is cheaper, runs more often and its air conditioning will unexpectedly work now and then.
If you want to hit some of the other areas in Vegas, or are a bicyclist or handicapped, the CAT/Deuce is the only choice. If you need the Las Vegas Convention Center or the Hilton, use the Trolley. If you want to maximize your time at the big casinos, use whichever shows up first.
   
  
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