Las Vegans for Better Transit
A grassroots advocacy organization fighting for world-class public transit and supportive land use in the Las Vegas Valley.
§ 01 / Mission
Advocate for world-class public transportation and supportive land use in the Las Vegas Valley through education, outreach, and coalition.
Educate
Help Las Vegans see the connection between how we get around, what our neighborhoods look like, and what daily life in the Valley costs in time, money, and lives.
Organize
Build a constituency for transit that didn't exist before — riders, neighbors, business owners, students, faith communities, labor — and put it in front of the people who write the budget.
Advocate
Show up at the Legislature, the RTC board, municipal planning commissions, and in the press. Push for dedicated funding, transit-oriented zoning, and the projects the Valley needs.
§ 02 / Origin
An organization that didn't exist until it had to.
"Without a new dedicated funding source, the RTC will be forced to eliminate fifteen routes and reduce service across the network — affecting hundreds of thousands of riders by 2028." — RTC of Southern Nevada, March 2026
LVBT was founded on April 17, 2026 in response to a simple, urgent fact: the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada had warned the State Legislature that without dedicated funding, 42% of the Valley’s bus service would be cut by 2028. Las Vegas — a metropolitan area of 2.3 million people — was about to lose the largest bus network in the American West, with no organized public voice demanding the state act.
The Valley deserves better than that. So we got to work.
We are intentionally an organization that didn’t exist until it had to. Cities that win transit fights — Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque, Nashville, Austin — all share one ingredient: an organized constituency that legislators and agencies have to answer to. Las Vegas has not had that. We’re building it.
For the longer story, read our vision and our strategy.
§ 03 / The legal entity
A registered Nevada nonprofit.
Federal tax-exempt status is in progress. Until the IRS recognizes our 501(c)(3), contributions are not yet tax-deductible.
- Legal name
- Las Vegans for Better Transit
- State
- Nevada
- EIN
- 42-1995935
- IRS status
- 501(c)(3) in progress
- Founded
- April 17, 2026
§ 04 / Stay in touch
We read every email.
Pick the address that fits, or follow along on Instagram and Bluesky. The newsletter lives on Get involved.
General
hello@lasvegasfortransit.org
Residents, riders, anyone with a story or a question.
Press
press@lasvegasfortransit.org
Reporters, editors, podcasters working on a transit story.
Partnerships
partners@lasvegasfortransit.org
Labor, faith, business, schools — orgs whose constituents depend on transit.