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
The mission of Las Vegans for Better Transit is to advocate for world-class public transportation and supportive land use policies in the Las Vegas metropolitan area through public education, community outreach, and coalition building.
Educate
We help Las Vegans see how the way we get around, what our neighborhoods look like, and what daily life costs in time, money, and lives are all connected.
Organize
We build the constituency for transit that Las Vegas has never had, from riders and neighbors to business owners, students, faith communities, and labor, and we bring it to the people who write the budget.
Advocate
We show up at the Legislature, the RTC board, planning commissions, and in the press, and we 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 strategy.
§ 03 / The legal entity
A registered Nevada nonprofit.
Incorporated in Nevada in April 2026. Our 501(c)(3) application is under IRS review; contributions will become tax-deductible upon determination.
- Legal name
- Las Vegans for Better Transit
- Address
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- EIN
- 42-1995935
- Founded
- April 17, 2026
§ 04 / Stay in touch
Keep up with the work.
The newsletter goes out from Get involved. Day-to-day, we post on Instagram and Bluesky . For anything more specific, the inboxes below all reach a real person.
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.