State of Vegas Transit

Why this project

Las Vegas has no single public annual accounting of where its transit system stands. RTC publishes statistics. Journalists publish episodic pieces. Nobody publishes the synthesis, so the public conversation drifts on whichever number was cited last.

The State of Vegas Transit is that synthesis. One report a year, every year. Ridership trends. On-time performance, by route. Routes added and routes lost. Board votes that mattered. Where the money came from and where it went. And, when warranted, a clear ask. We release it at a public event in Vegas, with press invited, so the report becomes a moment, not a PDF.

What’s in the report

• Ridership: total trips, year-over-year change, and breakdown by route family (Strip, regional commuter, residential, paratransit)
• On-time performance, by route, with worst-performing corridors named
• Route inventory — what was added, cut, or rerouted in the year, with cause
• Funding flows — federal, state, local, fare — and where each dollar went
• Board votes that mattered, with named officials’ positions
• A short, plainspoken ask for the year ahead

Approach

• Build the data pipeline once — GTFS, RTC public records, FTA NTD data — and reuse for the People’s RTC Dashboard project
• Outline early; circulate to the Riders’ Council and Workforce Coalition for review before publication
• Treat the release event as a community moment — a community-center venue, plain language, time for Q&A, recording posted within a week