About LVBT
Las Vegans for Better Transit
A grassroots advocacy organization fighting for world-class public transit and supportive land use in the Las Vegas Valley.
Mission
Advocate for world-class public transportation and supportive land use in the Las Vegas Valley through education, outreach, and coalition.
We exist 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.
In practice, that means three things:
- 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 that constituency in front of the people who write the budget.
- Advocate. Show up at the Legislature, at the RTC board, at municipal planning commissions, and in the press. Push for dedicated funding, transit-oriented zoning, and projects the Valley needs.
Who we are
Las Vegans for Better Transit (LVBT) is the grassroots advocacy organization fighting for world-class public transportation and supportive land use in the Las Vegas Valley. We are residents, riders, neighbors, and allies — not a transit agency, not a consulting firm, not a think tank.
How we got here
LVBT was founded in 2026 in response to a simple, urgent fact: the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada 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.
What we do
- Educate. We 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 money, time, and lives.
- Organize. We turn diffuse public support for transit into a constituency that legislators, board members, and city councils have to take seriously.
- Advocate. We show up at the Legislature, RTC board meetings, planning commissions, and in the press to push for dedicated funding, transit-oriented zoning, and the projects the Valley needs.
For the longer story, read our vision, why now, and our strategy.
Organization
Our nonprofit information is being finalized as part of incorporation. The fields below will be filled in before our first public funding ask.
| Field | |
|---|---|
| Legal name | [Las Vegans for Better Transit, Inc. — pending incorporation] |
| State | Nevada |
| EIN | [Pending] |
| Founding | 2026 |
| Founder | Willie Chalmers III |
Until that’s complete, donations made through our donate link go through a fiscal sponsor or directly to operating costs (the donate page will note which when it’s wired up).
Stay in touch
- Newsletter: Subscribe on the Get Involved page.
- Email: hello@lasvegasfortransit.org for general questions; press@lasvegasfortransit.org for media; partners@lasvegasfortransit.org for organizational partnerships.
- Social: Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky — links in the footer.