{"id":681,"date":"2019-01-24T16:09:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T00:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.rtcsnv.com\/news\/?p=681"},"modified":"2019-08-20T11:56:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T18:56:17","slug":"rtc-and-local-partners-join-with-the-nevada-tech-caucus-for-immersive-southern-nevada-technology-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/rtc-and-local-partners-join-with-the-nevada-tech-caucus-for-immersive-southern-nevada-technology-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"RTC and local partners join with the Nevada Tech Caucus for immersive Southern Nevada technology tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>LAS VEGAS \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC), along with public and private partners, will join with the bipartisan, bicameral state legislators of the Nevada Tech Caucus for their technology tour on Monday, Jan. 28. The tour will include discussions and demonstrations about how Southern Nevada is continuing to lead, test and deploy innovative technologies to help improve our economy and communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media are invited to join the group during their tour of the RTC Southern Nevada Traffic Management Center,\u00a0<em>4615 W. Sunset Rd., Las Vegas, Nev., 89118, from 11 a.m. \u2013 12 p.m., to experience<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A tour of RTC Southern Nevada\u2019s\u00a0<strong>integrated traffic management center<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The cutting-edge\u00a0<strong>Waycare predictive incident platform<\/strong>\u00a0that is identifying accidents up to 12 minutes faster, and has reduced the number of primary crashes by 17 percent on the freeway segment where the pilot project launched.<\/li>\n<li>A ride in the\u00a0<strong>Audi \u201cCountdown-to-Green\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0technology-equipped vehicles<\/li>\n<li>A ride in the\u00a0<strong>Keolis autonomous shuttle<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Media are welcome to attend any or all of the listed experiences where legislators and private technology providers will be available for interviews. To RSVP, please contact Angela Castro at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:CastroA@rtcsnv.com\">CastroA@rtcsnv.com<\/a>\u00a0or 702-676-1552, or Sue Christiansen at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ChristiansenS@rtcsnv.com\">ChristiansenS@rtcsnv.com<\/a>\u00a0or 702-676-1891.<\/p>\n<p>The Nevada Tech Caucus is comprised of nine Nevada State Assembly members and five state senators dedicated to informing their colleagues in the state legislature on technology issues. The Southern Nevada tour follows similar visits to tech centers and facilities in Northern Nevada earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the RTC<br \/>\n<\/strong>The RTC is the transit authority, transportation planning organization, regional traffic management agency and administrator of Southern Nevada Strong, the regional planning effort for the Las Vegas valley. The RTC\u2019s vision is to provide a safe, convenient and effective regional transportation system that enhances mobility and air quality for citizens and visitors. The RTC encourages residents and visitors to use a variety of transportation choices to help reduce traffic congestion, clean the air and improve the quality of life in Southern Nevada. For more information about the RTC and its major initiatives or to download its transit app rideRTC, visit\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/\">rtcsnv.com.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>###<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"meta-download\"><b>Download PDF:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/Nevada-Technology-Caucus-Alert-Jan-28-2019.pdf\">RTC and local partners join with the Nevada Tech Caucus for immersive Southern Nevada technology tour<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC), along with public and private partners, will join with the bipartisan, bicameral state legislators&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-press-releases","tag-innovations"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}