{"id":6901,"date":"2021-08-11T10:34:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T17:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/?p=6901"},"modified":"2021-08-12T06:31:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:31:26","slug":"congresswoman-dina-titus-hosts-u-s-transportation-secretary-pete-buttigieg-to-highlight-infrastructure-investments-and-tour-rtc-facilities-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/congresswoman-dina-titus-hosts-u-s-transportation-secretary-pete-buttigieg-to-highlight-infrastructure-investments-and-tour-rtc-facilities-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"CANCELED: Congresswoman Dina Titus hosts U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to highlight infrastructure investments and tour RTC facilities in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

***This Event Has Been Canceled***<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n

Click to Tweet:<\/a> @secretarypete and Congresswoman <\/em>@RepDinaTitus highlight infrastructure investments and tour @rtcsnv facilities in Las Vegas. Focus on economy, job creation, transportation safety, fight against climate change.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

WHAT: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Congresswoman Dina Titus will host U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in Las Vegas to highlight infrastructure investments and tour Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) facilities. The secretary and congresswoman will discuss the benefits of\u00a0 infrastructure investment, including job creation, enhanced transportation safety and advancement of the fight against climate change.<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks to federal stimulus funding, transit service changes that went into effect throughout Southern Nevada this week are providing access to an additional 185,000 residents of which 21,000 are currently living at the poverty level; 18,000 are seniors; 13,000 have a disability; and 79,000 are non-white or Hispanic.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The RTC\u2019s Bike Share program in downtown Las Vegas\u00a0is also providing increased transportation access with more than 150,000 rides since its inception in 2016.\u00a0 And just this year, the RTC became the first transit agency in the United States to fully integrate both bikeshare and transit passes in a single app for a convenient, contactless experience.<\/p>\r\n

WHEN\/
\r\n<\/strong>WHERE:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thursday, Aug. 12
\r\n<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a011:15 a.m. \u2013 Media to be in place at RTC Bonneville Transit Center, 101 E. Bonneville Ave.
\r\n<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a011:30 \u2013 11:45 a.m. Media Walking Tour with Congresswoman Titus, Secretary Buttigieg<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Media is invited to join the congresswoman and secretary as they tour the RTC\u2019s LEED-certified Bonneville Transit Center, including its Bike Center and Bike Share facilities.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

11:55 to 12:15 p.m. Photos and Media Interviews available with: <\/strong><\/p>\r\n