Letters of Support received from the following:

U.S. Senator

Congresswoman

Congressman

Congressman

Southern Strong

Nevada Department of Transportation

Green Fleet Procurement

04/21/2016

The Honorable Anthony Foxx Secretary of Transportation U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, D.C. 20590

RE: 2016 TIGER APPLICATION – RTC TRANSIT GREEN FLEET PROCUREMENT

Dear Secretary Foxx:

As a 2011 Regional Planning grantee under HUD’s Sustainable Communities Initiative; Southern Nevada Strong (SNS) fully supports the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) and its 2016 TIGER Application for the RTC Transit Green Fleet Procurement project. The project will enable the RTC to immediately replace 28 outdated diesel transit buses and purchase new clean-running natural gas vehicles.

SNS recently completed a multi-year Regional Planning effort that prioritized the region’s top 7 action items for implementation (http://www.southernnevadastrong.org/). Included among these is a need to improve transit options in low and moderate income areas. This action item falls under the purview and responsibility of the RTC – this project seeks to further help implement this identified need.

Sixty-five percent of RTC’s almost 61 million transit riders are composed of persons with total household incomes below $40,000 – and 74 percent of transit users have jobs. Southern Nevada’s transit rider demographic urgently needs investments in the transit system that increase reliability and facilitate advancements in the workplace. This project will provide much needed ladders of opportunity for thousands of residents who are dependent on a clean, comfortable, efficient, and reliable public transportation system to get them to and from work on time.

I respectfully ask for your support of this application. If you have any questions, or would like to discuss this matter, please feel free to contact me at (702) 676-1729.

Sincerely,

Raymond Hess Manager of Planning ______

600 S. Grand Central Pkwy. | Las Vegas, Nevada 89106 | [email protected] | www.southernnevadastrong.org