Southern Nevada is on a bit of a roll.

There’s discussion about building a much-needed light rail transit system so we can comfortably accommodate more visitors. One line would connect McCarran International Airport with the Strip and downtown Las Vegas and possibly North Las Vegas. Another would track along Maryland Parkway from the airport to downtown, via UNLV.

The former Riviera hotel and casino is being converted into exhibition and meeting space so we can handle even more convention attendees.

We look forward to employing more workers, thanks to the economy-enriching trickle-down effects that will accompany the construction of Faraday Future’s electric car manufacturing plant at Apex Industrial Park in North Las Vegas. The benefits of a car factory include a spike in jobs and ancillary businesses.

We can expect more people coming here to combine their vacations with their health care needs, thanks in part to the birth of the UNLV School of Medicine. The school will trigger a wave of medical research and health care services, making Las Vegas, already rich with health and spa amenities, all the more popular for medical tourism.

Indeed, despite all the challenges that confronted Las Vegas and the rest of the nation because of the Great Recession, we are largely recovered, with a healthy employment rate and a record-breaking number of visitors in 2015.

And our point?

People are not just coming to Las Vegas now but will continue to come in growing numbers because we’re doing all that we can to show them a good time or, if they want to stay, to find them good jobs and homes.

Momentum is on our side, because we already have top-drawer entertainment and hospitality industries working for us.

But we also need effective, safe and modern ways for people to get here, now and long into the future. Our international airport is filling the bill, but we must be sure our highway system — which delivers about half of our visitors — and future transportation strategies also work to our benefit. Airways and highways are the two main ways people get here.

To that end, we are grateful that U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., who sits on the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee, pulled together a roundtable of business and civic leaders Jan. 8 to meet and share thoughts with President Barack Obama’s transportation secretary, Anthony Foxx.

The gathering, at the offices of the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, was more than just a meet-and-greet with pleasantries and good wishes. At the urging of Titus and others, Foxx is assembling a commission to advise him on national transportation issues and strategies. Its members, who will serve three-year terms, will come from the travel and tourism industry and will be charged with assessing barriers to long-haul passenger travel and tourism, 20-year travel forecasts and changing transportation technologies. In other words, the group will examine our nation’s future transportation needs from 30,000 feet and recommend policies and priorities to meet them.

Among those attending the roundtable was Rossi Ralenkotter, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. He is as familiar as anyone with our region’s transportation needs, and with his keen interest in national and global travel, he has as good an understanding as anyone about what Las Vegas needs to stay on top in the world of travel and tourism.

When Foxx pulls together his committee of advisers, it would be smart to invite Ralenkotter to the table. Transportation is key to Las Vegas’ future, and both Foxx and Las Vegas would be well served by Ralenkotter.