The Fort Collins City Council has decided against a Regional Transit Authority because they can’t afford to contribute.

Ben Manvel, Fort Collins city councilman, said Fort Collins leaders pulled out of the deal because they didn’t feel the city would be ready to approve something for people to vote on by November. He also said the city was not financially in a position to be involved.

The “Citizens’ Steering Committee” has asked the City Council to reconsider.

Fort Collins needs to step up as the leader in Northern Colorado. Transportation Infrastructure is a huge looming problem for our region and the time to spend money on it is now. The longer we wait, the worse the problem will be and the more it will cost.