Greeley City Council is reviewing changes to our local public transit

Based on comments, it appears that the already bad system could get even worse:

“I can tell you right now we can’t afford everything we want,” Mayor Tom Selders said.

It is unfortunate that in these days of skyrocketing fuel costs and increased traffic congestion that this isn’t more of a priorty for our city government. I have never actually used our current public transportation system due to it’s inconvenience. It would take me three transfers and 45 minutes to travel from my home in central Greeley to my job in west Greeley. I could walk faster. Take a look for yourself and see if your morning commute could do better.

Over the last couple decades Greeley has become a bedroom community for many people employeed in the Loveland/Fort Collins area. As traffic congestion and commuter times increase the value of living in Greeley will further decrease. The City Council needs to focus on two things. Bringing more high-paying jobs to Greeley and improving commutes for residents working elsewhere in Northern Colorado. The time to improve public transportation is NOW, before we are completely mired in overcrowding and gridlock like Denver is. Over the long term a successful public transportation project will decrease road project and maintenance costs, provide a better quailty of life. If we don’t have the money, let’s put this on a bond issue. Seems like it would be a better use of money than a new police station.