Economy & Economic Development  April 3, 2015

Greeley bus system set for overhaul

An artist’s rendering depicts the new central bus transfer station for Greeley-Evans Transit, slated to open in January at 1200 A St. in the Island Grove area of Greeley. Courtesy Greeley-Evans Transit
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GREELEY – An improved city transit system for Greeley? Probably coming soon.

More connections for Greeley commuters with the rest of the Front Range? Not yet on the drawing board.

The Weld County seat is the nation’s eighth-fastest-growing metropolitan statistical area, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released in late March. The city of Greeley itself has witnessed its population surge toward 100,000, fueled in part by the oil and gas industry. Unlike the string of cities west of Interstate 25, however, Greeley’s transit connections to the rest of the Front Range remain severely limited.

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With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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