Dear (councilmember's name):

I am writing to you today because I think Georgetown needs a bus system.  I understand that City Council is concerned about cost and how many riders the system will have. 

I know that bus fare never pays for the system, however, I feel that subsidizing a bus system would be a worthwhile use of my tax money because it will help us make better use of the roads we have.  We are currently subsidizing car use in Georgetown by spending over $11 Million dollars of taxpayer money a year to widen roads.  A successful bus system would allow us to spend less money on widening roads by getting more people where they need to go in fewer vehicles.

I also believe that a bus system in Georgetown would be well used. We have over 14,000 likely bus riders living in our city including elderly, teens, people without cars, people who can’t drive and college students.  It would only take about 1,350 regular riders to make full use of the proposed bus system. Surely we can start there and grow as interest builds.

I hope you will continue to support efforts to get a bus system in Georgetown.

Sincerely,

(your name)

(your address)