Chelsea City Council approved a new Skip the Line pilot program in conjunction with the Western-Washtenaw Area Value Express (WAVE) at the Nov. 9 meeting in order to reduce traffic congestion during morning hours.
The topic was first addressed by Council at the Sept. 28 meeting, where Mayor Kate Henson expressed concern regarding transportation options for local families.
“Is there a way that we can help parents shuttle kids from one side of town to the other, or get them all to Beach, which is the transportation hub, to cut down on parents having to go to multiple schools, or even, you know, school-of-choice kids who are coming in?” she asked. “Their parents wouldn’t have to necessarily go very far off the highway to be able to make sure their kids were safely deposited for school, and that would just save us cars on the road.”…