More Funding Needed for Protected Bike Lanes
When we saw this Streetfilms Video showing the new protected bike lane trail in Boston we said to ourselves, “why don’t we have such great safe infrastructure in our urban parts of Greenville County?” The answer is easy-we have a significant lack of funding for such projects. The City of Greenville recognizes the need for […]
20’s Plenty
Our Executive Director submitted this column to The Greenville News that was published on April 9, 2017: A group on concerned citizens in the City of Greenville have been recently advocating for slower vehicle speeds through their residential streets. This is a common concern in our community. The current solution offered by the City is […]
Build The Lakeview Link Fundraising Status
Help Us Build The Lakeview Link
Help Bike Walk Greenville build the Lakeview Link and provide connectivity to the GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail You can help make Greenville County a safer, healthier place to live. We need your help to build the Lakeview Link on the GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail. Just left of the woods pictured below on the Greenville Health System […]
New privately funded bike walk paths
The developers of two major apartment complexes in downtown Greenville have made significant investments in new infrastructure for safe walking and biking. District West Apartments and Trailside at Reedy Point Apartments are both located along the GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail and face Westfield Street. 20171030_124506000_iOS As shown in the below pictures both projects have provided new […]
The mobility challenges of our growing and sprawling upstate
We participated in this panel on October 18, 2017 as part of Ten at The Top Connecting our Future Kickoff Event the TD Center. Our Executive Director speaks starting at 13:26 for 7 1/2 minutes in this video. Session panelists: Dr. Cliff Ellis, Professor of City & Regional Planning, Clemson University Tee Coker, AICP, […]
Remembering Owen Page
The Bike Walk Greenville Board of Directors was shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Owen Page on Monday October 16, 2017 at the age of 60. When we were forming Bike Walk Greenville in 2013 we reached out to friends at Erwin Penland to find a board member, as we strategically […]
Important projects moving forward
October 16, 2017 marked an important milestone for our advocacy when Greenville City Council reviewed and enthusiastically supported the recommendations of the Green Ribbon Advisory Committee (GRAC) to proceed with engineering feasibility studies on important projects that will lead to more safe bicycle routes for those from 8 to 80: The Laurel Creek Trail […]
How the private sector is making bicycling and walking safer in Greenville
In August 2016 it was announced at a Greenville City Council meeting that there would be a major investment in Verdae Boulevard that would include a new 10 ft wide bicycle and pedestrian path. The total cost of the project is $4.1 million. The City of Greenville will spend $2.7 million SCDOT will contribute $700,000 […]
South Carolina’s first protected bike lane is now fully implemented
We thought it important to tell a little history of how we got to this point: This project started with a meeting in July 20115 with former City of Greenville Parks and Recreation Director Dana Souza and advocates from Bike Walk Greenville, where Mr Souza agreed that the city’s bicycle program needed more attention. This […]