Category: Advocacy
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SRT / SC-253 Intersection Advocacy Time Line
On March 15, 2023 we celebrated the mobilization of the signal contractor at the Prisma Helath Swamp Rabbit Trail (SRT) intersection with SC-253. Our post on social media received great appreciation from the people who use the SRT, with the most common comment being “Finally!” On March 20, 2023 Taggart Houck with WYFF News 4…
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White Horse Road StreetLight Data
Bike Walk Greenville has recently used our StreetLight Data (SLD) license to learn more about pedestrian and bicycle use in the vicinity of the White Horse Road Walmart Supercenter. In 2021 Bike Walk Greenville advocates started looking at White Horse Road after reading Right of Way by Angie Schmitt and the Smart Growth America’s Dangerous…
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Streetlight Data License
By Dr. John McBurney, Board Vice-Chair This short video provides an overview of this big data product that can track billions of data points each month including anonymous cell phone data from people on foot and on bikes. Thanks to a generous donation to Bike Walk Greenville, we have obtained a license to SLD to…
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Our 2022 Advocacy Summary
Bike Walk Greenville has been advocating for safe walking and biking infrastructure since 2013. As a 501(c)3 non-profit, Bike Walk Greenville relies on generous contributions from people like you to continue our work to advocate for a safer community for people on foot and people on bikes. We strengthened our relationships with elected officials and staff…
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Ryan Soukup talks about needed SC legislation
Post and Courier Commentary by Ryan Soukup November 13, 2022 Few South Carolinians know that red light cameras were made illegal in the state in 2010. While the red light camera ban may be in keeping with this state’s tendency to lean toward the “less is more” approach to the public road system, I don’t…
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Data gather app news coverage
Thanks to the Greenville News and reporter Tamia Boyd for publishing this story Only about 20 percent of bicycle accidents are initially reported to law enforcement across the country and South Carolina ranks as one of the most dangerous states for cyclists. Facing these facts, Bike Walk Greenville is encouraging cyclists and others in the city…
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Display Counter of Swamp Rabbit Trail Users
Bike Walk Greenville is partnering with the City of Greenville to have a large display counter installed on the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail. We successfully raised $27,000 to purchase the Eco Display Classic + Double sided unit, and the City of Greenville will install and maintain the unit on the SRT just north of…
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Measuring our advocacy success in decades not years
If you google the subject of “advocacy success” you will discover statements such as, “In The Elusive Craft of Evaluating Advocacy, the authors reinforce how challenging it can be to evaluate advocacy – unless you take a long term view.” When you examine Bike Walk Greenville’s mission to advocate for safe biking and walking infrastructure we…
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June 2021 Media Coverage by WYFF News 4 and The Greenville Journal
As friends, family mourn Upstate teacher killed during bike ride, advocacy groups push for bike safety measures Bike Walk Greenville fundraising to install trail counter, hopes information will lay groundwork for infrastructure enhancements Updated: 8:02 PM EDT Jun 17, 2021 GREENVILLE, S.C. —As family and friends mourn the loss of Carli Soukup, some bike safety…
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Focus on the Palmetto State interview March 7, 2021
WMYA 40 produces a half hour show each month – Focus on the Palmetto State that features three local non-profits. The show is broadcast on Sunday at 9:30 AM on March 7, March 14, and March 21. Host Nelson Weston interviews Frank Mansbach in this 11 minute interview where we discuss our advocacy for the…
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