The Importance of Data Driven Advocacy for the RAISE Grant award to Greenville County
Greenville County was awarded a $20,335,705 RAISE Grant and was the only recipient in South Carolina. The award was announced on June 26, 2024. Ty Houck is the Manager of Greenways and Natural and Historic Resources for Greenville County Parks, Recreation and Tourism, and led this successful grant application Ty Houck’s quote about the importance […]
Getting Around Greenville: A Furman Student’s Experience
Introduction Tanya Masvimbo is interning with Bike Walk Greenville this summer, and we are meeting by video conferencing from her home in Zimbabwe. She is majoring in Computer Science and Data Analytics, and will return to campus to start her Junior year in August. When we first interviewed her for the internship she described […]
Dangerous by Design 2024
Smart Growth America recently released their report, and our state is the third most deadly in the country for pedestrians. Soon after starting work as our Executive Director Jasmine Vanadore attended a webinar where the Smart Growth America team presented some compelling stories about how our roads have been designed only to move motor vehicles […]
The Growth of Bike Infrastructure in the City of Greenville
The growth from the first city bike lane in 2005 to the plans for repaving including new bike facilities in 2024 is impressive. One mile to over fifty-seven miles in 19 years. By documenting this dramatic increase in miles of on-street bike facilities we can celebrate the city of Greenville’s commitment to active transportation. In […]
Two Decades of Advocacy
Successful advocacy takes time. This is the story of the dedicated volunteer advocates who have worked diligently for safe bike infrastructure in the City of Greenville. I am proud to share it with you. Beginnings In 2004, Jason Van Driesch became the first Greenville Spinners Advocacy Chair. He was not into group rides but joined […]
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 […]
An update on walkable communities in Greenville County
We originally published this post on December 27, 2016. On September 28, 2022 we presented about walkability to the Upstate Forever Citizen’s Planning Academy and we asked the participants what percentage of Greenville County residents live in a walkable community, and the guesses were all very close to our 2016 analysis! We decided to look […]
The Lakeview Link Timeline
From idea to project completion took nearly nine years The Lakeview Link is a 4/10 mile trail for biking and walking that connects Lakeview Middle School on Old Buncombe Road, and the surrounding community to the Greenline of the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail. Momentum Bike Clubs have after school programs for the students to […]
Establishing a safer route to school
By Nathan and Katie Dawson Students at Rudolph Gordon School in the city of Fountain Inn enjoyed a better option for walking to and from school for the first time this week. A new mid-block crosswalk was established by SCDOT at a location providing better access, visibility and safety for student walkers. There were a […]
The Biker’s Map from 27 years ago
I recently found my copy of the Biker’s Map for Greenville County in the back of a dresser drawer. Published in 1995 it is a stark reminder of the many changes over these years. Technology changes, the building of the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail, and the dramatic growth of our County, all come to […]