Category: Featured
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2020 Advocacy Year in Review
This 2:30 video captures key advocacy efforts in 2020: City Council heard from seven advocates to reject Sharrows as unsafe. John Lyon with WYFF captured our efforts on the evening news on February 24th We advocated with City Council to lower the speed limits in neighborhoods to “20 is plenty” and as a result…
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Our advocacy that led to the repaving of the SRT
As the tree root bumps on the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail became increasingly annoying to trail users by 2017, we at Bike Walk Greenville started to look for solutions. We analyzed the worst sections of the trail and estimated the number of miles that needed repaving. We started talking to two County Council…
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Greenville County Council candidates answer our questions
The November 3, 2020 election has five contested Greenville County Council districts. In District 20 Republican primary winner Steve Shaw faces Democrat Farris Steele Johnson. In District 22 Republican primary winner Stan Tzouvelakis faces Democrat Samantha Wallace. In District 24 Republican incumbent Liz Seman faces Democrat Amanda McDougald Scott. In District 25 Democrat incumbent Ennis…
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20 is plenty thoughts for Greenville City Council
These slides were sent to Greenville City Council and key staff members on August 5, 2020 as part of our advocacy efforts. On August 14, 2020 Eric Connor with the Greenville staff of the Post and Courier reported on the progress to date: $250,000 to calm traffic, ’20 Is Plenty’: Greenville’s street speed limits a…
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Our Advocacy with the City of Greenville during COVID-19
As our City leaders confronted the impact of COVID-19, it became obvious that revenue from tourism related taxes will not support capital projects that rely on this funding. On April 17, 2020 we received an email from Calin Owens the City Mobility Coordinator: “One impact related to something you all have worked hard on and…
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The pleasure in leading an AARP Walk Audit
I rrecently had the privilege of leading a small group of leaders in a walkability audit of one large block in downtown Greenville. Upstate Forever was conducting their Citizens Planning Academy, and walkability was just one tool they used to highlight planning issues for the participants. As a former Greenville County Planning…
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The Outspoken Cyclist Podcast features Bike Walk Greenville March 7, 2020
We are honored to be on the March 7 episode of the The Outspoken cyclist podcast. Diane Jenks does a great job every week and is fast approaching her 500th podcast. She reached out to us after seeing our post about our advocacy win at Greenville City Council regarding proposed new Sharrows on 13 city…
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How one City Council Agenda Item led to a 30 minute discussion about safe biking infrastructure
The February 24, 2020 Greenville City Council Meeting provided a unique opportunity to have a conversation with Council about safe biking infrastructure. This three minute video summarizes how what we found on two pages out of over 357 pages of the Downtown Transportation Master Plan allowed for seven advocates to explain to Council…
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Small details can make a big difference
When the plans for a large subdivision accessed from Duncan Road and Watkins Road were under review by Greenville County Panning, School District planner Skip Limbaker was astute enough to require a right of way be added between two homes at the end of a cul-de-sace on Lyndale Court that would allow residents to walk…
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