Building a Better Old Buncombe: Changes Coming Soon!
A Safer Future for Old Buncombe Road: Road Diet Project in Sans Souci We’re excited to share a long awaited milestone in local road safety improvements: the planned road diet for Old Buncombe Road in the Sans Souci neighborhood. After years of advocacy, planning, and coordination, this four-lane roadway will be reconfigured into a […]
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 […]
Post Card Campaign
We are pleased to announce our strong support for the 2024 Greenville County RAISE grant application, which was submitted this spring. This $17 million federal grant, if awarded, will fund the expansion and essential safety improvements to the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail Network, specifically near the Union Bleachery development in the Sans Souci area […]
Advocacy in Action
Modification to the speed humps in Cleveland Park Have you noticed the recent modifications to the speed humps in Cleveland Park to allow bike riders to pass without going over the humps? This is the result of our recent data driven advocacy with the City of Greenville. With the opening of the SRT extension almost […]
This man is walking across America. South Carolina is his most-perilous stretch yet.
By Benjamin Simon bsimon@postandcourier.com Published Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:00 AM EST GREENVILLE — In South Carolina this week, you might have seen a man walking along the highway. He wears a neon vest, a pair of running shoes and pushes a stroller painted with white words: “I walked here from Washington.” You might have seen him […]
In Memorium: Pedestrians and Bicyclists in Greenville County
Our non-profit has been studying the Dangerous by Design roads for several years, and have concluded that funding to improve these roads with more crosswalks, wider sidewalks, lighting, and other safety improvements is elusive. You can read our report about White Horse Road at this link. Our condolences go out to all of the families […]
Road Safety Audits
A Road Safety Audit (RSA) is the formal safety performance examination of an existing or future road or intersection by an independent, multidisciplinary team. It qualitatively estimates and reports on potential road safety issues and identifies opportunities for improvements in safety for all road users. SCDOT has conducted three RSAs in Greenville County in 2023, […]
An update from SCDOT
We reached out to Brandon E. Wilson, SCDOT District 3 Traffic Engineer for an update on the long awaited traffic signal at the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail interesction with West Blue Ridge Drive (SC-253) who provided this information on December 13, 2022: New Technology The goal of the radar technology being deployed at the […]
SC Pedestrian Deaths Data
Some observations on the data We recently received spreadsheets from the South Carolina Department of Public Safety (SCDPS) that provided extensive details of all the motor vehicle crashes with pedestrians for four years- 1/1/2018 through 12/31/2021. There were 4,553 crashes listed of which 714 were fatal. 829 were categorized as “incapacitating,” 1,403 were “not-incapacitating,” 196 […]
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 […]