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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Economic Engine of the SRT
On May 11, 2023 we prepared a slide presentation for a local conference about development along the SRT, as well the data our non-profit is committed to providing to help drive future public and private investments in the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail Network. On August 8, 2023 The Post and Courier published a Commentary […]
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, […]
Greenville Cares allows easy access to City Hall
This post is to applaud Greenville Cares. The City of Greenville, South Carolina Government provides a service where citizens can contact City Staff to address issues. On December 30 a fence was installed on Camperdown Way at St. Paul’s Church that blocked the sidewalk. A new addition to the church was the reason. This […]
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 […]