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Walking Revolution Report
This article was posted in the Alliance for Biking and Walking People Powered Blog New “Walking Revolution” Report Spotlights the Power of Walkability By Mary Lauran Hall on March 20, 2013 A new report from the Every Body Walk! Collaborative – an educational campaign led by a dozen organizations including the Alliance and coordinated by […]
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Economic Impact of Bicycling and Walking
There are various benefit streams that flow to society from active forms of transportation including: Reduced health costs (e.g., reduced risks of chronic diseases and ill health) Reduced costs related to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions Reduced traffic congestion and increased vehicle operating costs savings Increased productivity and reduction of sick days in the […]
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Greenville County needs safe walking, cycling
This Guest Column was published in the Greenville News on Sunday July 22, 2012 Transportation has been in the news a good bit recently and rightly so. The ability to get places is a fundamental element of our quality of life and one that we must consider as Greenville County continues to grow. Articles in […]
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Only 20% of Greenville County Elementary Schools are Walkable
We recently did an inventory of all 51 Elementary Schools in Greenville County and hve concluded that only 10 schools are walkable today. As has been widely reported- our children are more obese than ever, and we must change that. By having infrastructure that provides safe routes to school we can change our children’s health […]
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Bicycle Friendly Greenville County
The League of American Bicyclist has a “Bicycle Friendly America Program” which provides a very specific formula for evaluation of any community. The City of Greenville received bronze level certication as a Bicycle Friendly City in 2009, and will be applying for recertifcation, hopefully to silver level in July 2013. At a recent Bike Walk […]
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Some Important Facts on Investment in Pedestrian and Bicycle Infrastructure
Greenville County has 1,700 miles of County maintained roads. Greenville County has only 35 miles of sidewalks! I had a chance to talk to one of our County Council members and offered that we need to spend more money on bike/pedestrian projects in the County — not just in the City. He responded that, “most […]
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