Summerville works to earn designation as bicycle-friendly town

BY BILL HENLEY

The Post and Courier

Summerville wants to add to its reputation as an attractive place to live by seeking national certification as a bicycle-friendly town.

Town officials are working toward meeting the standards set forth by the League of American Bicyclists to earn the organization’s designation as a Bicycle Friendly Community.

“It would be a feather in the town’s cap and advertise Summerville’s quality of life by letting people know that alternative modes of transportation are welcome,” said Mark Greenslit, chairman of the town’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee.

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Save the Date!

SAVE THE DATE

How do you want to spend your federal transportation planning dollars in our region?

Please note that the urban 2035 Regional Long Range Transportation Plan meetings have been set(SEE ATTACHED).  Your input is needed so that the Charleston Area Transportation Study Board (CHATS) can critically evaluate how to spend the federal transportation dollars that come to our region.  Meetings have been set in the Towns of Mt. Pleasant and Summerville, the Cities of Charleston, North Charleston and Hanahan and the community of Ladson.

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Dorchester Transportation Master Plan Meeting and Workshop

All,

We have been continuing our work on the Master Transportation Plan over the past few months, and thank you all for your diligence in remaining a part of this planning process.  At this time, we have developed a full set of preliminary multimodal recommendations, focusing on key priority areas.  We would like to meet with you to present these recommendations and discuss the prioritization process for these projects.

We will be holding our final public workshop for this project tonight, October 27th, from 5:30 to 7:30 at the Dorchester County Council Chambers (500 N Main Street, Summerville).  You are encouraged to attend, and we also encourage you to spread the word about this meeting to your friends.  We hope to have a strong turnout for this workshop.

Please let me know if you have any questions.  I look forward to seeing you tonight!

Thank you,

Allison

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Allison M. Fluitt, P.E., AICP
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
allison.fluitt@kimley-horn.com
Phone: 919-653-2947
Fax: 919-677-2050

Call To Action

Hello everyone,

I am dismayed to report that some of the staff and administration of the Town of Summerville are working to dissolve the ordinance that established the Town’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. They would like to make this committee an ad hoc committee of the planning commission. (more…)

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Update From Palmetto Cycling Coalition

First I want to send a very special thanks to our new Yellow Jersey Sponsors (the first of 2008)! A big thank you to both Peter Wilborn of SCBIKELAW.COM and the Greenville Spinners for their $5000 contributions, we are so grateful for the generosity and support! (more…)

Group Wants Town to be Bike Friendly

Summerville may be known as “Flowertown in the Pines,” but it’s no rose garden getting around town on a bicycle.

Mark Greenslit hopes to change that. A radiologist who regularly rides his bicycle from Summerville to work and back at Trident Medical Center in North Charleston, Greenslit is peddling a plan to have Summerville officially designated a bicycle-friendly town. (more…)

May is Bike Month

Ride your bike to work or for short errands.

Many car trips are less than 2 miles, and gas isn’t getting any cheaper. Go on a family bike ride on the Sawmill Branch Trail. (more…)