Getting it Right: From the local news front, the City of Charleston, SC, our adopted home, is considering a major upgrade to its bicycle friendliness. For those who don’t know the city, it’s a peninsula, connected to adjacent neighborhoods by on a few bridges. Two of these bridges are currently for cars only: no sidewalks or bike paths.   But the City is considering something which would be a huge step forward and a model for other towns: converting an existing lane of car traffic into a bike and pedestrian lane. Hopefully this will be decided soon, against the Transportation Department’s wishes, and in favor of humans. Read more: Study complete on bike lane over river; findings withheld | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC

Getting it Right:

From the local news front, the City of Charleston, SC, our adopted home, is considering a major upgrade to its bicycle friendliness.

For those who don’t know the city, it’s a peninsula, connected to adjacent neighborhoods by on a few bridges. Two of these bridges are currently for cars only: no sidewalks or bike paths.  

But the City is considering something which would be a huge step forward and a model for other towns: converting an existing lane of car traffic into a bike and pedestrian lane.

Hopefully this will be decided soon, against the Transportation Department’s wishes, and in favor of humans.

Read more: Study complete on bike lane over river; findings withheld | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC