Bike Civics

Local Government & Transportation Agencies

City of Charleston

The City of Charleston is working on many bicycle-related projects and transportation improvements.  There are many ways for people to get involved in bicycle planning and promotion activities through the City.  A Bicycle Friendly Community campaign was launched in early 2009 and will continue until our goals of becoming a premier bicycle city are reached.  Also, the City established a Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee in 2007 that provides a forum for the public to learn about projects and issues or give input.

Charleston County

Charleston County RoadWise is the name of Charleston County government’s management program for the construction of road, highway, resurfacing, paving and drainage projects that are funded by the Charleston County Transportation Half-Cent Sales Tax.  There are many large and small transportation projects that have implications on the bicycle and pedestrian network in Charleston County.  Charleston County also coordinates the County Transportation Committee through which many transportation projects are funded.  Click below for a list of projects:

BCDCOG

The Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester Council of Governments (BCDCOG) is a regional planning agency that works closely with local governments and coordinates regional transportation planning.  The BCDCOG coordinates several committees that make transportation funding decisions; especially grants and other funding opportunities for bicycle and pedestrian-related facilities.  You can also find transportation data and traffic accounts at the BCDCOG website and a new commuting program to help connect transit riders, carpoolers, bicyclists or walkers.

Public Transportation

It is vital that public transit be linked to the bicycle and pedestrian network in the Charleston area.  As the network grows, more transit stops will be within walking or bicycling distance of homes and destinations.  The Charleston Area Transit Authority (CARTA) has made great progress in linking bikes and buses by providing bicycle racks on all its fixed-route buses.  TriCounty Link goes farther afield to connect rural areas to urban Charleston and most of their buses also have bike racks.

South Carolina DOT

In 2003, SCDOT passed a resolution and produced a related engineering directive that endorsed a ‘Complete Streets’ policy.  The State has made some progress in bike/ped planning over the past few years including the construction of a heavily-used bicycle/pedestrian path on the iconic Ravenel Bridge.

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