PCC Newsletter: Dec 2018

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Making South Carolina more

bike and walk friendly, since 1995.

Dec 2018 Newsletter

SC Distracted Driving bill

PCC will again testify in support of the statewide effort for a Distracted Driving bill in January 2019. The bill is sponsored by Aiken's Representative Taylor, with broad support from PCC, AAA Carolinas, SC Trucking Association, the motorcycle lobby, and many others. We're hoping it will be just as successful this year as Georgia's effort last year.

SC Livable Communities Alliance achieves political and some SCDOT wins

Our newest Mayor signing our state Policy Letter of Support is Mayor Harold Thompson serving the City of Union, SC. Let us know if you an connect us to more! Mayor Thompson joins 12 other Mayors.

Also this month we achieved a small but important win with SCDOT. Because of the strength of our policy campaign, SCDOT altered their process in incorporating biking and walking facilities. Soon, they will no longer consider them at the tail end of project development, after budgeting. Many know that's what quietly kills plans. Now bike/walk facility consideration is officially embedded in the early Scoping process, before preliminary engineering and budgeting. Stay tuned for more campaign updates.

2017 Bike Friendly State rankings announced

41st. We've improved! That's the ranking South Carolina achieved this year. Read more here!

National Bike Summit?!

Interested in attending the National Bike Summit ? Early bird registration deadline is January 4. Let us know . Not just a great learning opportunity in bike advocacy, but you'll lobby, with trained provided, to improve federal regulations that guide SCDOT.

Funding Opportunity

RTC's grant supports organizations and local governments that are implementing projects to build and improve multi-use trails. Under the Doppelt Family Trail Development Fund, awards are approximately $85,000 per year, distributed among several qualifying projects, through a competitive process. Application period ends on January 31, 2019. More here.

Yellow Jersey Sponsors

Local Spotlight:

New Mountain Bike Trail in Greenville!

This new trail is called the Greenville Sliding Rock Trail .

This urban tr ail is 1 mile long, soft surface, in the Sliding Rock/Green Forest Park area, and adjacent to Sterling Elementary and the Swamp Rabbit Trail, in the Nicholtown neighborhood.

Good for mountain biking, hiking trail running, or a slow stroll..

Check it out!!

Correction: Legislative Agenda

In our November issue, we incorrectly referred to a 2019 bill we support as the Defensive Driving bill. It is called the Distracted Driving bill. Read our f ull legislative agenda here .