Greenville County officials are partnering with an area nonprofit to carve out a safe place for people to bike from White Horse Road to downtown Greenville. Tuesday, county workers put up signs along a new bike trail weaving from White Horse Road, down Gentry Street and East Bramlett to the Swamp Rabbit Trail. Officials say it will provide a safer option for those who rely on bikes to get around.William Jones braves White Horse Road on his bike several times a week. “Only way I get around is that three-wheel bicycle right there,” he said.Jones takes care of his grandmother and mom, who can’t drive due to seizures. He said he knows it’s dangerous. He had just recently replaced his bike after he was hit by a car. But Jones is part of the 8.5% of people in Greenville County without access to a car. “So, people can go McDonald’s, Walmart, Waffle House, to get everything they need to survive. Without this to survive, we’d be dead,” said Jones.In 2021, 23 people were hit and killed by vehicles on White Horse. “White Horse Road is one of the most dangerous roads in South Carolina,” Greenville County Councilman Benton Blount said Wednesday. “Which is why we’re trying to get ahead of things and trying to provide some more safety.”Greenville County workers put up all 13 signs along the trail Tuesday, leading bikers from busy White Horse Road along nearly 4 miles of neighborhoods and the Swamp Rabbit Trail to downtown Greenville. “It’s a small project. $6,000 in today’s world versus a million dollars a mile, but we can change some lives with this, we hope,” said Frank Mansbach. Mansbach is the executive director of Bike Walk Greenville, the nonprofit behind this trail.Mansbach hoped the trail would save lives and provide men and women like Williams with more job opportunities.”We have a lack of workers in downtown restaurants because they can’t get to work if they don’t own a car. They can’t take public transportation; these aren’t stops where Greenlink stops,” Mansbach said.According to the United Way, access to transportation is one of the biggest barriers people face working their way out of poverty. SCDOT has done some work to White Horse Road in response to pedestrian fatalities. They’ve put up fencing along the middle of the road to keep people from walking across in dangerous areas.
Greenville County officials are partnering with an area nonprofit to carve out a safe place for people to bike from White Horse Road to downtown Greenville.
Tuesday, county workers put up signs along a new bike trail weaving from White Horse Road, down Gentry Street and East Bramlett to the Swamp Rabbit Trail. Officials say it will provide a safer option for those who rely on bikes to get around.
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William Jones braves White Horse Road on his bike several times a week.
“Only way I get around is that three-wheel bicycle right there,” he said.
Jones takes care of his grandmother and mom, who can’t drive due to seizures.
He said he knows it’s dangerous. He had just recently replaced his bike after he was hit by a car. But Jones is part of the 8.5% of people in Greenville County without access to a car.
“So, people can go McDonald’s, Walmart, Waffle House, to get everything they need to survive. Without this to survive, we’d be dead,” said Jones.
In 2021, 23 people were hit and killed by vehicles on White Horse.
“White Horse Road is one of the most dangerous roads in South Carolina,” Greenville County Councilman Benton Blount said Wednesday. “Which is why we’re trying to get ahead of things and trying to provide some more safety.”
Greenville County workers put up all 13 signs along the trail Tuesday, leading bikers from busy White Horse Road along nearly 4 miles of neighborhoods and the Swamp Rabbit Trail to downtown Greenville.
“It’s a small project. $6,000 in today’s world versus a million dollars a mile, but we can change some lives with this, we hope,” said Frank Mansbach. Mansbach is the executive director of Bike Walk Greenville, the nonprofit behind this trail.
Mansbach hoped the trail would save lives and provide men and women like Williams with more job opportunities.
“We have a lack of workers in downtown restaurants because they can’t get to work if they don’t own a car. They can’t take public transportation; these aren’t stops where Greenlink stops,” Mansbach said.
According to the United Way, access to transportation is one of the biggest barriers people face working their way out of poverty.
SCDOT has done some work to White Horse Road in response to pedestrian fatalities. They’ve put up fencing along the middle of the road to keep people from walking across in dangerous areas.