South Carolina
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Friday Video: The Fight to Expand A South Carolina Freeway … For Bikes
Greenville is looking for the good kind of induced demand — by expanding a popular rail-trail.
January 23, 2026
Highway Boondoggles 2020: I-526 Extension in S.C.
The I-526 extension would have minimal impact on travel times, saving drivers mere seconds at the expense of the region's protected wetlands.
December 24, 2020
South Carolina Traps Poorest in Cycle of Debt
We don't often sympathize with drivers, but the way South Carolina fines them appears to be an attack on the poor and residents of transit deserts.
November 5, 2019
Media Draw Attention to Deadly Suburban Speedways in North and South Carolina
Newspapers in Greenville and Fayetteville examined hazardous conditions for local pedestrians -- and they did it without using the "J" word.
June 14, 2017
How 3 Communities Fought Discriminatory Transportation Policies
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, which outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
July 3, 2014
The “Elite Eight” of Parking Madness: Milwaukee vs. Columbia
So far, Texas is really dominating our Parking Madness tournament. The two Final Four spots awarded so far have gone to Lone Star heavyweights Dallas and Houston. We might have an all-Texas final.
April 3, 2013
Parking Madness: Minneapolis vs. Columbia, South Carolina
Today we're getting a look at the last two contestants in Streetsblog's Parking Madness bracket, the tournament that will "crown" the worst parking crater in the U.S. But don't worry. Milwaukee, Tulsa, Dallas, Atlanta, Louisville, Cleveland, Houston, and today's winner still need to do battle to determine the final victor. The final first round match-up is Minneapolis versus Columbia, South Carolina.
March 29, 2013
McClatchy Muckrakers Expose Seedy Underbelly of the Highway Bonanza
The work of a sustainable transportation reporter can be a lonely lot. But it’s a lot less lonely now that two McClatchy reporters, Curtis Tate and Greg Gordon, have taken up the mantle of exposing wasteful road expansion.
February 12, 2013
This Could Be the Biggest Year Ever for Transit at the Ballot Box
Next month, 19 transit-related measures will come before voters. If the rest of this year is any guide, 16 of them will pass.
October 10, 2012
Making Rural Transit Work
Transit in rural areas is tricky. Folks need to go farther, the passengers are more dispersed, and there's less money to go around.
May 25, 2012