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06/06/2025

Happy Friday! ICYMI: City of Cola is hosting a public meeting on the Williams Street Extension, a key link to the riverfront on 6/16, 4-6pm @ Stormwater Studios. We need you there to push for wide sidewalks, traffic calming, safe crossings at Huger and Blossom, and a protected bike lane for all ages and abilities. This is one of the few times in literally hundreds of years we get to add to Cola's street grid. Help us make sure this new street works for everyone. :)

08/20/2024

Today at 1:30 PM, the City of Cola will announce the Williams St. extension—a major boost for connectivity! This project will create a safer route for walkers and bikers to get to the river using Greene St and this new road. It's also a big step toward future Riverwalk development. We'll share updates once we get our eyes on the plan for safe bike/walk infrastructure.

08/13/2024

Help Make Assembly Street Safer!

Wider sidewalks, high-visibility crosswalks, curb extensions, and more improvements are coming to Assembly St, from Elmwood to the Fairgrounds! SCDOT is hosting a public input meeting based on recent Road Safety Audits. This is a big deal— crossing Assembly is dangerous, and now’s our chance to change that.

Take Action:

Leave a comment online or attend the meeting on Aug 22nd, 5-7pm to support this work, but include our additional safety improvements (located in the comments 😀) below to help make Assembly safer for everyone!
https://assembly-street-road-safety-assessment-scdot.hub.arcgis.com/pages/planned-meeting

05/12/2024

An initiative that encourages people to use a bike instead of a car seems like a good thing, but does National Bike to Work Day actually encourage bikeability?

05/06/2024

https://www.postandcourier.com/columbia/news/columbia-richland-biking-pedestrian-transportation-walkability-bikeability/article_2150dabe-06f8-11ef-a673-db2456303c14.html

72 people have been killed and 603 injured in bike and pedestrian crashes in Richland County since 2020. Here's where the most injuries and deaths occurred.

03/26/2024

Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey.

The City of Columbia is excited to launch the Downtown Columbia Strategic Plan and Design Guidelines. We need your ideas and comments as we craft a community vision for downtown.

Take the survey + learn more about the planning process: https://bit.ly/3TzEp2k.

02/13/2024

Like so many intersections and roads. This a klong overdue. Will this accelerate change. We hope so.
Now, state lawmakers and city leaders want to tap the state budget and Department of Transportation grant dollars to get the work off the ground.

Read more at:

For years, residents have asked for relief from the daunting task of crossing the six lanes of Assembly Street that separate the Vista and Main Street.

01/29/2024

Just FYI, Candi Lane and Saluda Greenway is closing for few days to allow for the railroad to make some repairs.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2pe94RMgtt/?igsh=MWJ1OHFiMWx0MWttdg==