We are following all kinds of projects and working on lots of events all the time. Helping make the Charelston area more friendly to bicycles and pedestrians.

Our Big project goal is the Battery 2 Beach project. We have been working to create a primary route from IOP, through Sullivan's Island, Mt Pleasant and into Charleston down to the Battery and then back up the other side of town and over to West Ashley and James Island, all the way out to Folly Beach. From the Battery downtown to the Beaches. We have received local and regional buyin to the idea. The Citadel Engineering department has completed a GREAT project detailing what it takes to go from the surveyed existing condtions to a SAFE route for anyone over ~age12 to walk, run, or ride their bicycle. The College of Charleston has a another GREAT mastes thesis on the economic impact of the Battery 2 Beach route. Updated information will be posted on the Latest News section.
Charleston to IOP
Charleston to Folly

We are tracking projects around the Charleston Area, and have started a Google Map to help show what is going on in your neighborhood: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=212068118997279256990.0004ac51784b3a67fd283&msa=0

CHATS planning is looking at funding for the next few years. 12 projects are being looked at. Charelston Moves is on the committee to help select which ones get the funding. A brief description is on our site here. You can also see the article from the Post and Courier here: http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/nov/21/who-will-ride-away-with-bike-path-funds/
Let us know what your top prioriteis are for funding CHATS planning applicants at: infocharlestonmoves.org

Charleston area: A collection of Bicycle-Friendly Communities?

Charleston Moves volunteers are at the core of the group of citizens working toward qualifying Charleston area towns as one of the League of American Bicyclists' Bicycle Friendly Communities. To qualify, they must demonstrate to the League that the steps to include cyclists on as many roads as possible, with bike lanes, separate bike paths, signage and signals as necessary. Mayors from across the nation now view this Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) status as a feather in their caps, a sure sign of forward thinking and acknowledgment of the importance of cycling, walking, and mass transit as factors in healthy, "green" places to live. Charelston recieved Bronze status a couple years ago. Sullivan's Island is pushing hard and taking all the right steps to become the Smallest community recognized as a Bicycle Friendly Community. Mt Pleasant is also working on their application, and with some of the updates they have been making they are getting a lot closer to making it happen.

Bikeways and Greenways

Charleston Moves is still pushing to complete the West Ashley Greenway master plan, a key alternative transportation route extending westward from Folly Road to Main Road. The vision for the greenway sees it as an eight-mile-long “linear park” and a key piece of the Savannah Highway Transportation Corridor. Utilty work is currently going on, fall 2011, and paving will continue from Folly Rd headed south in early 2012.

We support the city of Charlestons progress in constructing "bikeways" in numerous portions of the city and still encourages public officials to "keep up the good work" by moving ahead with plans to build a new bike and pedestrian lane on a bridge over the Ashley River, Ashley Crossing needs your help!. The West Ashely Greenway currently gets some use, but with a nice path paved (leaving grass and green space too!) along the length it can become an alternative transportation route in the Savannah Highway corridor. The West Ashley Greenway and the bike and pedestrian lane on the Cooper River Bridge are designated legs of the 2,600-mile-long Maine-to Key West East Coast Greenway, and Charleston Moves is actively working with the East Coast Greenway Alliance to fill in the missing links of the East Coast Greenway through the Charelston area of South Carolina.