Lincolnville, Ladson and Summerville Get a Bus Line

Lincolnville, SC- Improved bus service will link Charleston to Summerville Starting Tuesday, September 4 when Tri-County Link starts running a new route from North of Summerville at Crossroads Plaza through Summerville to the Otranto / North Charleston Park and Ride Hub on River's Ave.  This will bring more frequent and useful tranist service to Lincolnville, Ladson and Communities along Highway 78.

Transit Outreach in Lincolnville

Full details about the route are now online at http://ridetricountylink.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CS2-8_16_2018.pdf

In N. Charleston the new route will connect with the CARTA #1 Express and CARTA #10 Rivers Ave bus, both strong, heavily used bus lines. A park and ride facility under construction there will provide shelter, bathrooms and parking in the future.

The new bus line will also be the first in that are to be represented on Google Tranist, so trips can be planned online with connections to other CARTA bus routes.

Later, the Bus Rapid Tranist Line  planned to run from Summerville to Charleston will bring radically faster transit to this area, cutting travel times in half.

Summerville Transit Supporters.

Best Friends of Lowcountry Transit began working to improve transit in this area in Spring o 2017 with a public outreach effort along Highway 78 and River's Ave. covering over 23 miles of road frontage. Over the past year, they've held public information meetings in Summerville and Lincolnville, participated in a public hearing with Lincolnville Town Council, and done outreach at the Summerville Farmer's Market. The have operated public information tents at the Ladson Flea Market, Sangaree neighborhood spring festival and Lincolnville Back to School Celebration.

People in the area want better transit. Huge amounts of new construction and development are planned and a transit alternative to the often 90 minute car trip to Charleston is desired. People from Summerville, Lincolnville, Ladson and Sangaree have all made their desire for better transit known to their elected officials.  Our outreach teams were nearly always the first people to go out and talk to residents and businesses in the area about transit.  In it's 150 year history, local planning agencies had never visited the historic town of Lincolnville to discuss transit.

Or organizing efforts helped people in their area find their voice and get improved transit.

Best friends of Lowcountry Transit will continue their outreach and advocacy efforts for better transit this fall. To get involved contact William Hamilton at (843) 870-5299 or wjhamilton29464@gmail.com.

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Join us at the CARTA Board Meeting Wednesday

The Board of Directors of the CHARLESTON AREA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY will meet on Wednesday at 1 pm. On the Agenda is a report from the Route Advisory Committee on possible changes to our existing bus routes. We hope you will be able to join us or view the meeting online (instructions at the bottom of this message. There is a period for two minute public comments at the end of this meeting.  Below is the official agenda.

 

CARTA BOARD MEETING
August 22, 2018
1:00 PM
Lonnie Hamilton III Public Service Building
4045 Bridgeview Drive, Room B-225
North Charleston, SC  29405

AGENDA

1. Call to Order 
2. Consideration of Board Minutes – June 21, 2018 & July 11, 2018 Meetings
3. Financial Status Report – Robin Mitchum
4. Route Advisory Committee Recommendations –  Sharon Hollis
5. Hospitality on Peninsula Service – Ron Mitchum
6. Shelter/Bench Installation Project – Status Report – Andrea Kozloski
7. Project Status Reports – Sharon Hollis
   1. Regional Transit Framework Plan 
   2. Regional Park and Ride Study 
   3. Intermodal Center
   4. Lowcountry Rapid Transit
   5. Mount Pleasant Planning Project
8. Marketing/Outreach Report - Daniel Brock
9. Executive Director’s Report
10. Other Business, If Any
11. Public Comments, If Any
12. Board Comments, If Any
13. Adjournment 

Please note that the next regularly scheduled meeting of the CARTA Board will be September 19, 2018 in Room B-225 of the Lonnie Hamilton III Public Service Building, 4045 Bridgeview Drive, North Charleston, SC  29405.  Notice, including agenda documentation, will be sent to Board Members in advance of the meeting, as well as posted on www.ridecarta.com. The CARTA Board Meetings are broadcast live on Charleston County’s Ustream Channel at https://www.charlestoncounty.org/departments/county-council/cctv.php