Walkable Neighborhood Guide
Some neighborhoods successfully foster practical, car-free movement, while others illustrate the persistent challenges of balancing suburban development with meaningful pedestrian access.
February 7, 2024
Sandlapper's Journal
The Lowcountry Lowline
A transformative project through the center of the peninsula of Downtown Charleston is in the works – a linear park reconnecting neighborhoods, existing infrastructure, and the natural beauty of Charleston.
October 27, 2023
The West Ashley Greenway
The West Ashley Greenway accommodates walkers, joggers, cyclists, and naturalists through more than ten miles of linear park, connecting a number of neighborhoods and business centers. Its path parallels that of Savannah Highway.
March 25, 2022
Liberty Center
A proposed a plan to revamp the street level at 151 Meeting Street by activating its covered walkway flanked by stone pillars, which is already continuous with the city sidewalk beyond it.
September 1, 2021
A Walkable Goose Creek
The central village would be a vibrant urban core of shops, restaurants, residences, and offices with plenty of green space, all to enhance the livability of Goose Creek.
May 20, 2021
Rethinking Coleman Boulevard
Coleman Boulevard is the main street of Mount Pleasant, SC. It evolved from a colonial road to a suburban highway, and then to a more urban and attractive corridor. Through a long history of construction and expansion, the urbanization of Coleman Boulevard faces challenges and controversies from different groups of residents and business owners.
April 22, 2020
Second Sunday on King Street
Would it be feasible and beneficial to extend the pedestrian-first concept of Second Sunday to every day?
March 7, 2018
Visions of Lorelei
A blend of single-family homes, condominiums, student housing, and senior living facilities.
June 15, 2017
The Upper Peninsula Initiative
With limited options for infill homesites in the rest of the peninsula, city planners want to ensure that the upper peninsula progresses in a thoughtful manner that takes into account affordable housing, sustainable development, and environmental impact.
June 3, 2014