THE LATEST

We were thrilled to join the Town of Mount Pleasant’s Mayor Haynie; Councilmembers Chapman, Tinkey, Whitaker and Crosby; and staff for a ribbon-cutting of their brand new Coleman Boulevard bike lanes over Shem Creek. This new infrastructure has filled a critical gap in the network, advancing Mount Pleasant Way, Battery2Beach, and East Coast Greenway initiatives. While on site, we got to witness numerous people enjoying the new safe space! Congratulations to the Town, their consultant, SCDOT and CHATS for collaborating to bring this wonderful project to fruition. This is one of multiple phases of improvements being made on and connecting to Coleman Boulevard; stay tuned for planned bicycle signals along Coleman, as well as connecting segments of Mount Pleasant Way!

The Town continues to design, fund, and install multiple projects throughout the municipality. View their Mount Pleasant Way interactive map here (if it doesn’t open, visit ​​https://gis-tomp.hub.arcgis.com/ > EDS > Mount Pleasant Way Interactive Map).

DESCRIPTION

The Town of Mount Pleasant is the only municipality within Charleston County that has developed bicycle and pedestrian master plans, consistently budgets for design and installation (and leverages funding as matches towards other funding sources), and consistently installs the projects identified in the plans. 

HISTORY

In the early 2000s, the Town of Mount Pleasant and stakeholders worked together to create a Coleman Boulevard Revitalization Plan in order to return the street to its historic “Main Street” role. Improvements over subsequent years have included an intermittent raised, planted median; narrowed lanes of travel, bike lanes, improved sidewalks and crosswalks, and small gathering places. On-street parking was initially part of the plan, but over the years has been removed from design standards for most segments of the corridor. 

In 2021, the Town of Mount Pleasant completed their Mount Pleasant Way Master Plan, a proposed network of connected multi-use paths to enable safe and efficient travel for those biking and walking between neighborhoods and to key destinations. The development of this plan was a strong recommendation from the Town’s Comprehensive Plan, notably requested by citizens. Since adoption, the Town has successfully sourced funding and completed installation of segments, and is actively working to advance many more. 

In early 2023, the Town passed a Target Zero Resolution that aims to reduce and eventually eliminate traffic-related deaths, with a strong emphasis on vulnerable road users and populations who experience disproportionate impacts. In June 2023, the Town — with input from key community stakeholders, including Charleston Moves — completed a Safety Action Plan, which incorporated data and recommendations from Mount Pleasant Way. “This resolution and Safety Action Plan focus on addressing existing crash trends, making equitable investments in transportation infrastructure, implementing strategies and specific goals for improving Town-wide safety, and monitoring progress towards the Town’s Target Zero vision.” In December 2023, the Town of Mount Pleasant was awarded a federal grant to implement Phase I of their Safety Action Plan. They received $15.78M to implement 17 priority projects identified within their Safety Action Plan. Find their Plan document HERE and our project page HERE.