Tomorrow, the House Education & Public Works committee will consider H.3656, the Complete Streets bill, sponsored by Charleston's Rep. Pendarvis, and supported by PCC and every organization listed way below.
This bill would require SCDOT develop a state policy to enable safer, multimodal streets. Please attend or email your legislator in support!
Tuesday, April 2, Room 433, ~2pm
Solomon Blatt Building, 1105 Pendleton St, Columbia
We are expecting a perfecting amendment that further refines the amendment that was proposed last week!
Contact your Representative before noon tomorrow:
- Let them know you are a constituent,
- Urge them to vote in favor of H.3656, to compel SCDOT commit to a state policy for safer streets.
Representatives on the House Education & Public Works Committee:
Merita A. "Rita" Allison, Chair -
Spartanburg
County
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Robert L. Brown
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Charleston
&
Colleton
Counties
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Linda "Lin" Bennett
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Charleston
&
Dorchester
County
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Paula Rawl Calhoon *
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Lexington
County
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Bobby J. Cox
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Greenville
County
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Jerry N. Govan, Jr. *
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Orangeburg
County
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Timothy A "Tim" McGinnis
- Horry County
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Bill Taylor **
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Aiken
County
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Chris Wooten
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Lexington
County
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Ronald "Ronnie" Young
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Aiken
County
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Terry Alexander
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Florence
County
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Wendy C. Brawley
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Richland
County
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Converse A. "Con" Chellis, IV
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Dorchester
County
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R. Raye Felder *
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York
County
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Steven Wayne Long
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Spartanburg
County
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(803) 212-6878, Email
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Tommy M. Stringer *
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Spartanburg
County
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Ivory Torrey Thigpen
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Richland
County
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Richard L. "Richie" Yow
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Chesterfield
County,
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Then, ask your State Representative to cosponsor H.3656.
Find your Representative by clicking here
In a major victory, not easily won, and definitely not over,
last week the SC Livable Communities Alliance coalition advanced H.3656 successfully through House E&PW Transportation subcommittee. It received unanimous support with an amendment. This week it goes to full committee for its next vote.
South Carolina's pedestrian and bike fatalities have risen linearly for the past decade, and we currently are 50% higher than the national average.
When it's known that street design & street culture greatly influence traffic fatalities, it's important we do something about it. If every other Southeastern state has a state Multimodal "Complete Streets" policy, we can too, for the sake of fulfilling SCDOT's existing mandate to provide for the "safe transportation services for people.."
Thank you to the following organizations who testified or wrote letters in support of H.3656:
- Municipal Association of SC
- Columbia Development Corporation
- SC Chapter of the American Planning Association
- Palmetto Cycling Coalition
- American Heart Association - SC
- Coastal Conservation League
- National Action Network - SC
- Best Friends of Lowcountry Transit
- AARP-SC (letter of support)
- Charleston Moves (letter of support)
- SC Alliance of YMCA's (letter of support)
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