Would you Ride a Bus or Train in Greenville Metro?

[scguy89]

Originally Posted by rlrl

my folks left NY for SC in 1997 then moved to the Atlanta suburbs in 2006. how far is exit 51 I 85 from downtown Greenville?

I think Stevie Wonder was in a car crash in Greenville in 1973.

I also visited a Country Kitchen restaurant off I 85 i think it was exit 38 in Easley if i'm not mistaken. really good food.

10-15 minutes depending on traffic.

[sojones]

Most the transients I knew were from New York... Grew Up around people from Brooklyn, LI, and Manhattan. A few jersey side people / Newark ....

[Shadetree930]

Originally Posted by rlrl

I think Stevie Wonder was in a car crash in Greenville in 1973.

He would vote for the train or bus. Probably not a good idea for him to be driving.

[Made_it_To_the_Metroplex]

Here's just a small scintilla of what's needed to get mass transit more into the public mind... http://www.greenvilleonline.com/arti...xt|FRONTPAGE|p

More of this, along with actual education on how the system works, etc would improve ridership, and hopefully help justify increased frequencies and/or more routes.

[GreenvilleEngineer]

Interesting that this topic came up since Greer and Greenville are currently looking at Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects (separate efforts).

The Greenville project will create a route along the old rail corridor from CU-ICAR to Pleasantburg and would then get on Laurens Rd to downtown. The idea would be that it would have stops no more than every 1/2 mile to mile.

There is a meeting for the Greer BRT today from 4-6.

The next Greenville meeting will be May 31st at 6pm at the West Greenville Community Center.

[sojones]

Yeah, an Engineer inspected my house. Made me aware of the initial plans like 4 or 5 years ago.

Is there still a Millions in city budget for this?

Know they've shaved and repaid that budget from taxes over and over