Excerpts from the Johns Island Community Plan, adopted in 2007. Lots of ideas, most of them never implemented.
Houston’s Population Inside Loop 610 Little Changed Since 1950
Renderings of the Magnolia development on the neck of the peninsula. So far, lots of offices and it feels very similar to Westedge.
Where to live in Charleston as a 22m
New Hotel at King & Line St plans to use the parking lot under I26. No more free parking.
Saw this as a visitor — lots of overbuilt streets downtown. Space could be reallocated for wider sidewalks, street trees, etc. without worsening traffic. Would be good for pedestrian safety.
Visiting from Charleston. Y'all have a beautiful city!
CARTA literally doesn’t have enough buses on the road to work at scale. It could not transport more than 120 people/hr from downtown to West Ashley. This could be solved by... running more buses.
Why Your City’s Street Grid Matters More Than You Think
CARTA's recommended transit system for the future, published in 2016, includes bus service to Summerville, Goose Creek, Daniel Island, and Folly Beach. Most of this never materialized due to a lack of funding.
To Design Cities Right, We Need to Focus on People
Good Op-Ed in P&C about Ukraine
Camp Hall development will bring 15,000 jobs to Ridgeville (pop. 2,000) and also do extensive environmental restoration work, right off the Volvo Car Dr interchange.
Charleston's median home price finally flattens. For the first time in years, the median home price in the Charleston area ($415,000) hasn't increased year over year.
No-brainer traffic project: A frequent transit route between downtown, North Charleston, and Summerville via Dorchester Road.
Dual track metro system can carry as much as a 32 lane road
Brooklyn’s Only Interstate Is Doomed
DOT just cancelled SF to LA rail funding. Charleston and our Bus Rapid Transit has no chance...
Twin buildings on King Street
How to figure out a maps projection?
Upcoming CARTA board meeting -transit is at risk
Beaufort County reported $3.1 million in losses to crypto scams last year, including many involving bitcoin ATMs. Beaufort County has been targeted by scammers due to its older, wealthy population — more vulnerable to scams and more money to lose.
The old hospital at Main & 78 has been threatened with demolition by Dorchester County. It is single-handedly being saved by Summerville's historic architecture board
Why do so many historic buildings have a castle-like architecture?
Best history books about the lowcountry or aspects of it?
