City of Columbia to host “Sharing the Road” community meeting – Oct 8

The City of Columbia is kicking off a public planning process to improve safety for all roadway users – from our more vulnerable users like pedestrians and cyclists, to transit riders and personal and commercial vehicle operators. This planning process is about how we can move towards creating a Columbia where we can all travel our city public rights-of-way safely – and that’s why we’re calling it Sharing the Road.

We want you to share your concerns and priorities for roadway safety – join us for public open houses on October 8^th, and stay tuned for an initial survey – your perception of roadway safety and experiences using Columbia’s transportation network provide critical context to our project team. We want your feedback!

This comprehensive safety action plan will:

• Result in an official public commitment that establishes a target date to significantly reduce roadway fatalities and serious injuries.
• Identify the City’s High Injury Network through the analysis of crash data and public input.
• Build on prior planning efforts like Walk Bike Columbia and Columbia Compass while focusing specifically on how to improve roadway safety for all users.
• Identify systemic and specific safety needs + priority projects for the City and partner agencies to collaborate on moving forward.
• Align with the USDOT Safe Streets and Roads For All program, which is partially funding this effort. The resulting plan document will also position the City for future potential grant funding.

Ways to Engage:

• Attend a community meeting!  Meetings will be a drop-in format, and provide an opportunity to engage directly with the project team.
  •  Wednesday, October 8^th from 11AM – 1PM and 4PM – 6PM at Richland Library Main, 1431 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC

• Learn more via the project website: https://planninganddevelopment.columbiasc.gov/safe-streets/
• Sign up to receive email updates regarding multimodal transportation planning + events: https://forms.columbiasc.gov/243375701335858
• Stay tuned for a project survey – to be released shortly!