Bike to the Future: Connection is Key

Camilla Aragon
Yaj Patel

Abstract

The Bike to the Future group explored infrastructure in cities, particularly in Hartsville, South Carolina, and how it can be improved through changes to the streets to make it accessible for all kinds of transportation. I focused on ease of transportation for those travelling to and from school. In a lot of places, roads are mostly geared toward automobiles, but it is important to have road equality, so roads are accessible for not only automobiles, but also bicycles and pedestrians especially since many people in Hartsville do not have access to cars. We traveled to Greenville, South Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia to study infrastructure changes and see how they worked to integrate bicycle, pedestrian, and automobile traffic. We saw many great examples of road equity, especially on the campus of Georgia Tech. After rendering ideas of infrastructure that we could implement in Hartsville, we created sketches of additions we wanted to add to the streets and sent them to the city in order for them to get approved for temporary installment. Some of these sketches were made with the idea to make it safer for the students of GSSM when travelling around the city, since we cannot drive while at school. Adding these small and temporary infrastructure changes that we made to the city helped improved safety of those not traveling by motor vehicle, as we saw many people using our installments. It also increased driver awareness as we saw a trend in lower speeds by vehicles on the streets.

 
Mar 30th, 10:00 AM

Bike to the Future: Connection is Key

Founders Hall 250 B

The Bike to the Future group explored infrastructure in cities, particularly in Hartsville, South Carolina, and how it can be improved through changes to the streets to make it accessible for all kinds of transportation. I focused on ease of transportation for those travelling to and from school. In a lot of places, roads are mostly geared toward automobiles, but it is important to have road equality, so roads are accessible for not only automobiles, but also bicycles and pedestrians especially since many people in Hartsville do not have access to cars. We traveled to Greenville, South Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia to study infrastructure changes and see how they worked to integrate bicycle, pedestrian, and automobile traffic. We saw many great examples of road equity, especially on the campus of Georgia Tech. After rendering ideas of infrastructure that we could implement in Hartsville, we created sketches of additions we wanted to add to the streets and sent them to the city in order for them to get approved for temporary installment. Some of these sketches were made with the idea to make it safer for the students of GSSM when travelling around the city, since we cannot drive while at school. Adding these small and temporary infrastructure changes that we made to the city helped improved safety of those not traveling by motor vehicle, as we saw many people using our installments. It also increased driver awareness as we saw a trend in lower speeds by vehicles on the streets.