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The BCDCOG is the primary entity for regional transportation planning efforts and facilitates several different programs that encourage the usage of economical and sustainable modes of transportation. BCDCOG’s mobility management program facilitates use of transportation demand management strategies to encourage a shift from single-occupancy vehicles to carpooling, vanpooling, walking, bicycling, transit, and teleworking, plus adopting flexible work schedules.

BCDCOG’s mobility management program, Lowcountry Go offers a ride matching app and website that enables users to search for carpooling opportunities with others who share similar regular trip patterns. Likewise, the BCDCOG operates a commuter vanpool program to enable groups of workers with home-bases and employment destinations to share commuting costs. Commuters recognize the importance of programs like this as it not only reduces traffic congestion but can preserve air quality, conserve fuel, promote better health and save money. The first year that Lowcountry Go was operational, over 100 people utilized the service totaling almost 1,500 individual trips, with many users being attracted to the platform through the LowGoTober promotional event in October 2018.

Transit

A major component for an efficient and sustainable transportation network is the offering of public transportation or transit. Transit improves the accessibility and optionality of an area by providing options to a wide range of groups of people like commuters, persons of low-moderate income, older adults or seniors, and people with disabilities. Access to public transit helps enhance the quality of life by allowing the users to reduce vehicle-miles travelled, save money otherwise spent on rising gas costs, and can improve community relations among users. As seen on Map 6, Hanahan is served by two transit systems, the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) and the TriCounty Link.

MAP 6: REGIONAL TRANSIT ROUTES

CARTA offers fixed-route, express commute service, demand-response rideshare service, Park-&-Ride Lots and Tel-a-Ride paratransit service 5 All CARTA buses are equipped with wheelchair lifts and are ADA accessible. Route 13 -Remount Rd is the primary CARTA route that serves Hanahan. CARTA Route 10 – Rivers Avenue does not travel through the city limits but has a service area to accommodate Eagle Landing and Otranto; however, the railroad crossing at Eagle Landing Boulevard and Otranto Boulevard, along with the intersections at Rivers Ave provide obstacles for riders in the first and/or last mile commute.

TriCounty Link operates rural bus services throughout the Tri-county region. Most of Hanahan is within the service area of Route B102, which links between Hanahan, North Charleston, Goose Creek, and Moncks Corner. All TriCounty Link buses are ADA-compliant and are equipped with lifts and spaces for wheelchairs and other similar equipment. This route, along with CARTA’s Route 13-Remount Rd, provides residents of Hanahan with connectivity between both rural and urban areas of the region

5 CARTA’s transportation service for people with disabilities.