Semi trucks on Pine Street prompt leaders to seek fixes

Mayor Junie White votes down resolution

By Dustin Wyatt

Staff Writer

On a cluttered four-mile stretch of Pine Street, where U.S. 176 cuts through the city of Spartanburg, you can spot small cars carrying families, buses carrying school children, and cyclists pedaling toward the popular Rail Trail.

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Margaret
Safer Pine Street sought for pedestrians

While efforts have been made for about five years to calm and decrease the traffic on Pine Street, a recently formed group hopes to correct a potentially dangerous situation.

Citizens for Safe Streets was chartered in May and since then has gained 35 members and a number of community partners including Converse College, the YMCA of Greater Spartanburg, Partners for Active Living, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, United Community Bank, SPACE, Palmetto Cycling Coalition, the Chapman Cultural Center, Habitat for Humanity of Spartanburg and the Spartanburg Association of Realtors.

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Margaret
Safe Trucking is Good Business

Trucks move the economy, and they do a superb job. One- and two-day delivery wouldn’t be possible without the nation’s truck army. But when trucks are involved in a crash, the results are often disastrous. How do we make trucking even safer?

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Jody Traywick