Editorial: Red tape, endless planning keep Charleston mass transit years away
If current population growth trends hold, the Charleston metro area will be home to about 83,000 more people by the time the first passengers hop on board a planned bus rapid transit system connecting Summerville and the peninsula.
That’s like adding a new city the size of Mount Pleasant to the region.
Already, the Charleston area struggles to accommodate about 775,000 residents with a transportation system that is almost entirely car dependent. An effective mass transit system has been a need for years, if not decades.
