CARTA transit meeting in Mount Pleasant

Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments and the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority held a regional transit open house Tuesday in Mount Pleasant. (lowcountryrapidtransit.com) The drop-in meeting ran from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Mount Pleasant Municipal Complex at 100 Ann Edwards Lane, with no formal presentation scheduled. (lowcountryrapidtransit.com) Project teams said the event covered three tracks: Lowcountry Rapid Transit’s final design, draft recommendations from CARTA Now & Next, and updates to the Regional Transit Framework Plan and TriCounty Link. (lowcountryrapidtransit.com) (ridecarta.com) CARTA Now & Next is the agency’s short- and long-term service plan for the greater Charleston area, built after an operational analysis and public feedback collected at the end of 2025. (ridecarta.com) (bcdcog.com) The biggest project in the room was Lowcountry Rapid Transit, a bus rapid transit line that BCDCOG says has reached 100% design completion. (lowcountryrapidtransit.com) (counton2.com) BCDCOG’s February update says the line is a 21.3-mile corridor now in the final year of the Federal Transit Administration engineering phase, with construction preparation underway and groundbreaking planned for 2027. (lowcountryrapidtransit.com) WCBD reported Monday’s Charleston meeting drew residents to review a route that would run from Ladson to downtown Charleston, with dedicated lanes on Rivers Avenue. (counton2.com) The same series continues Wednesday in West Ashley and Thursday in North Charleston, while an online Lowcountry Rapid Transit meeting opened April 27 and is set to remain available through May 27. (lowcountryrapidtransit.com) CARTA says the public meetings are meant to show draft concepts for future service before recommendations are refined, putting Tuesday’s Mount Pleasant stop in the middle of a broader regional transit rewrite. (ridecarta.com) (bcdcog.com)