Why Greenlink?

Greenlink – the public transit system serving Greenville County, South Carolina – is a central part of our community’s future.

Over the last several years, a steady process of research, planning, developing buy in, making logical improvements, and growing investment from diverse sources has demonstrated that is a rising star, that it has reinvented itself to be a system of the future, and that it’s essential to the people who ride it now and that it can be a vital piece of our growth, development, and sustainable infrastructure.

The staff leaders at the helm of Greenlink as well as several members of the Greenville Transit Authority board are primarily responsible for this great progress.  But the original catalyst and continued accelerant of Greenlink’s success have been outside partners and allies who believe in transit in Greenville County.  Philanthropy (including the Piedmont Health Foundation, Hollingworth Funds, the Jolley Foundation, and the Graham Foundation), business (including the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, Michelin, and our local health care systems), the faith community, and community leaders have come together to support better transit.  This fairly decentralized partnership has been sufficient thus far to grow Greenlink’s revenues for operations and capital and, as a result, the quality of its service for riders.

However, for Greenlink to make a leap to be a key player in Greenville County’s future mobility, a quarterback for community partnership is needed. Greenville Connects is the platform for that success.