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Bicycle Related Projects

These are the most interesting bike related projects, as of August 2015.

 

Map of projects

Latest Updates

  • 7/8/2025
    Eco-Counter data collected for months of March to June of 2025 on July 8, 2025.
  • 7/7/2025
    This morning, Sarthak, Emily, and Max visited the seven shipping containers to check their progress, attach a padlock to each shipping container door, and put an identifying sticker on each shipping container. Each shipping container now also has...
  • 7/1/2025
    As of this morning, Emily, Max, and Ricardo have finished Phase 2 of the abandoned bicycles project for 2025, identifying abandoned bicycles. 262 bicycles were identified as abandoned and are prepared to be collected by the parking department....
  • 7/1/2025
    Please see attached the general timeline and task reponsibilities for the abandoned bicycles project every summer.
  • 6/30/2025
    Today, Sarthak and interns Emily and Max have started identifying abandoned bicycles (bicycles with the orange tag not removed) to prepare for the bicycles eventual collection by the Parking Department. This step of the process is expected to...
  • 6/30/2025
    On June 27th, Emily sent out emails to 14 different organizations that have a bike ambassador, a bike buddy, or a similar program to learn more about bike ambassador and bike buddy programs. The email includes a description of the two goals relating...
  • 6/30/2025
    Pretty uneventful week on the whole. Highlight was an 11-year-old coming in with his mom to fix up his beat-up bike. At 11 he had great tool instincts and was excited about getting his hands dirty. Good times!Our “For Sale” bike numbers are steadily...
  • 6/25/2025
    Emily is working on researching Bicycle Ambassador, Bike Buddy, and Commuter Programs at Big 10 and other universities to eventually implement these programs at UIUC. While the Bicycle Ambassador program was last active around 2014, restarting...
  • 6/23/2025
    All,The heat is upon us! The high temps have kept us less busy than we might have otherwise been. Still had some folks in and had a Build-a-Bike completed—which is always especially rewarding. Our new door has been working swimmingly, as folks have...
  • 6/18/2025
    The attached spreadsheet contains the sales, visitors, and memberships purchased data for the Campus Bike Center from 2019 to May 2025.