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  2. Weekly Update - Bike Sales and Demand

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    All,

    Approaching a manageable number of visitors to the Bike Center. We’re getting Build-a-Bikes done at a quick-ish rate, which is good for bike-morale as so many folks abandon those projects.

    Elsewhere, the bike retrieval process has concluded, so I will begin organizing/sorting this year’s haul of abandoned bikes (pending approval).

    Tonight is the Bike Project Member Meeting that I will attend.

     

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 138
    Sales: $1,303.40

    Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $60
    Memberships: 24 for $720

    Tires/tubes: 21 for $165

     

    Thanks!

  4. Weekly Update - Bike Sales and Demand

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    All,

     

    Beginning of the semester and it’s hard to convey just how busy we’ve been. Demand for bikes and drop-off repairs has never felt higher. We’re plugging away at restocking both B-a-Bs and For Sale bikes.

     

    Visitors: 268

    Sales: $2,267

    Bikes (refurb): 1 for $200
    Bikes (BaB): 2 for $100
    Memberships: 26 for $780
    Tires/tubes: 55 for $450

    Thanks!

  5. Weekly Update -- Bike Sales & Demand

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    All,

    Decent week. Got a couple Build-a-Bikes out the door. Will also be donating some bikes to Dump & Run this week.

    We’ll be closed on Friday, August 7th.

     

    The numbers:

    Sales: $985

    Memberships: 2 for $60

    Bikes (refurb): 4 for $665
    Bikes (B-a-B): 2 for $100
    Tires/tubes: 7 for $41

     

    Thanks!

  7. Phase 3 (Inventory) Complete

    Associated Project(s): 
    Collection and Donation of Abandoned Bicycles

    On 07/29/26, Phase 3 (Inventory) was completed. This year, 254 bicycles, e-bikes, and e-scooters were inventoried by Sarthak, Frida, and Emma. As of 08/01/26, four people have began the retrieval process. As a reminder, any impounded bicycle that remains after September 25, 2026 will be considered donated to the university and will be donated to the Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign.

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    "No" in this graph is a count of bicycles marked as abandoned in Phase 2 that did not get picked up by the Parking Department to be inventoried, likely because they were moved.

    Attached Files: 

  8. Phase 3 (Inventory) Started

    Associated Project(s): 
    Collection and Donation of Abandoned Bicycles

    On Monday, 07/20/2026, Sarthak, Frida, and Emma began to inventory the abandoned bicycles collected by University Parking.

    Throughout the next week, the team will work on inventorying all bicycles brought in by Parking. 

    The deadline to retrieve your impounded bicycle is September 25, 2026. Find out how to begin the retrieval process on the Bike at Illinois website: https://bike.illinois.edu/resources/bicycle-roundup/

    Attached Files: 

  13. Weekly Update -- Bike Sales & Demand

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    All,

    Uneventful week. Made some progress on emptying out last year’s batch of abandoned bikes, which I will continue to work on this week, as I am able with the extreme weather.

     

    We’ll be closed on Friday in observance of 4th of July, so a short week but we stand to get a few more bikes fixed up for sale.

     

    Tonight is the Bike Project Members’ Meeting, which I will attend.

     

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 30
    Sales: $1,335.50

    Bikes (refurb): 3 for $675

    Bikes (B-a-B): 2 for $110

    Memberships: 7 for $110

    Tires/tubes: 12 for $129

     

    Thanks!

  14. Phase 2 (Checking Tags) Complete

    Associated Project(s): 
    Collection and Donation of Abandoned Bicycles

    From 06/24/26 to 06/26/26 Sarthak, Frida, and Emma checked all previously tagged bicycles for tags, and updated their abandonment status. In total, 310 bikes were marked as abandoned, and 422 were not. In the next week, the Parking Department will remove the locks and relocate the bicycles to F&S's storage units. 

    Phase 3, the inventory of abandoned bicycles, will begin on Tuesday, July 7th, 2026 (07/07/26).

    Bar graph of bike counts

    Attached Files: 

  16. CU Bike Month 2026: Light the Night & Bike to Work Day Dates

    Associated Project(s): 
    C-U Bike to Work Day
    Light the Night

    The dates for Light the Night and Bike to Work Day 2026 have been announced. Flyers are attached to this post. Rain dates are in italics.

    Bike to Work Day

    Wednesday, September 16th, 7:00am-10:00am

    Thursday, September 17th, 7:00am-10:00am

    Light the Night

    Tuesday, September 22nd, 4:00pm-7:00pm

    Wednesday, September 23rd, 4:00pm-7:00pm

     

     

    Attached Files: 

  18. E-Bike Charging Pilot Progam

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bicycle Parking & Storage
    E-Bike Infrastructure and Operations

    Transportation Demand Management (TDM) at F&S has received $96,000 from the Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) to pilot e-bike charging at residence halls. E-bike & E-scooter users at Illinois are not allowed to charge their batteries or bring their device inside university facilities.

    TDM has identified 20 preliminary locations at Ikenberry, ISR, and FAR/PAR for a minimum of 15 charging racks. TDM will meet with University Housing to review the proposed locations and charging rack models. The proposed locations and models are attached to this update. None of the locations or models are final.

     

    Attached Files: 

  19. CU Bike Month 2026 Planning Team Meeting #1 - Kickoff

    Associated Project(s): 
    C-U Bike to Work Day
    Light the Night

    On June 16, 2026, planning team members attended the first meeting of the CU Bike Month event. From the U of I, Sarthak, Frida (intern), and Emma (intern) attended the meeting.

    The kickoff meeting generally discussed event dates, event locations, bike lights purchases, and confirmation of future meeting dates. 

    Attached Files: 

  20. Weekly Update -- Bike Sales & Demand

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    All,

    We’re burning through bikes as demand has increased with the summer weather. We sold one bike last week before it even hit the sales floor and another an hour or two after it was finished.

     

    This week we’ll work on organizing and trying to fast-track some bikes for sale as we can hardly keep more than 5-6 on the floor before another is purchased.

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 29

    Sales: $1,494.50
    Memberships:  6 for $180
    Bikes (refurb): 3 for $725
    Bikes (B-a-B): 2 for $110
    Tires/tubes: 7 for $62


    Thanks!

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