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  1. Feb. 10th Transportation Team Meeting

    Associated Project(s): 
    2024 Campus Bike Plan
    Commuter Program: Bus, Bike, and Hike
    Transportation iCAP Team

    The iCAP Transportation Team had our first meeting of the spring semester on Monday, Feb. 10th.

    There were a lot of exciting updates - the 2025 Campus Bike Plan has been published, student's research projects are progressing as they look into systems and infrastructures other universities have in place to encourage active and less environmentally impactful methods of transit, and we are working on finalizing the Campus Transportation Survey to send out in the next couple of weeks.

    Attached Files: 

  2. Weekly Digest

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    We have been surprisingly busy here at CBC so far this year. We’ve sold a few bikes thus far and seen a couple Build-a-Bikes head out the door—all good things!

    Over the weekend, TBP volunteers and I tackled the abandoned bikes in the barn. Made some good progress and had almost a dozen folks on hand helping to sort/strip/move bikes out. Will have to take a few more cracks at it before we completely empty the space but got a good start. Great to see so many volunteers come out—many hands make light work!
     

    The numbers (1/22 – 1/31):

    Visitors: 73
    Sales: 1,371
    Bikes (refurb): 3 for $610
    Bikes (B-a-B): 3 for $180
    Memberships: 15 for $450
    Tires/tubes: 4 for $19.50

  4. 2024 Campus Bicycle Master Plan approved

    Associated Project(s): 
    2024 Campus Bike Plan
    2014 Campus Bike Plan

    The 2024 Campus Bicycle Master Plan was approved by the Chancellor's Capital Review Committee (CCRC) on Thursday, December 19, 2024. This plan will be published on the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign Master Planning website and an announcement will be sent out in January 2025. See attached the final document as approved by the CCRC.

    Attached Files: 

  6. Weekly Digest

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    As expected, we were slow last week. We held an instructional course but did not get any attendees as it was cold and snowy—no surprise there! We will schedule more classes next semester.

    We’re still low on kids’ bike donations and hovering around 50 or so. Have a meeting with IMC folks this week to discuss logistics.

    As a late decision, the Bike Center will be the starting point for a community bike ride this coming Sunday, December 15th at 2p, which will hopefully get some folks aware of our space that may not have been otherwise.

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 25
    Sales: $209
    Memberships: 2 for $60
    Tires/tubes: 5 for $39

  7. Weekly Digest

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    We were closed all last week for the break.

     

    We’re ramping up for our Kids Bike Giveaway event. We even got some coverage on WCIA: https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/annual-bike-giveaway-planned-for-dec-14-in-urbana/

    As is, we’re a little low on donations compared to years’ past, so hopefully this’ll be a good bump.

     

    This evening is a lecture/instructional class on bike repair, but with colder and snowier weather, attendance will likely be low.

     

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 35
    Sales: $497.50
    Memberships: 8 for $240
    Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $50
    Tires/tubes: 3 for $36

  8. Weekly Digest

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    Spent time tracking down a few new sources for kids’ bikes, as this year we aren’t receiving a large number of donations yet. At this point, we're looking at a little more than 20 kids bikes. 

     

    Visitors: 53
    Sales: $724.25
    Bikes (refurb): 1 for $225
    Memberships: 8 for $240
    Tires/tubes: 7 for $50

  10. CTAC fall 2024 meeting recording and slides

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC)
    2024 Campus Bike Plan

    CTAC meeting was held on Thursday, October 24, 2024, focusing mainly on

    1. 2024 Campus Bike Plan: Public Input - Accepting feedback until October 31, 2024. The public input form can be found here: go.fs.illinois.edu/BikePlanPublicInput
    2. Long Range Transportation Plan 2050: https://ccrpc.gitlab.io/lrtp-2050/
    3. Lincoln Avenue Corridor Study - Between Green St and Florida Ave - CCRPC
    4. Lincoln Avenue Corridor Study - Between Florida Ave and Windsor Rd - F&S TDM

    Please see attached the slides from meeting. To view the recording, please go to https://uofi.box.com/s/kvpjfs26kyqwofjkri0y8gwocbqye5jp

    Attached Files: 

  11. Weekly digest

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    The Bike Center received a few more donations and started processing the abandoned bike pile which they'll continue to tackle throughout the week. There was a mention in E-Week for their Kids Bike Giveaway and already have donations lined up. 

    Visitors: 66
    Sales: $575.10
    Bikes (refurb): 1 for $140
    Memberships: 8 for $240
    Tires/tubes: 9 for $69

  13. Weekly digest

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    They finalized the date and times for our Kids Bike Giveaway event: 12/14/24 from 2 – 4p at Urbana IMC building, so they submit work orders for signage/posters/social media posts. Thus far, we’ve gotten zero donations of kids’ bikes, but between both shops we have ~15 to start working through. 

    They'll also have their first instructional class on how to fix a flat tomorrow.

     

    Visitors: 69

    Sales: $1,153.50

    Bikes (refurb): 2 for $395

    Memberships: 20 for $600

    Tires/tubes: 22 for $163

  15. Weekly update

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    The Bike Center hired 2 new staff members and got a new inventory of kids' bikes that are already in the works of getting fixed up. Posters are printed and hung at CBC for donations to the Kids’ Bike Giveaway. Posters and flyers were also given to Urbana staff for them to display in their space. 

     

    Visitors: 110

    Sales: $1,153.50

    Bikes (refurb): 1 for $200

    Memberships: 20 for $600

    Tires/tubes: 22 for $163

  16. Planning Meeting with Sarthak Prasad

    Associated Project(s): 
    Transportation iCAP Team
    2024 Campus Bike Plan

    I met with Sarthak Prasad, 1pm, Oct. 10th, to discuss the Transportation Team's presentation at the Sustainability Celebration on the 23rd. We are going to highlight the Campus Bike Plan and briefly go over our other current projects.

    We also planned the agenda for our Oct. 22nd meeting and went over some protocol for the iCAP portal. A helpful meeting!

  17. Transportation iCAP Team October Meeting

    Associated Project(s): 
    Transportation iCAP Team
    Pavement Condition Index (PCI) of University-owned pavement
    2024 Campus Bike Plan
    Commuter Program: Bus, Bike, and Hike

    The Transportation iCAP Team had their first meeting for the fall semester! Exciting to review projects where they were left off and pick them back up. The minutes are attached. We introduced the projects for the year and discussed what next steps look like for them.

    Attached Files: 

  18. Weekly Update

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    All, Manageable levels of busyness last week. I think our visit numbers have declined slightly, which makes sense for the time of year. Highlights of the week: Received a couple worthwhile direct donations. Fixed up a couple kids’ bikes. Had a student staff interview. Got a few B-a-Bs out the door. The law professor who’s into bikes has become a regular Friday volunteer.

    The TBP Monthly Member meeting is tonight, which I will attend. This week is also the deadline for abandoned bike retrieval, so I will do a rough inventory of keep/scrap. We also may table at the Green Quad Day, if I have available staff since it overlaps with our open hours. Have a lot of loose wheels that are of questionable quality that we need to deal with, too.

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 82
    Sales: 865.51
    Bikes (B-a-B): 3 for $160
    Memberships: 8 for $240
    Tires/tubes: 11 for $112

    Thanks!

    Jacob Benjamin
    Coordinator -- Campus Bike Center

  19. Leftover light count

    Associated Project(s): 
    Light the Night

    Total white: 520

    Total red: 537

     

    Alma Mater

    White: 182

    Red: 198

     

    Ikenberry Commons

    White: 155

    Red: 164

     

    Hellene Greenway

    White: 183

    Red: 175

  20. Weekly Update: Bike week, busy week

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

    All, Another busy week with the fun addition of Bike To Work Day and Light The Night. Haven’t seen the numbers yet but both events went well,  I believe. Friday was surprisingly slow here, which was great since I had staff out sick. We had a BTWD participant follow up and volunteer with us on Friday, which was great.

    With the previously mentioned events out of the way, it’s on to prep for the abandoned bikes being released to us soon. Space is at a premium, so we’ll have to get creative and/or judicial in the bikes we utilize. Hope to get a few more bikes on the sales floor. We also already have one bike ready to go for our Kids Bike Giveaway.

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 103
    Sales: $1,230
    Bikes (B-a-B): 3 for $150
    Memberships: 19 for $570
    Tires/tubes: 25 for $187

    Thanks!

    Jacob Benjamin
    Coordinator -- Campus Bike Center

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