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weekly update
Associated Project(s):Hello all,
This past week was busy but good. I was able to start our partnership with the school of education and orientate the EDU 201 students. I registered quite a few bikes, and we had strong attendance at the Center. We also lent a pair of bikes to the Krannert center for a performance, which is said to have been wonderful. We sold 1 bike for $120, 12 student memberships for $300, and 3 community memberships for $120. The Center grossed $1278. I went to the BPAC meeting. Nothing of note there, we just went over the MCORE plans.
This coming week I will be training students from the EDU 201 class on how to help us at the Bike Project and Bike Center. I will be preparing for my absence in October for Bike!Bike!. I will also be training new employees, and making sure shop operations are up to standard. With the busyness of fall, and trying to fill in for the not yet hired active trans coordinator a lot of things were not attended to as well as I would have liked.
From the Campus Outpost,
James RoedlBike parking added
Associated Project(s):BIKE RACK REPLACEMENTS: The replacement of 344 broken/unusable campus bike racks at the College of Education, Loomis Laboratory, Main Library, Mechanical Engineering Building, and Smith Memorial Hall was completed. Bike racks at David Kinley Hall and the Psychology Building will also be replaced in coordination with construction taking place at those locations.
weekly update
Associated Project(s):Hello all,
This past week was very busy. We did lots of good stuff. We successfully pulled off the LTN 2015. We served quite a few people, and found a new person to work at the shop. We sold one bike for $160, 2 build-a-bikes for $100, 6 memberships for $150, and grossed $10,078.57. I made more shop fliers, and continued to setup the EDU 201 course. Stacey and I have been following up on the cargo bike situation, and I met with Jeff Yockey about the Bike Summit. No bike built. We have been too busy.
This week I will finalize hiring a new employee who will substitute when staff are now here/transition into staff. We will be losing two staffers in December, and more in the spring. I am working on getting the shop back into shape after the student rush, and organizing it a little better. I will also be doing orientation for the EDU 201 course Wednesday night.
From the Campus Outpost,
James Roedlweekly update
Associated Project(s):The past few weeks have been very busy. I have not been able to write a weekly digest. We have seen a massive increase in people coming in. The shop has been operating at above capacity, but with some patience on the part of those coming in as well as some kind volunteers we have gotten by. We have tabled at the International Student Check in, Quad Day, and the Paraprofessional Resource Fair. We pulled about 80 bikes from the warehouse, donated quite a few bikes to Habitat for Humanity, and a couple to the YMCA. I helped coordinate bike volunteers for Dump and Run and helped a little coordinating volunteers for Habitat for Humanity. I helped the organizers of the Illinois Bike Summit find speakers for the Community Bike Shop portion of the Summit. I helped create some new advocacy materials.
This week I plan on reorganizing the Center to fix the chaos of the last few weeks, building bikes, printing more advocacy materials, and working on ordering bike parts.
I will see about creating a class schedule for the semester.
From the Campus Outpost,
James Roedl
Census Data update
Associated Project(s):The News-Gazette published a story today about the percent of Champaign-Urbana residents that take active transportation to get to work. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2015-08-19/c-u-driving-work-not-s...
Draft bike check out sheet
Associated Project(s):The attached file is a draft bike checkout sheet. This can be modified for future uses.
Attached Files:Bicycle Friendly University renewal application submitted
Associated Project(s):The application for the Bike Friendly University is completed & was submitted for review this morning.
Attached Files:Award Letter - Demo Cargo Bike
Associated Project(s):The idea for the project came after noticing most trucks on campus are only hauling small loads compared to the capacity they were made for. We believe we could switch many transportation tasks over to human powered vehicles. We are hoping we can use a demonstration cargo bike to show different departments how they can use sustainable transportation rather than large fossil fuel powered trucks. We want the departments to see how useful cargo bikes can be and then buy their own. This would not only save money, reduce pollution and congestion, but open up opportunities for student workers who do not have driver’s licenses to do these tasks. This would open up more jobs for students on campus as well as let them participate in sustainable transportation which they could then take and implement after they graduate.
Award Letter - Bike Share
Associated Project(s):In Spring 2011, SSC funded a bike sharing feasibility study, and it established a three-tier approach to bike sharing. However, it was found that no improvements to developing a bike sharing could begin until the bike infrastructure was significantly improved. In the last 4 years, there have been vast improvements and new infrastructure plans are continuing to be implemented.
The UIUC Pilot Bike Share program is a proposal for a two year pilot bike share program. This pilot program will be a 50 bike fleet. It will be using a new approach to bike sharing through smart locks. Smart locks contain all the technology for the bike-sharing program linked to a smart phone. The smart locks will allow for versatility in the type of bikes to use within the system and where the bikes could be located. iSEE is exploring a collaboration with BitLock for the smart locks and Neutral Cycle for the bikes.
This two-year pilot bike-sharing program is in with collaboration with CUMTD, City of Urbana, City of Champaign, and CUPHD (CU Bike Share Task Force) in creating a bike share program on campus that can be scalable into the community. The desired outcome is to design a bike share program that is equitable and gives students the best access to traveling around campus, while reducing our carbon footprint.
Award Letter - Japan House Bikes
Associated Project(s):Japan House and the University of Illinois Arboretum request funding to provide bike racks on their grounds. There are currently no available bike racks in the 57-acre Arboretum and Japan House grounds. Japan House is the site of University classes and the Arboretum is frequently used as a resource for classes from units such as Landscape Architecture, and Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. In addition, the Arboretum and the Japan House Gardens are a major recreational resource for students, faculty and staff and the general public. The Japan House offices are located at the site and students routinely ask where they should lock up their bikes. Currently, with no bike racks, bikers are forced to lock bikes to benches, lampposts, etc. Funding is supplied for the installation of two six loop bike racks and pavers (to ensure that the surface is permeable), and related biking signage.
Award Letter - Makers Bike Seat
Associated Project(s):The Makers UIUC Bike Seat Project is a student-centered venture to design, produce, and distribute an environmentally-friendly and economical bike seat cover in order to promote biking on campus. By providing a way of protecting bicycle seats, we are addressing the problems of biking in adverse weather conditions. Our intention is not only to design a product made with environmentally friendly materials, but to encourage the use of eco-friendly transportation as a whole.
Attached Files:Bike recycle event, KellerWilliams Realtor RED Day Bicycle Recycle event
Associated Project(s):Happy Bike Month Everybody,
We have lots of bike-related events going on in May. And as the use of bikes and the local bike community grows, we will have more and more bike events. This is all good. Champaign County Bikes will try to share local bike information and keep everyone informed. (A growing task for us, and one of the reasons we need to grow and add capacity!) For now, during Bike Month - our Bike Month calendar and resources are at www.CUBike.org A more complete and ongoing bike event calendar that draws from many of our local bike groups is at our CCB website, www.champaigncountybikes.org.
I just want to quick highlight a new event, one I just received some information on tonight. I believe it’s good that all of us who share leadership roles in our bicycle community are well informed, given that that we might be asked about any bike-related event in town, including this new event. Scott Bechtel and his staff at KellerWilliams Realtor are hosting this RED DAY Bicycle Recycle event, and as I understand it are promoting it primarily within their extensive network of contacts, and then generally in the community. One of our CCB members knows Scott and they have had some conversations. This is how CCB knows of RED DAY. Red Day falls on our local Bike to Work Day, Thursday, May 14.
You can find more information at: www.KWChampaignRedDay.com, at KellerWillimas, or their Facebook page.
Thanks for everything all of you are doing to make Champaign County an awesomely Bicycle Friendly Place!
Jeff
Jeff Yockey
President
Champaign County Bikes
217 565-1785
bike warehouse cleanout
Associated Project(s):Michelle,
I have removed all bikes from the warehouse.
JamesFrom: Wahl, Michelle
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 6:27 PM
To: Roedl, James M
Cc: Johnston, Morgan B; DeLorenzo, Stacey; Calloway, Jason Robard; Wise, Michael Anthony
Subject: Re: Bike Pick Up!That is awesome thanks for the quick reply! I will let Kari know tomorrow!
Michelle
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 28, 2015, at 5:18 PM, Roedl, James M wrote:Michelle,
I can work with Kari and should be able to get all of those bikes out by Friday the 1st. If that works for you.
Thanks,
JamesQuad Day registration
Associated Project(s):From: quad-day@illinois.edu [quad-day@illinois.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 1:03 PM
To: Roedl, James M
Subject: Quad Day Registration ConfirmationThis is to confirm that we have received your 2015 Quad Day registration. However, this does not guarantee you a spot for Quad Day until a balance check has been done on your credit card or RSO account.
If you have any questions, please email quad-day@illinois.edu.
Organization Name: The Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign
Organization Type: Non-Profit, Community Organizations
Primary Name: James Roedl
Primary Phone: 217-244-1196
Primary Email: jmroedl illinois.edu
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Payment Type: CreditCard
Payment Amount: $28.00New 70 4-loop and 60 5-loop rail-mounted bike racks have arrived!
Associated Project(s):The University requested bids from vendors in FY15 for the purchase of 70 4-loop and 60 5-loop bike racks. RJ Thomas Manufacturing Co. Inc. were one of those who responded to this bid. The University received these new 70 4-loop and 60 5-loop bike racks from this vendor in Spring 2015.
Previous description in iCAP Portal - paragraph removed
Associated Project(s):Administrative Information Technology Services (AITS) has played a large role in leading this discussion and is working with Facilities & Services to try to implement a bike share program before Fall 2014. AITS hopes to partner with other departments on campus to create a cohesive and connected bike share system within the University.
Campus Bike Plan - APPROVED!
Associated Project(s):On March 3, 2015, the Chancellor's Capital Review Committee formally approved the 2014 Campus Bike Plan for inclusion in the official Master Planning documents.
Attached Files:Previous description in iCAP Portal
Associated Project(s):Transportation Demand Management (TDM) in Facilities & Services is finalizing the 2014 Campus Bike Plan, a master plan to direct our efforts for future bicycle infrastructure improvements and program development. The official public comment period for the Campus Bike Plan ended in April 2013, but additional feedback is always welcome via the online bicycle feedback form.
The draft 2014 Campus Bike Plan was available for public input during a four-week period, and members of the campus community were encouraged to review the plan and submit their comments and feedback via the online Campus Bicycle Feedback Form.
- Download Campus Bike Plan (PDF) (updated July 2014)
- Submit feedback through the Campus Bicycle Feedback Form
bike racks shipped!!
Associated Project(s):A large quantity of bike racks (U-loops) were shipped to campus on Monday. These are part of the SSC funded bike parking upgrades. They will be installed when the weather allows.