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Traffic Skills 101 course
Associated Project(s):The second idea we wanted to pursue was putting on the TS 101 courses. The normal cost that Cynthia charges is $65 per person. We thought we could contract with CCB $400 or $500 to do a full day lunch provided TS101 training for 10-15 people. It would be offered to students and staff who wanted to learn more about safety and promised to be a safety advocate. This would save money over the total cost of training and allow a larger group of folks receive serious safety training. - James Roedl
update from Ben McCall
Associated Project(s):Dear Transportation SWATeam,
Morgan and I had a very nice discussion with Pam Voitik at F&S late last week, and I wanted to brief you on some of the key points as they relate to the iCAP revisions.
1) F&S is in favor of hiring a full-time "Active Transportation Coordinator," and having that person report to the Transportation Demand Management Coordinator (Stacey DeLorenzo). "Active Transportation" (as you probably all know, but I didn't!) is industry lingo for all transportation except single-occupancy-vehicles. So this person would be responsible for mode shift, the Bike Plan, and so forth...basically the last two bullet points in item #6 on page 30 of the current draft.
2) Pete Varney and his team would be the sensible locus for efforts related to shifting the fleet more towards EVs and bicycles, and exploring renewable fuels for the fleet. [The second and third bullet points in item #6 on page 30.]
3) The first bullet point, about air travel, is outside of the scope of F&S, and should perhaps be a focus of iSEE or another entity in the domain of the Chancellor or Vice Chancellors.
4) The Campus Bicycle Plan is essentially finalized now, but F&S is working on ascertaining exactly what entity should formally approve it.
Pam's suggestion is that it should be approved by the campus leadership (rather than by F&S), but the responsibility for implementing it should be with F&S. This would give the Plan more authority/heft than if it were approved by F&S alone. There is reason to hope that this approval will be finalized before the iCAP.
Cheers,
Ben
Working Bikes donation
Associated Project(s):Michelle,
This Saturday we removed 390 bicycles from the warehouse. Of the bikes we planned to ship to Ghana 60 or 70 did not fit into the shipping container. I am arranging for Working Bikes to come down in a few weeks and pick these up. I do not have a date yet. I will let you know as soon as I can confirm details. There are also about 60 good bikes that I will transfer from the warehouse to the bike center. I will work with Tina and the other parking employees to get this done.
Thanks,
James Roedl
Bike Fix-It Stations
Associated Project(s):Stacey,
The air pumps are installed at both locations. I have attached a picture
JamesAttached Files:Step 1 Proposal Received
Associated Project(s):Japan House and the University of Illinois Arboretum request funding to provide bike racks. Although the Arboretum and Japan House are administered separately (Japan House through the College of Fine and Applied Arts, and the Arboretum through ACES, Japan House sits within the Arboretum and the two units often collaborate on projects. 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, Crops Sciences, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences and others. In addition, the Arboretum and the Japan House Gardens are a major recreational resource for Illinois students, faculty and staff, and yet currently, there is no bike parking or encouragement for students, faculty and staff to bike to reach these grounds. Currently, bikers are forced to lock bikes to benches, lampposts, trees, and other structures inappropriate for this use and sometimes permanently damaging to the trees or structures. The Japan House offices are located at the site and students routinely ask where they should lock up their bikes. Funding is requested for the installation of two six-loop bike racks mounted on sufficient permeable pavement for easy access and grounds maintenance and relating biking policy signage.
Attached Files:on campus distribution locations
Associated Project(s):Champaign-Urbana Area Bicycle Map
Distribution Locations on the Illinois CampusUniversity Locations
Campus Parking:
Public Safety Building, MC-241
1110 Springfield Ave., Suite 201
Urbana, IL 61801Campus Police:
Safety Day
September 11, 2008Campus Recreation
Campus Recreation Center East
Activities Recreation CenterMcKinley Health Center
1109 S. Lincoln Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801Illini Union Bookstore
809 S. Wright Street
Champaign, IL 61820Undergraduate Library
1402 West Gregory
Urbana, IL 61801Illini Union
1401 West Greet Street
Urbana, IL 61801International Student and Scholar Services
400 Student Services Building
610 E. John
Champaign, ILTurner Student Services
Front Desk or Third Floor (Dean of Students)
610 East John
Champaign, IL 61801Alice Campbell Alumni Center
601 South Lincoln Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801University Housing
Allen Hall front desk
1005 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801Busey/Evans Hall front desk
111 W. Nevada Street
Urbana, IL 61801Townsend Hall front desk
918 West Illinois St.
Urbana, IL 61801Wardell Hall front desk
1012 West Illinois St.
Urbana, IL 61801Trelease Hall front desk
901 College Ct.
Urbana, IL 61801Oblesby Hall front desk
1005 College Ct.
Urbana, IL 61801Babcock-Carr Hall front desk
1001 W. Pennsylvania Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801Blaisdell-Sunders Hall front desk
901 W. Pennsylvania Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801Weston Hall front desk
204 E. Peabody Drive
Champaign, IL 61820Taft-Van Doren Hall front desk
1213 South Fourth Street
Champaign, IL 61820Barton and Lundgren Halls front desk
1205 South Fourth Street
Champaign, IL 61820Forbes Hall front desk
101 East Gregory Drive
Champaign, IL 61820Garner Hall front desk
201 East Gregory Drive
Champaign, IL 61820Hopkins Hal front desk
103 East Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801Orchard Downs front desk (Family and Graduate Housing)
1841 Orchard Place
Urbana, IL 61801Sherman Hall front desk
909 South Fifth Street
Champaign, Il 61820Daniels Hall front desk
1010 West Green Street
Champaign, IL 61820Private Certified Housing
Armory House
1010 South Second
Champaign, IL 61820Bromley Hall
910 South Third
Champaign, IL 61820Europa House
802 West Oregon
Urbana, IL 61820Illini Tower
409 East Chalmers
Champaign, IL 61820Newman Center
604 East Armory Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820Presby Hall
405 East John
Champaign, IL 61820Cultural Houses
Asian American Cultural Center
1210 West Nevada Street
Urbana, IL 61801Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
708 South Mathews
Urbana, IL 61801Press Release - 2014 Bike Map released
Associated Project(s):Champaign County Bikes (CCB) announces “Go by Bike”, the latest version of its Champaign-Urbana-Savoy Bicycle Guide and Map. CCB will begin making it available through local bicycle shops, City and Park District offices, and public libraries. In addition, the map will be distributed by the University of Illinois to students, faculty and staff as well as at CU-MTD’s Illinois Terminal. The map will also be available at Urbana’s Market at the Square, Sat., Sept. 27, from 7am - 12pm.
Attached Files:New Bike Code released
Associated Project(s):August 31, 2014
The University Bicycle Ordinance, also referred to as the University Bicycle Code, was updated for campus-specific rules such as bicycle parking and registration, as well as riding bicycles on campus property. Increased enforcement of the code started this semester. This ordinance is included in the Campus Administrative Manual (VIII-22).
Stacey DeLorenzo • Facilities & Services
Bike Code approved
Associated Project(s):The University Bicycle Ordinance, referenced in CAM VIII-22. Bicycle Regulations, was approved by the CAM committee on May 15, 2014. The plan was to have enforcement of the ordinance to begin at the start of the Fall 2014 semester. During the fall semester, enforcement would be focused on education, with only safety-related citations being issued.
The link below is the approved version of the ordinance.
Champaign County Greenways and Trails Plan completed
Associated Project(s):Active Choices: the Champaign County Greenways & Trails (GT) Plan has been finalized, and can be found on the CCRPC website here: http://www.ccrpc.org/greenways/documents.php.
Links are currently posted on the CCRPC and CUUATS Homepages, and can always be found on the GT Homepage.
Allerton Park Bike Share
Associated Project(s):Allerton Park is a valuable but underutilized property owned by the University of Illinois. The Allerton Park Bike Share project intends to improve Allerton Park and make it more attractive to the campus population and the community at large through the installation of a bike share system. In addition to providing an attractive service for visitors, this project will also help promote green transportation when traveling around the 1,517 acre estate.
Sheltered Bicycle Parking
Associated Project(s):Providing safe and convenient locations for bicycle parking is one of the key ways the University can support increased bicycle ridership and greener commuting. The goal of this project is to construct a secure, sheltered bicycle parking area for students, faculty, and staff at the Chemical and Life Sciences Building and the Roger Adams Laboratory. These parking structures are modeled after the sheltered bicycle parking currently located at the Ikenberry Commons.
Attached Files:Sheltered Bicycle Parking Signed Letter.pdf
Sheltered Bicycle Parking for Chemical and Life Sciences Building and Roger Adams Laboratory.docx
SSC_Application_Sheltered_Bike.xlsx
Cover Letter for Sheltered Bicycle Parking.pdf
Example Models for Sheltered Bicycle Parking.png
Sheltered Bicycle Parking for Chemical Life Sciences Building and Roger Adams Laboratory unsigned letter.docx
ssc step 2 application_4-18.xlsx
Sweedler-bicycle support.pdf
SSC approval of scope/schedule change
Associated Project(s):SSC approved the scope and schedule change for the Campus Bike Center.
Attached Files:Digital sign details
Associated Project(s):Campus Rec and Housing have their own protocols for placing digital signage ads. http://www.housing.illinois.edu/Policies/Electronic%20Signage.aspx - HOUSING http://www.campusrec.illinois.edu/sponsors/ - CR
Request for scope/schedule change to SSC
Associated Project(s):F&S requested that SSC funding from FY14 and FY13 for the Campus Bike Center be allowed to be used for the Campus Bike Center in FY15.
- There is $2,224.50 remaining of the funding allocation for the “Campus Bike Project” from FY13. I am requesting permission from the SSC to use these funds during FY15, for staff and student employee costs. This is not a change in scope, just a schedule change to permit FY15 use of funds.
- The current funding allocation for the “Campus Bicycle Shop” in FY14 included specific items for the funding in support of the Bike Center. I am requesting permission to use any remaining funds from this year’s allocation during FY15, for staff and student employee costs.
~Morgan Johnston
Attached Files:Allerton pursuing a bike sharing system
Associated Project(s):The attached Manual was developed with students and Amelia Neptune over the last few years. The most helpful part of this document is the liability Q&A that Tina helped create. I cleaned the file up a bit this morning to fix broken links and check for any glaring errors.
To bring you and those copied here up to speed, I’ll share a few points that are happening with bike sharing now.
- The successfully implemented bike sharing on campus is at Kinesiology and Community Health. They have six bikes for employee use, and wrote a research report about the usage (attached). They simply have the keys at a desk with a sign-out list, and they send the bikes for maintenance once a year. The contact person is Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko at Kinesiology.
- This summer, the MTD is planning to start working with campus and the cities to investigate a public bike sharing system, and that conversation is just beginning. The contact person is Rebecca Nathanson at MTD.
- AITS is planning to set up a departmental bike sharing program, in cooperation with the Campus Bike Center and iSEE. The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) is planning to contribute funds towards administrative support for maintaining the bikes. It is likely that 10-20 bikes will be purchased from “On Bikes,” which comes with a locking and tracking system.
- Grace Kyung has had numerous conversations with Zagster, which was formed by former staff at Zipcar. Their system is an all-inclusive turn-key approach, where you pay a set-up fee, then pay a recurring monthly fee for maintenance and oversight. The set up fee is around $2000 per bike and the monthly fee is about $100 per bike. The bikes then continue to belong to Zagster. I did not support the Zagster model for campus employee use, but it may be reasonable for Allerton’s intended use. If you are interested, their CEO is visiting town on Thursday.
Please let me know if there is anything I can help you with to get this set up.
Thanks,
Morgan
On May 23, 2014, at 4:07 PM, "McEllin, Tina D" wrote:Hi Derek,
To start I’m going to refer you to Morgan Johnston, Assoc. Director of Sustainability. I believe Morgan has a draft manual for depts. to use when setting up programs for employees. I don’t know if it will address offering this service to the public so you may have to add language to that effect.
Since you will have the public liability issue I would like to review your draft manual to make sure exposure to the University is controlled as much as possible. Please feel free to call me with any questions.
Thank you.
Tina McEllin, Assoc. Dir.
University Office of Risk Management
247 Henry Admin. Bldg. M-C 337
506 S. Wright St., Urbana IL 61801
PH 217-333-3113
FX 217-239-6744
Check out our website! www.uirisk.uillinois.edu
Please note: Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), any written communication to or from University employees regarding University business is a public record and may be subject to public disclosure.
From: Peterson, Derek Eli
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 3:51 PM
To: Kale, PJ; McEllin, Tina D
Cc: Kevin Donovan
Subject: Allerton Park and Retreat CenterGood Afternoon PJ and Tina-
Joe Vitosky said the two of you might be a good start for me, I need some advice. Allerton Park is going to start a Bike Rental, or Bike Share program. I am interested to know if any other units, or if there is any standard documentation that might assist me through this process. We have researched other local entities that do bike share and rental and so we have some standard language, but we will be offering this to the public, so we need to make sure the University if legally covered. As I type I feel underprepared to ask this question, but I thought you might have some advice for me to help get me started.
Thank you for your time-
--
Derek Peterson
Associate Director
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
University of Illinois
515 Old Timber Road
Monticello, IL 61856
O 217.333.3287, ext. 203
M 217-778-9111
Notes from meeting
Associated Project(s):I took some notes from my conversation with Jennifer Bechtel the Program Director from the Innovation and Sustainability LLC who wants to start a bike share. Here are the notes as I took them. I hope this will help you to understand what is going on.
- Wants to have 6 or so bikes for bike share 120 students 10-15 using and helping to repair.
- Wants to bring students over here to learn how to fix bikes 1 x per month or semester depending on maintenance rates and usage.
- Would like to explore a possible group membership for her resident hall or their bike share.
- The idea is there are so many students who don't know anything about bikes. She wants to use it to help students get feet wet with bikes learn how useful they are and encourage private ownership.
- This would be a pilot program for this housing dept and may want to expand.
- Wants quality bikes that can be maintained on our model of teaching people how to fix them.
- Wants students to be involved in keeping bikes running.
- Jennifer wants to learn herself so she can be the consistent person for the bike share because of the turn over with the students and staff.
- They are installing a outdoor fix-it station outside their building.
- She would want to use us our facilities and model to have students fix the bikes.
- Wants students to end up buying a bike.
- Looking for a place to store the bikes in the winter if no one is willing to ride/maintain the bikes.
From the Campus Bike Center,
James Roedl
Introductory meeting with James and Jennifer
Associated Project(s):Jennifer from the Innovation and Sustainablility LLC came by to talk about a very small bike share pilot where the students learn to maintain bikes and are encouraged to become bike owning commuters. We discussed the matter and she has a lot of great ideas and would like to meet with us to discuss them. She has questions about maintenance, what bikes to get (she wants quality and ease of maintenance), how to maintain consistency with student turn over, a possible LLC membership or bike share membership with TBP, and many other things. I took notes on our conversation and she is going to try to make an overview of her ideas we can discuss it and find something that can work in the long term. This sounds like something we want to be a part of.
From the Campus Bike Center,
James RoedlBikes On Campus Day
Associated Project(s):Facilities & Services used funding from the Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) in Spring 2014 t0 purchase incentives to increase bicycle usage. On Bikes on Campus Day, students were given free leg wraps, educational materials, bike maps, and pins if they stopped by the table. In addition, any bikes that were registered were given free bike lights or bike bell. There was also a raffle for those who brought a friend that normally does not bike to win either a free bike pump or bike lock.