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  2. Step 1 Proposal Received

    Associated Project(s): 
    Japan House and Arboretum Bicycle Parking

    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.  

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  3. on campus distribution locations

    Associated Project(s): 
    C-U Area Bicycle Map

    Champaign-Urbana Area Bicycle Map
    Distribution Locations on the Illinois Campus

    University Locations

    Campus Parking:
    Public Safety Building, MC-241
    1110 Springfield Ave., Suite 201
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Campus Police:
    Safety Day
    September 11, 2008

    Campus Recreation
    Campus Recreation Center East
    Activities Recreation Center

    McKinley Health Center
    1109 S. Lincoln Ave.
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Illini Union Bookstore
    809 S. Wright Street
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Undergraduate Library
    1402 West Gregory
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Illini Union
    1401 West Greet Street
    Urbana, IL 61801

    International Student and Scholar Services
    400 Student Services Building
    610 E. John
    Champaign, IL 

    Turner Student Services
    Front Desk or Third Floor (Dean of Students)
    610 East John
    Champaign, IL 61801

    Alice Campbell Alumni Center
    601 South Lincoln Ave.
    Urbana, IL 61801

    University Housing

    Allen Hall front desk
    1005 W. Gregory Drive
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Busey/Evans Hall front desk
    111 W. Nevada Street
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Townsend Hall front desk
    918 West Illinois St.
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Wardell Hall front desk
    1012 West Illinois St.
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Trelease Hall front desk
    901 College Ct.
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Oblesby Hall front desk
    1005 College Ct.
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Babcock-Carr Hall front desk
    1001 W. Pennsylvania Ave.
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Blaisdell-Sunders Hall front desk
    901 W. Pennsylvania Ave.
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Weston Hall front desk
    204 E. Peabody Drive
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Taft-Van Doren Hall front desk
    1213 South Fourth Street
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Barton and Lundgren Halls front desk
    1205 South Fourth Street
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Forbes Hall front desk
    101 East Gregory Drive
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Garner Hall front desk
    201 East Gregory Drive
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Hopkins Hal front desk
    103 East Gregory Drive
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Orchard Downs front desk (Family and Graduate Housing)
    1841 Orchard Place
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Sherman Hall front desk
    909 South Fifth Street
    Champaign, Il 61820

    Daniels Hall front desk
    1010 West Green Street
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Private Certified Housing

    Armory House
    1010 South Second
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Bromley Hall
    910 South Third
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Europa House
    802 West Oregon
    Urbana, IL 61820

    Illini Tower
    409 East Chalmers
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Newman Center
    604 East Armory Ave.
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Presby Hall
    405 East John
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Cultural Houses

    Asian American Cultural Center
    1210 West Nevada Street
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
    708 South Mathews
    Urbana, IL 61801

  4. Press Release - 2014 Bike Map released

    Associated Project(s): 
    C-U Area Bicycle Map

    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.

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  5. New Bike Code released

    Associated Project(s): 
    University Bicycle Ordinance

    August 31, 2014

    University Bicycle Code

    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

  6. Bike Code approved

    Associated Project(s): 
    Enforcement for Safe Cycling

    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.

    University Bicycle Code

  8. Allerton Park Bike Share

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bike Sharing
    Student Sustainability Committee (SSC)

    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.

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  9. Sheltered Bicycle Parking

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sheltered Bike Parking at CLSL
    Student Sustainability Committee (SSC)

    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.

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  12. Request for scope/schedule change to SSC

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    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. 

    1. 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.
    2. 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

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  13. Allerton pursuing a bike sharing system

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bike Sharing

    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 Center

    Good 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

    www.allerton.illinois.edu

  14. Notes from meeting

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bike Sharing at Sustainability Living Learning Community

    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
     

  15. Introductory meeting with James and Jennifer

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bike Sharing at Sustainability Living Learning Community

    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 Roedl

  16. Bikes On Campus Day

    Associated Project(s): 
    Incentives for Biking

    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.

  17. Bicycle Ambassador Spoke Cards

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bicycle Ambassador Program

    Bicycles Ambassadors have decided to use "Hello, I'm a Bike Ambassador" spoke cards to be idenitfied on campus. These cards are being used as a point of reference for individuals to idenitify fellow bike ambassadors but to help those who may have bicycling questions. These cards represent those who believe in the power of bicycles and want to encourage others to use one as well. Look out for these cards around the CU area!

  18. Sustainability Analysis of the Campus Bike Center

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center
    NRES 285: Sustainability Metrics and Evaluation Techniques

    The Campus Bike Center opened for business in May 2010, funded by The Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign, a grant from the Student Sustainability Committee, the Center for a Sustainable Environment, and supplementary funding from the Facilities and Services Department at UIUC[1]. The Center offers a hands-on, educational space in which students and community members can have access to knowledge and experience in maintaining and fixing bicycles, as well as all of the necessary tools and products to do so. The Center’s outlined mission is to teach bicycle maintenance, providing access to affordable equipment, support overall safety education, and participate in campus bicycle community outreach2. The Center also has described goals for sustainability; to contribute towards the ICAP goal to reduce transportation emissions by 50% in 2025, support those who use bicycles for transportation, to make bikes a more feasible alternative to motor vehicles on this campus, and to expand these efforts even more through increased outreach and publicity efforts, increased staff capacity, more events outside of the shop to reach new audiences, more refurbished bikes to sell to students, and more courses, workshops, and demonstrations to educate the campus about bikes2.



    [1] Neptune, Amelia. Bike Shop Student Sustainability Committee Application. UIUC ICAP Portal. http://icap.sustainability.illinois.edu/project-updates/102. 11 Nov 2012. Accessed 8 May 2014.

     

     

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  19. Bike Funding Needs

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    In 2011, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was recognized as a bronze-level Bicycle Friendly University (BFU) by the League of American Bicyclists. This was in large part a result of efforts by Facilities & Services in cooperation with community partners, including the Bicycle Friendly Cities of Urbana and Champaign and Champaign County Bikes, which is dedicated to making Champaign County the most bicycle friendly county in the Midwest.  The Student Sustainability Committee, Illinois Student Senate, and Dean of Students have added funding.

    The BFU Bronze status expires in 2015, and campus needs to address several bicycle-related items in order to maintain Bronze status or achieve the Silver designation.  Key points, status, timing, and approximate long-term funding needs are below.

    Task

    Status

    Timing

     Long-term Funding Needs

    Approve Campus Bike Plan

    final edits underway, then routing for approval from F&S and Campus

    30-Jun-14

    use existing staff time

    Improve bikeway network

    integrating some of these with street and capital projects, seeking grants

    five to ten years

    approximately $4 Million

    Upgrade bike parking

    over 150 parking locations are not up to acceptable standards

    three to five years

    approximately $400K

    Adopt Campus Bike Code and  bike registration system

    final edits underway, then routing for approval; costs include tracking citations, and handling registration

    approve by June 30, 2014

    $5-$20k/year recurring

    Campus Bicycle Coordinator over programs such as bike sharing and ambassadors

    no funding available, currently managed part-time by a team of F&S

    needed

    $45k/year recurring

    Bicycle Education maps, materials and classes

    currently offered by the Campus Bike Center and Champaign County Bikes

    ongoing

    $5-$10k/year recurring

    Campus Bike Center advocacy, education, and encouragement

    recurring events, in collaboration with Champaign County Bikes and student advocacy groups

    needed

    $50k/year recurring

    With increasing ridership over the last decade and an average of 5,000 bikes on campus during a typical hour, it is clear that bicycle-related needs should not be ignored.  Bikeway improvements, parking upgrades, and a new bike code are in progress now; however, to keep the Bicycle Friendly status, campus should allocate $50,000 in FY15 for the Campus Bike Center (a collaboration between campus and The Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign).

    The Bike Center distributes UI registration stickers; maintains Bike Fix-it Stations; provides a central base for the bicycling community on campus; encourages mode-shift through various events and classes throughout the year; distributes educational resources regarding bicycling; educates students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors about basic bicycle maintenance; and collaborates with campus and community partners in bicycle-related programs.  By keeping the Bike Center open, campus can spread awareness about the many improvements, increase safety, sustainability, and health on campus, and continue to offer education and encouragement events this coming year.

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