Lawn Signs posted and removed after the event
11 lawn signs were posted across the campus on September 5, 2022. Only 7 signs were removed after the removed, the remaining were lost.
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11 lawn signs were posted across the campus on September 5, 2022. Only 7 signs were removed after the removed, the remaining were lost.
All, Real busy times last week. Shop was manageably busy, but we had BTWD and LTN on consecutive days. Both events went well. I spent more time at the DRES stop than the Bike Center station, which was a new experience. Lots of folks on that route, and I was able to talk route-planning and commuting strategy with some people new to commuting. Weather cooperated swimmingly.
We had a deluge of completed B-a-Bs last week. Always good to see the smiling faces of rewarded effort. Marketing folks came by and updated some of our filing cabinets and bins with printed (legible) labels and photos of contents to better help people find and identify parts. We’re still slower on Tue/Thurs as we work to get the word out that we’re now open those days as well.
We’ll work this week on a couple shop builds we’ve been too busy to finish, prep for the abandoned bike giveaway, and clean shop as we’ve been too busy to do much of any of that in the last two weeks.
The numbers:
Visitors: 86
Sales: $1,084.30
Bikes (B-a-B): 3 for $150
Memberships: 17 for $510
Tires/tubes: 10 for $59
Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator
WCIA conducted an interview with Sarthak Prasad at the Alma Mater station during the Light the Night event. This interview was published on September 15 and 16.
Mark Herman from iSEE created a timelapse video showcasing the Alma Mater station during the Bike to Work Day event on September 14, 2022. This video gives a highlight of the event as well as promote Light the Night event on September 15, 2022.
Watch the video here: https://icap.sustainability.illinois.edu/video/highlights-bike-work-day-...
Following email was sent to all BTWD station managers the day after the event on September 15, 2022.
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Hi Bike to Work Day station managers,
I hope you had a good BTWD yesterday! Here are the last 3 reminders/requests for you:
No Pictures Yet from these Stations:
Video Received & Posted from this Station:
Pictures Received & Posted from these Stations:
Thanks,
Gabe
DIA provided 6 powerade containers that were used for water for the volunteers at Light the Night event. Work Order (WO 11003192) was created for the Transportation Shop to transport 2 large gatorade containers (filled with water) each to Alma Mater, Hallene Gateway, and Campus Bike Center by 3:30 pm tomorrow (September 15, 2022) for Light the Night event.
Final volunteer list was sent out to the station leads on September 15, 2022 at 12:24 pm. We had a total of 50 volunteers signed up for this event, however, 6-8 volunteers had to back out at the last minute.
Sarthak Prasad sent an email to Dave Guth to connect with Illini Union Board for help with Light the Night 2022 as well as Bike to Work Day and Light the Night events in 2023 going forward.
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Hi Dave,
As you may already know, we organized Bike to Work Day today from 7 – 10 am, with one of the locations being the Alma Mater station! I had several people signed up to volunteer and only a few of them showed up this morning. I am hoping that IUB could send some volunteers for Light the Night event (tomorrow from 4-7 pm), in case something like this happened again. Could you please let me know if IUB could help out tomorrow?
I would also like to ask IUB, if they could lead the Alma Mater welcoming station for Bike to Work Day and Light the Night events next year. Thank you,
Sarthak
Following email was sent to all volunteers at Alma Mater welcoming station on September 13, 2022. Similar emails were sent to volunteers at other location as well.
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Hello, Thank you for volunteering to help at the Campus Alma Mater station on Bike to Work Day tomorrow morning!
Please review the attached Volunteer Instructions and Talking Points before tomorrow’s event. Printed copies of this will also be available at your station.
Your station manager, Sarthak Prasad, is copied on this email. Please communicate any schedule changes or questions to him.
Thank you!
Gabe
Following email was sent to all BTWD welcoming station managers on Septmber 13, 2022.
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Hi Bike to Work Day station managers!
Tomorrow is the big event! Please follow these 6 steps this week:
Thanks!
Gabe
Gabriel Lewis, AICP Planner
Planning and Community Development A division of the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
1776 E. Washington St, Urbana, IL 61802
People. Possibilities. |
Sarthak Prasad talked to Fiza Dahra from Daily Illini on September 13, 2022, about Light the Night event
All, The visitor numbers seem low for how busy it felt this past week. Had a few students step up, volunteer, and enjoy it enough to come back in the last few weeks. That’s always a good sign we’re doing something right.
I was out Thursday/Friday and my staff handled the Bike Center in my absence. No major issues, so I call that a success.
We’ve got BTWD and LTN this week, back-to-back days, on Wed then Thursday. Weather looks good (at this point).
This Friday is the last day for students to claim their abandoned bikes so my staff and I will count the remaining ones that we’ll be able to use. From there, I’ll coordinate with Working Bikes to pick up the rest—potentially as soon as next week. The influx of bikes will be a boon to for our programs as we look to build back stock.
The numbers:
Visitors: 49
Sales: $895
Memberships: 15 for $450
Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $50
Tires/tubes: 15 for $70
Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator
t-shirts and handout materials were assembled on September 12, 2022 by the Bike Month Planning Team.
All station managers were informed that they could pick their boxes up between 5-6 pm today at the MTD Training Facility, 1207 E. University Ave., Urbana, OR anytime after that at Charlie Symth’s front porch.
Folks, First, my apologies if this is a duplicate...we're just excited about our newest T Shirt and we want to exceed last year's record participation in Bike to Work Day!
The 2022 Champaign County Bike to Work Day is Wednesday September 14 (rain date of Friday, Sept. 16). Registration is now open at cuBikeMonth.org if you haven't already signed up. T Shirts and breakfast snacks while they last.
There are 16 Welcome Stations for Wednesday, 7:00-10:00am (in CU as well as Savoy, St. Joe, Mahomet, and Rantoul), as well as a "Bike to Market" option for next Saturday at the Urbana Farmers Market 8am-noon.
There are additional events planned for September as "Bike Month" including Light the Night, Thursday Sept 15, several local family rides Saturday Sept 17 and Sept 24, Walk and Roll to School Day (October 12) and the Illinois Bike Summit at the I Hotel October 12 (with NACTO training Oct 13). A full list of events is here or by checking the calendar at cuBikeMonth.org
We hope you'll join us this Wednesday for our 2022 event!
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-Charlie Smyth
csmyth@sbcglobal.net
Chair, ChampaignCountyBikes.org
Bike Month t-shirts were finalized and received by Champaign County Bikes (CCB) on September 9, 2022. See attached the design of these t-shirts.
Digital Signs for Bike to Work Day and Light the Night events were developed (September 8, 2022) by F&S CRC department and posted on the campus screens by September 9, 2022.
CILiving interviewed Gabe Lewis and Xander Hanzel on September 8, 2022, about Bike Month activities. Watch the interview here: https://www.wcia.com/ciliving-tv/ciliving-stories/ciliving/celebrate-bik...
This interview was also posted on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiQ4FKVjV4p/
Read the content below:
The 12th annual Champaign County Bike to Work Day is organized by the Champaign County Bike Month Planning Team, and is presented by major sponsors MTD, Bike at Illinois, and Carle.
There are 16 welcome stations this year, in Champaign, Urbana, on the U of I campus, Savoy, Mahomet, St. Joseph, and Rantoul!
Register for the event at the most convenient location to you and come meet us and other bicyclists in the community to celebrate Bike to Work Day! Grab a snack, get a free T-shirt, and consider making a donation to support bicycling in Champaign County!
The 15th annual Light the Night bicycle light giveaway event is the next evening (Thursday, September 15, 2022) from 4-7 pm. Lights will be available at three campus locations, and you must bring your bike to receive the lights.
Champaign Center Partnership
301 N. Neil St., Suite 400
See attached the agenda item for the meeting on September 8, 2022 for Bike to Work Day and Light the Night events.
E-week, GradLinks, and iNews newsletter announcements were posted by September 4, 2022 for Bike to Work Day (BTWD) and Light the Night (LTN) events. iSEE, Campus Rec, Campus Wellbeing Services, University YMCA, ISSS (for students and scholars), and other newsletters also included an announcement for these events.
Bike at Illinois also sent out a newsletter in September to promote these events!
Digital Signage were posted across the campus on September 7, 2022 to promote these events.
See attached all the methods used to promote these events on campus.
All, This week we begin being open the full week (minus Monday for Labor Day). Hopefully we’ll be able to better help folks, as we’ve had lines for stand time most days during our M/W/F schedule.
We’re out of bikes but have been selling a good number of memberships. I’ll be out on Thurs/Fri but my staff will cover.
We’ve taken a step back technologically and had good results: Printed membership forms are easier for folks to fill out, take less time, and we have more clipboards than computers which means we can get people working on their bikes sooner. Manually entering the forms afterwards and the environmental toll are worth it during these super-busy times.
I’ll do some prep on my end for BTWD and LTN next week.
The numbers:
Visitors: 102
Sales: $1,865
Bikes (refurb): 4 for $655
Memberships: 24 for $720
Tires/tubes: 22 for $144
Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator