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Projects Updates for theme: Transportation

  3. Weekly Update - Bike Sales and Demand

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    All,

    Approaching a manageable number of visitors to the Bike Center. We’re getting Build-a-Bikes done at a quick-ish rate, which is good for bike-morale as so many folks abandon those projects.

    Elsewhere, the bike retrieval process has concluded, so I will begin organizing/sorting this year’s haul of abandoned bikes (pending approval).

    Tonight is the Bike Project Member Meeting that I will attend.

     

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 138
    Sales: $1,303.40

    Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $60
    Memberships: 24 for $720

    Tires/tubes: 21 for $165

     

    Thanks!

  5. Weekly Update - Bike Sales and Demand

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    All,

     

    Beginning of the semester and it’s hard to convey just how busy we’ve been. Demand for bikes and drop-off repairs has never felt higher. We’re plugging away at restocking both B-a-Bs and For Sale bikes.

     

    Visitors: 268

    Sales: $2,267

    Bikes (refurb): 1 for $200
    Bikes (BaB): 2 for $100
    Memberships: 26 for $780
    Tires/tubes: 55 for $450

    Thanks!

  6. New Team Member

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bike Audit

    On 8/20, Frida and Sarthak virtually met Chinmayee Vaidya, a new team member joining the Bike Audit project. Chinmayee is a second-year Master of Urban Planning. During the meeting, Sarthak explained in detail about the project and explained Chinmayee's responsibilities and expected contributions in the project. The team also agreed to hold weekly meetings to discuss the project progress and determine next steps. 

  8. Perception-based Survey and Survey Block Map

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bike Audit

    From 8/3 to 8/7, Frida revised the survey block map and perception-based survey questions based on the discussion with Sarthak and Emma, and then updated them to Survey123 app.  

    The survey block map is attached. It has 63 blocks and is divided into three zones according to CATS. Zone 1 represents the highest priority of data collection while Zone 3 represents the lowest priority. 

    The perception-based survey has 34 questions which consists of three question types: single select, multiple select, and Likert scale. The survey has seven structures as follows: 

    1. Surveyor Information
    2. Survey Typology
    3. Safety
    4. Path Quality
    5. Bicyclists Behavior
    6. Safety Perception
    7. Overall Quality
    Attached Files: 

  9. Weekly Update -- Bike Sales & Demand

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    All,

    Decent week. Got a couple Build-a-Bikes out the door. Will also be donating some bikes to Dump & Run this week.

    We’ll be closed on Friday, August 7th.

     

    The numbers:

    Sales: $985

    Memberships: 2 for $60

    Bikes (refurb): 4 for $665
    Bikes (B-a-B): 2 for $100
    Tires/tubes: 7 for $41

     

    Thanks!

  11. Phase 3 (Inventory) Complete

    Associated Project(s): 
    Collection and Donation of Abandoned Bicycles

    On 07/29/26, Phase 3 (Inventory) was completed. This year, 254 bicycles, e-bikes, and e-scooters were inventoried by Sarthak, Frida, and Emma. As of 08/01/26, four people have began the retrieval process. As a reminder, any impounded bicycle that remains after September 25, 2026 will be considered donated to the university and will be donated to the Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign.

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    "No" in this graph is a count of bicycles marked as abandoned in Phase 2 that did not get picked up by the Parking Department to be inventoried, likely because they were moved.

    Attached Files: 

  12. Survey Block Map

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bike Audit

    From 7/29 to 7/31, Frida continued working on the report by completing sections for which sufficient information was available. Additionally, Frida discussed the survey block map with Sarthak and Emma to determine which blocks were necessary to observe and which could be excluded from the data collection process.

  13. Report Drafting

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bike Audit

    From 7/21 to 7/24, Frida drafted the initial report, covering the report outline, project introduction (including the project background, goals and objectives, and scope), literature review on the importance of bicycling on campus, and a description of the study area (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign). 

  14. Phase 3 (Inventory) Started

    Associated Project(s): 
    Collection and Donation of Abandoned Bicycles

    On Monday, 07/20/2026, Sarthak, Frida, and Emma began to inventory the abandoned bicycles collected by University Parking.

    Throughout the next week, the team will work on inventorying all bicycles brought in by Parking. 

    The deadline to retrieve your impounded bicycle is September 25, 2026. Find out how to begin the retrieval process on the Bike at Illinois website: https://bike.illinois.edu/resources/bicycle-roundup/

    Attached Files: 

  20. Perception-based Survey Development

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bike Audit

    From 6/29 to 7/2, Frida added pictures to the perception-based survey to provide additional context and support informed decision-making during data collection. Additionally, Frida created a survey block map to divide the campus area into manageable data collection areas and identify priority and non-priority blocks to guide the analysis of collected data.

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