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  1. Weekly Update -- Bike Donations & Sales

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    Good news is that we’ve been getting more donations from folks that are mentioning the advertising campaign to donate before the end of the semester! Bad news is we’re getting more donations!  Jokes aside, we’ll work on processing/saving what we can from some of the older and less viable bikes. Still cranking out shop builds to keep up with demand as best we can. Staff is dwindling as their finals conclude and/or are rescheduled.

    The numbers:

    Donations: 10
    Visitors: 36
    Sales: $499.10
    Memberships: 5 for $180
    Tires/tubes 21 for $130

    Thanks!

  3. Land and Water Team May Monthly Meeting Minutes and Notes

    Associated Project(s): 
    Land and Water iCAP Team

    This month, the Land and Water iCAP Team met on May 6th, 9:00-10:00 AM, for its monthly meeting. This month, the team discussed the findings from testing pavement permeability at different lots around campus, monitoring the planting of pollinator-friendly areas, green infrastructure tracking, new iCAP 2026 objectives, and the End of Year Report for the 2025-2026 academic year. 

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  4. iCAP Portal Admin Meeting - May 8, 2026

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability iCAP Portal

    Attendees

    • Michael McKelvey
    • Quinn Connolly
    • Sarthak Prasad
    • Paul Foote
    • Christina Tran
    • Miriam Keep

    Discussion

    • Next MOU
      • F&S and iSEE have multiple talks next week
      • Paul will try to discuss with Student Services as well
    • Discussed differing roles of iCAP Portal and other sites w/sustainability info (e.g. iSEE, Bike @ Illinois)
      • Level of detail
      • Reporting about both current and past programs (transparency, replication, data sharing)
    • Quinn: with each new iCAP, need to rework Project hierarchy
      • Keep old information available in archive site
      • Update objectives, goals to match current iCAP
    • Continue discussion from last meeting
      • Locations - do we need Room Number?
        • Quinn, Sarthak, and Michael agree we can remove Room Number; will bring up at next meeting
        • Paul and Miriam agree that room number could be removed
      • Video library - is it useful?
        • Quinn: see value in keeping it
        • Images: might be helpful to have both an image gallery (highly curated) and image library (all images)

  9. Weekly Update -- Bike Donation & Sales

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    Getting busy! Staff will be departing this week and into next, making for some slim payroll.

    Elsewhere, we have seen a few donations come in thanks to the “donate your bike” campaign—so that’s good! 3 alone this week.

    Ramping up our For Sale bike production, as the weather warms and more folks are looking to ride.

     

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 42

    Sales: $1,074.50

    Memberships: 4 for $120

    Bikes (refurb): 2 for $370

    Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $50

    Tires/tubes: 8 for $62

     

    Thanks!

  11. iCAP Portal Admin Meeting - April 27, 2026

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability iCAP Portal

    Attendees

    • Michael McKelvey
    • Quinn Connolly
    • Sarthak Prasad
    • Paul Foote
    • Christina Tran
    • Miriam Keep

    Discussion

    • SSC files:
      • Sarthak recommends keeping the SSC files available on the site - useful for future submitters to find templates/examples
      • Paul: maybe move the old files to a separate archive site somewhere?
    • Evaluate whether we still need these fields:
      • Notes - does this actually get used?
        • Sarthak & Quinn: probably don't need it
        • Quinn: other approaches might be helpful, e.g. Flag for follow-up, task assignments
        • Miriam: vote to keep it; could be useful for documenting information like who to contact for updates, reminders for future
        • Paul: vote to keep it; helpful for documenting institutional memory, like information between staff members before they graduate and move on
      • Contacts section - do we need all these fields?
        • Miriam: often out-of-date
        • Quinn: recommend getting rid of Prior Contacts
        • Miriam & Quinn: recommend removing Project Leader, Team Members & Prior Contacts and just keeping Primary & add Secondary contact (including emails)
        • Sarthak: vote to remove Prior Contacts and keep Team Members - sometimes there are more than 2 team members; reason: give credit to the people involved
        • Miriam: don't see Portal as a log of who's been involved; hard to keep up-to-date; see this section primarily as a way of finding people to contact
        • Quinn: like the idea of the Team Members, but also recognize we need to be realistic about what we can actually keep up-to-date
        • Updating project info in Portal isn't as consistent as we'd like; we send out reminders periodically, but don't often get responses. Updates happen rather sporadically when we get info
        • Paul: this is good info to consider as we think through future of Portal management and updates. If we remove it, will past participants feel slighted?
        • Quinn: people are often listed elsewhere, e.g. Project Updates
        • Sarthak: listing only 1-2 people puts more burden on them for contacts than if we list the whole team
        • Paul: think we only need 1, maybe 2 people listed for purpose of contacting
      • Dates/Status section - do we need all the dates? Also, do we need Proposed By, Investigated By...?
        • Quinn: keep only Proposed By, Completed By, Cancelled By
        • Sarthak: agree; remove Investigated By, Approved By, maybe Started By
        • Sarthak: keep only Proposed/Founded By, Completed By, Cancelled By
        • Quinn: switch to a timeline? Add Description field to each section, Project Update lookup to (optionally) connect to the major update
      • Locations - do we need Room Number?
        • Quinn, Sarthak, and Michael agree we can remove Room Number; will bring up at next meeting on 5/8
        • (From discussion on 5/8) Paul and Miriam agree that room number could be removed
      • Video library - is it useful?
        • (From discussion on 5/8) Quinn: see value in keeping it
        • (From discussion on 5/8) Images: might be helpful to have both an image gallery (highly curated) and image library (all images)
    • Dark mode is here!! (with some peculiarities to be resolved)

  12. Weekly Update -- Fix-a-Flat Class & Sales

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center
    Mechanics Classes at the Campus Bike Center

    We’re burning through our admittedly meager offerings of bikes for sale. This week I’ll work on getting more finished.

    This evening is the Bike Project Member Meeting, which I will attend.

    Thursday is our last Fix-a-Flat class of the semester.

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 58

    Sales: $825.30
    Bikes (refurb): 1 for $175
    Memberships: 9 for $270
    Tires/tubes: 21 for $171

    Thanks!

  13. Daily Illini Article: UI introduces no-ride zones for e-bikes amid safety concerns

    Associated Project(s): 
    University Bicycle Ordinance
    Bike Share with Veo

    Daily Illini published an article on April 20, 2026 titled "UI introduces no-ride zones for e-bikes amid safety concerns". Read the article here: https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/around-campus/2026/04/20/ui-no-ride...

    This article is also attached to this project update.

    Attached Files: 

  14. Old Description

    Associated Project(s): 
    Pedestrian and Bicycle Counts

    The Multimodal Corridor Enhancement (MCORE) project requires the Champaign-Urbana Urbanized AreaTransportation Study (CUUATS) partners to monitor the pedestrian and bicycle counts following the completion of the project. This requirement is to understand the increased walking and bicycling activities at the twelve predetermined corridors. Champaign County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) collected pedestrian and cycling counts at these locations before the MCORE project. These twelve corridors/intersections are

    1. Birch Street and Green Street
    2. Lincoln Avenue and Green Street
    3. Goodwin Avenue and Green Street
    4. Illini Union Entrance/Green Street
    5. Wright Street and White Street
    6. Wright Street and Healey Street
    7. Wright Street and John Street
    8. Sixth Street and Armory Avenue
    9. Fourth Street and Armory Avenue
    10. Third Street and White Street
    11. Third Street and Green Street
    12. Locust Street and Green Street

    The University has identified other locations on campus to add pedestrian/bicycle counters as well, other than these twelve MCORE corridors/intersections. In March 2020, the first Eco-Counter pedestrian and bicycle counter was installed at the Illini Union location on Green Street.

    In summer 2021, the Eco-Counters for the intersections of Sixth Street and Armory Avenue and Wright Street and Healey Street will be installed.

  16. Weekly Update -- Sustainapalooza & Sales

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    Busy week, as we had warmer weather and thus more folks into the space, as well as Sustainapalooza on Saturday. Weather turned out pretty good! Staff-made and upcycled keychains out of old bike parts were a freebie at the event and a major hit—gave away almost all 50 of them!

    This week we’ll try to bump our for-sale bikes into the double digits as the queue has not been kind to us—have run into lots of problems on mostly-finished bikes. But that comes with the territory of used bikes. Can’t save ‘em all!

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 88
    Sales: $1,004.25

    Memberships: 13 for $390
    Bikes (refurb): 1 for $225
    Tires/tubes: 27 for $181

    Thanks!

  18. Bike Census Spring 2026 Complete

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bicycle Counts

    From 11am-12pm, over 20 volunteers helped to count bikes, e-bikes, e-scooters, and VeoRides across campus. The Spring 2026 Bike Census will help to guide future bike infrastructure decisions. Bike census results will be published in a report in Summer 2026 or early Fall 2026. 

  19. Weekly Update -- Bike Donations, Sustainapalooza, & Sales

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    We’re inching up in the busyness around here. Visitor numbers reflect that. Elsewhere, we’re working through an influx of kids bike donations that we’ll either store until our winter giveaway or repair for sale this spring/summer. We also got a bike donated back that we sold at least two years ago, if my memory serves.

     

    This week we have another fix-a-flat class offered (still no takers yet) and will be gearing up for Sustainapalooza on Saturday.

    Hope to get a couple more bikes on the sales floor, too.


    The numbers:

    Visitors: 77

    Sales: $696
    Memberships: 9 for $270
    Bikes (refurb): 1 for $170
    Tires/tubes: 16 for $77

    Thanks!

  20. Final Volunteer Call for Bike Census

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bicycle Counts
    Bike Census Spring 2026 Tomorrow!
    		 
     

     

    F&S, along with volunteers, will conduct a Campus Bicycle Census tomorrow on Tuesday, April 14, at 11 a.m. The data collected by the group will be used to identify high-ridership locations for future mobility, safety, and infrastructure improvements, such as bike rack parking upgrades, pathway enhancements, and interactive mapping updates. Previous censuses have counted more than 5,500 parked bicycles on the Urbana campus at one time.

    5 More Volunteers Needed

    Sign up to volunteer for the upcoming census. Instructions will be given during on-site training at 10 a.m. on the day of the event at Anniversary Plaza (south of Illini Union), or during backup session today on Monday, April 13 at 4 pm in the same location, for those who cannot attend the day-of meeting. Volunteers may either bike or walk around the campus to look for off-rack and on-rack bicycles.

      Sign up to Volunteer at this event!  

    Micromobility Analysis

    New for the 2026 census, e-bikes/e-scooters and other micromobility devices will also be tracked. This specific snapshot will help F&S to expand and support the U. of I. active transportation network through both the bike share program and by developing more parking and charging options for students, faculty, and staff across the university.

    For more information about the census or other Bike at Illinois programs, contact Sarthak Prasad, 217-300-9575.

     

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