February 2026 photos of the Florida Orchard Prairie have been added to the box folder.

The University Bicycle Ordinance was updated in January 2026 following approval from the Campus Transportation Advisory Committee. This update includes information and rules for bicycles, e-bikes, and e-scooters on-campus. Download the updated document here: https://go.illinois.edu/BikeOrdinance

This week we will reopen to M – F from our scaled back winter hours!

We’re also hosting our Fix-a-Flat class on Thursday again. Was also alerted that Illini Cycling will begin offering three rides a week that start at the Bike Center, so that will be good publicity for the fitness riding folks.

This week I will make a final run through of the abandoned bikes and which to keep or not.

The numbers:

Visitors: 46
Sales: $909.50
Bikes (refurb): 2 for $360
Memberships: 8 for $240

Tires/tubes: 13 for $73

Thanks!

The Zero Waste team met on March 10th at 9:30 am. Attached are the meeting minutes.

Good Morning Illini U17 recently aired a story about E-bikes on campus.

The clip can be found here: https://uofi.box.com/s/hounkez06myovekz51viw4tkoy11mg8d 

Warmer days are coming in fits and starts. Last week we confirmed for a sustainability event in April, and will continue prep for the spring happenings: busy shop and more folks riding!

The numbers:

Visitors: 47
Sales: $447.75
Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $65

Memberships: 5 for $150

Tires/tubes: 6 for $30

This month, the Land and Water iCAP Team met on Teams on March 4th, 2026, at 9:00 AM for the team's monthly meeting. This month, the team discussed a report comparing the sustainable practices of peer and model institutions in landscaping, sustainable land management, and sustainable water management. Additionally the team discussed a student project on the team focusing on testing the permeability of pavers and asphalt on campus, the status of legalizing gray water usage in Illinois plumbing code, the possibility of irrigation monitoring, the status of prairie strips plantings, the status of milkweed plantings on campus, green stormwater infrastructure on campus, and upcoming events in relation to the Land and Water Team. To learn more about the topics listed above, please see the attached document containing the agenda and minutes for the team. 

Agenda

• Migrating from Google Maps to Mapbox after incurring charges last month
• Power BI charts discussion continuation

Discussion

• Migrating from Google Maps to Mapbox
  • Mapbox has a higher free tier (50K map views vs. 10K)
  • Converted maps:
    • Main Collections map (e.g. Campus Sustainability Tour map)
    • Main Themes map (e.g. Education & Energy map)
    • Place map (e.g. Illinois Fire Service Institute)
    • Project page mini map (e.g. Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS))
    • Project large map (e.g. Map for Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS))
    • Theme page map (e.g. Theme: Zero Waste)
  • Maps not yet converted:
    • Project Collection maps (e.g. Bicycle Related Projects)
    • SSC Project maps (e.g. ACES Farm Drainage Assessment)
    • Power Search: All Places (Map)
    • SSC Projects Embed: SSC Funded Projects & iCAP
  • Feature comparison (each of these features appeared on at least one Google Map previously):
    • Zoom in/out buttons: Yes
    • Full-screen button: No; is this important?
      • Yes, if easy
    • Camera controls (i.e. pan up/down/left/right): No; is this important?
      • No
    • Added scale component in lower-left; should we keep it?
      • Yes
    • Custom layer settings hiding various places of interest like businesses, attractions, parks, places of worship, and medical facilities): No; is this still important?
      • Yes, if easy
    • Map vs. Satellite
      • Yes, if easy
• Power BI charts discussion continuation
  • Example Power BI embed (still a work in progress)
  • Power BI only supports embedding entire project, not individual sub-pages. Options:
    • ✅ Create separate report for each metric graph (i.e. each individual bicycle & pedestrian counter + summary report for each type of counter)
    • ❌ Create page in report for each counter location; start each embed on corresponding page (users can switch pages - may be confusing)
  • Question: do we need individual reports for each bike/pedestrian counter location, or is summary report for each sufficient?
    • Summary report for each is enough - we can cut out dozens of individual metrics! 🥳

TODOs

• Maps:
  • Finish migrating to Mapbox
  • Investigate adding full-screen button
  • Investigate custom layer settings hiding various places of interest like businesses, attractions, parks, places of worship, and medical facilities)
  • Investigate adding Map vs. Satellite switcher
• Power BI:
  • Investigate making charts responsive
  • Create Bicycle Counter report with all bicycle counter data sources
  • Create Pedestrian Counter report with all pedestrian counter data sources
  • Add "Get Data" link to metrics to link to CSV(s) for a given report

RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the January 2026 Buyer's Share amounts by the hour, totaling 2,931.6 Megawatt hours.The January 2026 Buyer's Share Report is attached below.