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  1. 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.

     

    A link to view this post online.

  3. Bike Census Spring 2026 Volunteer Training Sessions

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bicycle Counts

    During the training sessions, Sarthak went over the volunteer training guide (attached as a pdf below) as well as how to use the ArcGIS Field Maps application to count bikes, e-bikes, VeoRides, and e-scooters.

     

    Two volunteer training sessions were hosted:

    1. Monday, April 13th from 4-5pm at Anniversary Plaza (south side of Illini Union)

    2. Tuesday, April 14th from 10-11am at Anniversary Plaza (south side of Illini Union)

     

    Attached Files: 

  4. iCAP Education Team April Meeting

    Associated Project(s): 
    Education iCAP Team
    Sustainability at Career Fairs
    Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™ (STARS)

    The iCAP Education Team met on April 13th from 9-10 am via Teams. The group discussed results and updates of the newly updated Undergraduate Levenick Scholars Program, discussed next steps for the Green Career Fair, shared updates on the Undergraduate Levenick Scholars Program, and shared findings of a comparison report of curriculum scores of AASHE stars reporting with similar ranking institutions. The meeting minutes are attached.

    Attached Files: 

  5. iCAP Portal Admin Meeting - April 10, 2026

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability iCAP Portal

    Discussion

    • Sandbox site
      • Ready for Quinn to start adding content, working out some kinks
      • Still needs plenty of work to get things displaying correctly
      • Better page building options in new site; see Illinois Drupal Framework for more info, especially Paragraphs section.
      • Opportunity to rethink display of anything we'd like to change
    • SSC Projects
      • ✅ Add field: Project outcomes

    Michael & Quinn discussion

    • Evaluate whether we still need these fields:
      • Notes - does this actually get used?
      • Contacts section - do we need all these fields?
      • Dates/Status section - do we need all the dates? Also, do we need Proposed By, Investigated By...?
      • Locations - do we need Room Number?
      • Video library - is it useful?

  6. Land and Water Team April Monthly Meeting Minutes and Notes

    Associated Project(s): 
    Land and Water iCAP Team
    Use of Non-Potable Water (such as Greywater)

    This month, the Land and Water iCAP team met on April 1st, 2026, at 9:00 AM for the team's monthly meeting. This month, the team discussed testing pavement permeability at different sites on campus, the status of working to change the plumbing code in Illinois to allow for the use of gray water, funding status for landscape sustainability on campus, beginning a project focused on irrigation monitoring, the planting of prairie strips on campus, and the signing of the iCAP 2026. 

    Attached Files: 

  11. Weekly Update -- Bike Center Classes & Sales

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

    Uneventful week. Pulled some of the salvageable parts off bikes in the containers and should have that project completed by end-of-week.

    Tonight is TBP’s Member Meeting which I will attend.

    This Thursdays is another Fix-a-Flat class. We have signage up in the Bike Center, so hopefully will get some takers for that.

     

    Thanks!

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 73
    Sales: $1,575.35
    Memberships: 11 for $330
    Bikes (refurb): 4 for $620

    Bikes (BaB): 2 for $110
    Tires/tubes: 27 for $34

  12. Volunteer for the Campus Bicycle Census

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bicycle Counts

    F&S, along with volunteers, will conduct a Campus Bicycle Census 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.

    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 an initial session on Monday, April 13 (Microsoft Outlook invite) 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.

    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.

     

    A link to see this post online.

  17. iCAP Portal Admin Meeting - March 13, 2026

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability iCAP Portal

    Discussion

    • Migrate to new domain, e.g. icap.illinois.edu?
      • Michael will submit request
      • Will reach out to Miriam and/or Paul with any questions
    • Displaying 2026 iCAP objectives and related initiatives
      • Decided to only migrate over content we actually want to keep public; archive the rest
      • Focus on projects in 2026 iCAP
      • Quinn can help review content as we migrate to new site
      • Migrate over spring/fall, with goal of Fall 2026 relaunch
      • For iCAP Objectives w/o metrics, add checklists and show progress bar on dashboard

    TODOs

    • Michael will get new site template ready for adding content, will reach out to group when it's ready to use

  18. Weekly Update -- Regular Hours & Sales

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    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!

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