The Transportation iCAP Team met on 2/28/2024 to discuss the outlined proposal of the DESMAN report, the 2024 Campus Bike Plan, and end-of-year reporting initiatives. Attached is a link to the meeting recording.
I had a meeting with Sarthak on February 27th, 2024 to discuss the working document of the 2024 Campus Bike Plan.
Below are the notes of the meeting, mentioning the action items:
The Transportation iCAP Team met on 2/7/2024 to discuss objectives for the remainder of the semester, parking permit data, and an EV survey.
Sarthak & Ethan Meeting 11/3
Campus landscape master plan
Evaluation section
Implementation
Wednesday we will organize the document
Equity and accessibility section
Existing Conditions
Crash Data
Landscape plan excel:
Please see attached.
I met with Morgan and Stacey on 8/30/2023 to discuss the progress of the 2024 Campus Bike Master Plan. The major discussion was about Chapter 3: Goals and Objectives, and I will be re-organizing the goals and objectives under three key goals:
We also discussed the soft publish date to be 5/1/2024 and a hard deadline of 6/30/2024.
Prepare outline for bike audit
Re-familiarize self with stuff
Black racks are ground mounted, we want bike racks on rails (gray ones)
Only university owned bike racks and paths
On 08/18/2023, Stacey, Sarthak and Hrushikesh had a meeting to discuss the Project Scope for ADA Accessibility Survey of the Campus.
Discussed the budget required for this project along with the parameters and boundaries of selection criteria for the Sidewalks and Crosswalks survey.
On 08/15/2023 and 08/17/2023 , Sarthak and Hrushikesh had meetings regarding the progress on the Campus Bike Plan 2024. Please refer to the attached file to check for the updated information.
On 08/08/2023 and 08/10/2023 , Sarthak and Hrushikesh had meetings regarding the progress on the Campus Bike Plan 2024. Please refer to the attached file to check for the updated information.
On 08/01/2023 and 08/03/2023 , Sarthak and Hrushikesh had meetings regarding the progress on the Campus Bike Plan 2024. Please refer to the attached file to check for the updated information.
On 07/25/2023 and 07/27/2023 , Sarthak and Hrushikesh had meetings regarding the progress on the Campus Bike Plan 2024. Please refer to the attached file to check for the updated information.
On 07/20/2023, Sarthak and Hrushikesh had a meeting regarding the progress on the Campus Bike Plan 2024.
Meeting Notes:
- Discussion on Inclusion and importance of some of the new initiatives taken to promote bicycle ridership.
- Addressing the idea of Pathfinding/ Way-finding maps Bike paths, bike parking and other bicycle friendly facilities available On-Campus.
On 07/10/2023 Sarthak and Hrushikesh had a meeting with Adam Bleakney (Disability Sports Coach at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Meeting Notes:
- Introduced Adam about the Campus Bike Plan
- His Suggestions:
- The Athletes take mainly two routes for training, primary route starting from Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) to Stadium Dr, S 1st St, E Peabody, S 4th St, St Marys Rd, S Oak St, W Kirby Ave and back to S 1st St forming a Loop/ Circuit. Thus, maintenance of this circuit is vital.
- Secondary route consists of E Peabody, S 6th St, E Pennsylvania Ave, Race St
- Preferred to have street level bike lane.
- Usual speed of the athletes is 10-20 mph/hr.
- Connection with Oak St has been a concern.
Sarthak and Hrushikesh had a meeting with Jake about improvements in the resources available on campus for bicycle and pedestrian friendly access.
Notes from Meeting:
- Total 9 Bike Repair Stations, including 5 new Locations namely Grainger Library, Foellinger Auditorium, Smith Hall, Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), and Loomis Laboratory Of Physics
- Giveaways/Incentives for students that visit the Campus Bike Center or during any event related to Bicycles.
- Events such as Learn to Ride, Light the Night, Bike Classes (Fix a Flat),
- October can have a few events as it is the month of Sustainability.
Discussion on Bike Plan 2024
- Bike Audit (can be held in Fall):
The Audit will cover: 1) Connection of Bike Network within the Campus and the Community
2) Condition Assessment of Bike paths and lanes
3) Bike Racks (Only with Campus Limit)
Weekly Meeting between Sarthak and Hrushikesh on 7/5/2022. Sarthak gave Hrushikesh an overview of Campus Landscape Master Plan (CLMP 2022), Bike Audit, and Eco-Visio in order to work towards the 2024 Campus Bike Plan Draft.
Sarthak met with Hrushikesh Chavan (Master of Architecture student) and Nathaniel Nevins (Bachelors in Landscape Architecture) separately to explain the Campus Bike Plan 2024 update. These students will read up the 2014 Campus Bike Plan, the progress reports, and other documents shared with them to learn more and recommend suggestions for this new Plan.
Please see attached the final presentation for the CTAC spring 2023. Watch the meeting recording here: https://uofi.box.com/s/mid9gjqnhyziake9txcdf9jee08rgx6h
Meeting from 4/5/2023
Summary: Ethan and Sarthak met via zoom where they discussed the work on the plan that Ethan has done so far. They also discussed the thorough plan for the next year to describe to the stakeholders, in regard to their involvement with the 2024 plan. Ethan is expected to respond to stakeholders by next week, add onto the plan (mainly the executive summary, goals & objectives, introduction, and planning process sections). Ethan will send Sarthak separate emails about his Urban Planning presentation on their work for school, and request for GIS information.
Meeting from 3/29/2023
Summary: Ethan and Sarthak met briefly via zoom (Ethan was out of town dealing with a family emergency so there was not much to discuss). Ethan is expected to make a Google Sheet with stakeholders' information and responses, a sheet of timeline for the planning process, and a document for the 2024 plan.
Meeting notes from 3/22:
Meeting from 3/10:
Sarthak and Ethan met via zoom to discuss plans for the rest of the semester. Ethan is to finalize the email template which they will begin sending out after Spring break (last two weeks of March). Ethan is also to finish readings mentioned by Stacey by the next meeting in two weeks.
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Meeting from 3/1:
Sarthak and Ethan met via zoom to reflect on their meeting with Stacey. Ethan and Sarthak made note of stakeholders that she suggested that we reach out to and other readings to review. Ethan is to draft an email for reaching out to stakeholders once we return from Spring Break. Ethan is also expected to review RPC Bike Plan, Campus Master Plan, Crash Data, and TDM Plan.
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