You might be a long-time friend of CCB, or someone we just met at the Farmer's Market this summer. Either way, come hang out for a while with us at the 25 O'Clock Brewing Company. We will bring the snacks, you bring your stories from 2023 and ideas for 2024.
Hi Morgan and Lisa,
This fall I have submitted two SSC step-1 applications:
Active Choices: the Champaign County Greenways & Trails (GT) Plan has been finalized, and can be found on the CCRPC website here: http://www.ccrpc.org/greenways/documents.php.
Links are currently posted on the CCRPC and CUUATS Homepages, and can always be found on the GT Homepage.
The University Libraries department of facilities is launching a small feasibility study to determine weather it would be cost effective to use bikes as a materials transportation medium.
Alex Bragg, Distribution Clerk
After Amelia Neptune took the excellent job at the League of American Bicyclists, the Campus Bicycle Coordinator position became vacant. The funding for this position is not available for FY15, so a funding request was submitted to the Student Sustainability Committee.
Applications are now being accepted for a new Bicycle Ambassador program at the University of Illinois. Bicycle Ambassadors are bicycling enthusiasts who will promote bicycling for transportation, raise awareness about the rights and responsbilities of cyclists, and foster a postitive bicycle culture on our campus.
A new Academic Hourly Position, Campus Bicycle Coordinator, has been created within the Facilities & Services division. Amelia Neptune, formerly a Sustainability Specialist in F&S was appointed to the position for the 2014 Fiscal Year (July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014). The Campus Bicycle Coordinator will report to the Sustainability Coordinator within F&S, under the Engineering & Transportation Services department.
The SSC bike parking award is for $225,000 to install approximately 1,000 new bike parking spaces on existing concrete throughout campus.
The SSC and the Illini Union agreed to support improvements at the southwest corner of the Illini Union, where there are existing “donut-hole” bike racks. These will be removed over the summer and replaced with stainless steel U-loops. Additionally, the F&S Grounds division has agreed to plant an additional tree in that area, which will increase shading for the bike parking.
Bike to Work Day (BTWD) planning is underway. Staff raised $1,250 in February from sponsors, which goes to Champaign County Bikes for the event. Three on-campus Bike Station locations were organized, in addition to several off-campus Bike Stations. University Housing graciously agreed to provide food and drinks for the on-campus Bike Stations, as they did last year.
F&S continues to work with a number of student groups and individuals on bicycle-related projects:
