PWR011 SmartWay Union recommendation - Transmitted
This recommendation has been submitted to the Illini Union and F&S Stores.
See attached iWG assessment.
See SWATeam recommendation PWR011 SmartWay Union here.
This recommendation has been submitted to the Illini Union and F&S Stores.
See attached iWG assessment.
See SWATeam recommendation PWR011 SmartWay Union here.
This recommendation has been transmitted to Facilities & Services.
See attached assessment file here.
See SWATeam recommendation Water004 GSI Standards Parking Lots here.
This recommendation has been transmitted to Evan DeLucia at the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment.
See attached assessment file here.
See SWATeam recommendation Trans008 Mode Share Survey here.
Here is a fun new addition to the education effort on the new bike infrastructure on campus.
https://mtd.org/inside/mtd-pulse/how-to-use-a-bike-box-stop-turn-wait/
SmilePolitely picked it up. http://www.smilepolitely.com/splog/theres_a_new_website_for_campus_bicyclers/
CHAMPAIGN, IL – Whether you need to purchase a new bike while at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign or are an experienced rider looking to get more involved and volunteer at upcoming bike events, there’s a new website that can help you do it all.
Bike at Illinois (bike.illinois.edu) is the campus community’s comprehensive bicycling resource, helping everyone have a safer, more sustainable, and comfortable biking experience on campus. The site’s user-friendly, responsive, and accessible design makes getting information convenient while on the go using smartphones and tablets.
Facilities & Services (F&S) Active Transportation Coordinator Lily Wilcock said, “Bike at Illinois online was designed to bring all campus bicycle information into one easy-to-find location. The response and feedback to the site have been excellent, and students were very excited about it on Quad Day.”
The Bike at Illinois website includes detailed sections on registering bikes, campus bike rules, and the campus bike center, plus updates on news and upcoming events.
F&S Executive Director Mohamed Attalla said, “I am excited to see us launch this new website to showcase and celebrate the incredible efforts underway for bicycling on campus. The potential for greater outreach and engagement with students, faculty, staff, and community will help support our continued designation as a Bicycle Friendly University.”
Dockless Bike Sharing Update
VeoRide, based in West Lafayette, Indiana, is the first company to receive a Concession Agreement with the university for deploying dockless bike share bicycles in this area. The company will offer a fleet of 500 turquoise bikes, the maximum number allowed by the pilot program, throughout Champaign, Urbana, and on campus. The dockless bike sharing program will provide individuals with the ability to rent a bicycle through a smartphone app. Users can park the self-locking bicycles at any bike rack across campus or in the cities. For frequently asked questions about the pilot program go to http://go.fs.illinois.edu/bikeshare.
The purchase order was completed for piloting the GreenQ monitoring system.
Facilities & Services Waste Management handles trash and recycling pick-up for the majority of campus facilities. The exterior garbage and recycling dumpsters are emptied on a regular schedule, by campus drivers working for the Waste Transfer Station. As of Fall 2014, there was no tracking for the waste volumes within individual trash or recycling dumpsters.
This pilot program will install wireless sensors in the dumpsters for a certain area on campus. The depth of the trash in the dumpsters will be shared online with the F&S personnel, which will allow data analysis of waste generation sites for the first time on campus at the large scale level. The pilot area is the land bordered by Goodwin Avenue, Illinois Street, Lincoln Avenue, and Oregon Street. This area includes 8 dumpsters.
1,075 Carbon Credits (CCs) were sold to BEF @ $6.25/CC.
This sale resulted in $6,718.75 being added to the Carbon Credit Sales Fund.
An email explaining the sale is attached below.
An email with transaction information is attached below.
Update on Dean's approval of recommendation on unification of Best Management Practices; discussion on writing Student Sustainability Committee funding proposal for nitrate monitoring
The existing Bicycle Code for the University was effective since May 1, 1989, (read the 1989 Bike Code here) although enforcement of the code has varied greatly. The 2013 draft update of the Bike Code resulted from several conversations about bicycle enforcement and the need for better policies, beginning in the Fall of 2012 and Spring of 2013.
The updated code is more comprehensive and detailed, and is an important part of aknowledging the rights and responsibilities of cyclists on campus. The draft code was released for public comment in early September. The following timeline outlines the key dates going forward for having the new bike code to officially replace the 1989 version, before enforcement can begin.
Timeline:
Campus Landscape Architect Brent Lewis provided the attached planting plan and the following comments on the plan, for review by Chi Omega representatives.
Illinois Enactus Information Night
Illinois Enactus uses the power of entrepreneurial action to transform lives and shape a better, more sustainable world. In 2017, we ranked top 8 in the nation amongst hundreds of Enactus teams! Our 10 projects seek to tackle social inequities, economic disparities, environmental sustainability, and more. We welcome and encourage all majors to apply - and would really appreciate urban planning students' unique perspective as well as expertise.
September 12th, 7-8 PM
Wohlers 141, Business Casual
Learn more at illinoisenactus.com, feel free to reach out to Jasmine Tew at jtew2@illinois.edu with any questions.
RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the August 2018 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totalling 1,171.6 Megawatt hours. See attached file.
All, busy, busy week, as it always is this time of year. A few members completed their B-a-Bs, sold more memberships due to the suspension of the First Visit Free policy. Very few instances of people scoffing at the price/cost of entry, as most understood that a membership is a darn good deal. At its worst we had 10 people waiting for stand time.
One of the student workers, Tovah, gave her 2 weeks’ notice last week, as her class schedule is too demanding for her to also work here. I’ll be interviewing/hiring a replacement ASAP.
Todd helped out with picking up scrap over the weekend and Barry got the sign-in computer up and running (though it could die at any moment). Lucas and Logan (former staffers both) visited the shop on Friday and ended up volunteering, which was super awesome of them. Thanks to all four gentlemen for their help!
This week I’ve got the Bike Maintenance 101 class tonight at the ARC. I’ll be building bikes (2 for sale right now), coordinating with UIPD to pick up some donated bikes they have for us, and reaching out to Working Bikes and the Parking Dept. about our annual Bike Warehouse Clean Out.
The numbers:
Visitors: 83 (actual number was much higher; sign-in computer was down)
Sales: $1,891.50
Memberships: 21 for $630
Bikes (refurb): 4 for $520
Bikes (B-a-B): 3 for $246.50
Tire/tubes: 27 for $136
Thanks!
- Jake Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Manager
Hi Pete and Shawn,
Best regards,
Marya Ryan
Zero Waste Coordinator
Bike at Illinois is the campus community’s new, comprehensive bicycling resource, helping everyone have a safer, more sustainable, and comfortable biking experience on campus. Need to register your bike, learn bicycle rules, visit the Campus Bike Center, or volunteer for upcoming events? All that information and more is available in an easy-to-use, responsive, and accessible design.
Lily Wilcock . Facilities & Services
Join iSEE for its fifth annual Congress, featuring open discussions about the cities of now and the future. Session topics include transportation (including a keynote on autonomous vehicles!), material flows, infrastructure, urban agriculture/food security, urbanization and the environment, sustainable development and more, featuring academic experts, industry leaders, and mayors. Classes welcome!
Tony Mancuso . Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE)
Morgan met with PWR and Transportation SWATeam clerk, Becky Jonas, to review SWATeam process and discuss iCAP portal.
Spring 2018 report submitted to SSC for the Local Grains and Locally Processed Foods for Dining Services project.