Friends,

Thanks for all the wonderful bicycles that UIUC donated to Working Bikes programs.  We estimate that we received over 330 bicycles from the 2017 collection last week.

99% of the bikes will be repaired and given away locally or internationally for free.  The other three or four bikes out of the 330 will be fixed and sold to support our mission.

Most of the bicycles will be sent the Lesotho with Bikes for Lesotho.  These will be loaded tomorrow and Wednesday.

We also have many local partner organizations that receive free bikes.

Sincerely,

Lee Ravenscroft

workingbikes.org

On October 10, 2017, the Student Sustainability Committee held a full committee meeting. During this meeting, Lily Wilcock and Morgan White presented the Illini Bike Scope Change. Upcoming events and subcommittees were also discussed.

All, nothing major to report last week. Shop was open, people came in, same as usual. I coordinated with Working Bikes for our shipping event that happened yesterday. We packed up 317 bikes to go back to their warehouse in Chicago and then onto South Africa. There are still 67 bikes left that WB said they will return for later this fall. There is also a collection of the good bikes we are saving for ourselves. Those total about 50 or so.

Our new policy of allowing for free used tubes hasn’t caused any problems. Maybe 5-10 people have taken us up on it. Surprisingly one person insisted on patching despite the free tube. That might change next Spring/Summer. It will also help to expedite peoples’ stand time, as it’s obviously quicker to grab a used tube than mess with patching.

Tomorrow is the Bike Census. I will be helping Lily with that. I will also be shuttling the good bikes from the warehouse back to CBC and moving some over to the Urbana shop as well. CBC is currently packed to the gills with bikes.

The numbers:
Visitors: 91
Sales (overall): $1,221.50

Memberships: 11 for $330
Bikes (refurb): 3 for $555
Bikes (B-a-B): 0 for $0
Tires/tubes: 18 for $132

Sincerely,

• Jake Benjamin
  Campus Bike Center Manager

Hello all!

Tomorrow morning is the bike census and it is going to be a blast! The weather looks great and the campus will be very seasonally fall like.

Tomorrow’s event starts at 10 AM and ends at 11 AM. You can finish early! But please finish your whole block or let me know! Training for the event is crucial, because as you start you might start asking some questions about what counts and other questions. Attached is the instructions we will be going over in training tomorrow. Event training starts at 9 AM-9:05-ish. I will have print maps for notes or problems.

REMEMBER TO CHARGE YOUR PHONE TONIGHT!

Download the app Collector by ESRI sometime today from your respective app store. It is free. There is a log in to the bike census. It is here:

Username: BikeCensus

Password: bikecensus2017

Timeline for Tomorrow:

9 AM to 9:45 AM will be training and answering all questions at the Illini Union, South Patio

10 AM to 11 AM will be counting.

11 AM – 11:45 AM if you can, please drop off paper maps for any racks that were not on the map and need to be hand entered. If you can’t, just scan or take a picture and email it to lwilco2@illinois.edu or jvwhit@illinois.edu

Map Block Assignment

Map link is here: http://goo.gl/Cbq9Fj

Honestly, I cannot thank all of you volunteers enough. Personally, I love technology and I love it when we can use it to make our communities better. Thank you for your hard work and James Whitacre at the Scholarly Commons and I will be typing away to process this information and get it in your hands and the hands of campus planners, engineers, architects, and administration.

With all this being said, tomorrow have a good sense of humor, walk and bike quickly, and have fun counting every bike we can!

Thank you,

Lily Wilcock and James Whitacre

Visiting Active Transportation Coordinator

Facilities and Services

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Give to the Campus Bike Plan Fund at http://go.illinois.edu/bikefund

Dr. Ximing Cai presented the attached presentation to the SWATeam members at the beginning of fall 2017.

Here's a neat idea for campus to consider, as we continue to look at options for ground cover under solar panels.

All, the major news of last week was the Light The Night event. We installed roughly 870 light sets this year! We completely sold out, which is a first for me in the 4 or so years in which I’ve been involved with this event. With it still being warm out, I hope we can get some valuable feedback from people who’re using the lights in regards to which ones they like, how they’re performing, etc.

Last week was also the Members’ Meeting for the Bike Project wherein it was decided that used tubes will henceforth be free of charge for in-shop repairs. While this will cut into profits, it is a better choice as we do not have the ability to maintain proper quality control with our used tube selection. If a person wants to buy a tube for later use, however, they must still pay for it.

Late Friday I got a message from Working Bikes in regards to coordinating for emptying the Bike Warehouse. They would like to do the event next Monday (October 9th). I will discuss with the Bike Project and decide if this is doable.

The numbers:

Sales (overall): $867.95
Memberships: 12 for $360

Bikes (refurbished): 0
Bikes (Build-a-Bike): 0
Tires/Tubes: 26 for $180

Sincerely,

• Jake Benjamin
  Campus Bike Center Manager

The Purchasing, Waste, and Recycling SWATeam kicked off the semester with a discussion of their past and continuing efforts and proposals, their progress in achieving iCAP objectives, and goals for the upcoming year. They also gave recommendations on the creation of a Division of Intercollegiate Athletics (DIA) Climate Action Plan.