Welcome to C-U SRTS!
C-U SRTS PROJECT is a community based organization with representatives from the CU Mass Transit District, Champaign County Regional Planning Commission, Urbana and Champaign engineering and law enforcement, Urbana and Champaign School Districts, local health agencies, bike clubs and more. The project came about after four years of organizing Walk & Bike to School Day in Champaign and Urbana schools and deciding that there was so much more that could be done to educate this community on pedestrian and bicycle safety issues.
Currently, we are operating on a grant from the National Center for Safe Routes to School, a federally funded program administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation. As with any project, donations, event sponsors, and contributors are always welcomed and needed for our continued success.
The NEXT bike rodeo is Saturday June 1st at the
Champaign County Fairgrounds!
Great turnout for Market at the Square Bike Rodeo!
See more photos of kids and rodeo volunteers here!
Twas' a beautiful day to bike to school on May 8!
Students all the way from Pre-Kindergarten to High School participated in National Bike to School Day on May 8!
Thanks to all the students, parents,
administrators, staff, and volunteers who made
Bike to School Day a success!
Check out more of our own photos here.
Even the Pre-Kindergarten class at Washington Elementary
enjoyed a bike parade and snack picnic!
And the News Gazette featured the festivities
with a great photo by John Dixon!
Happy Crossing Guard Appreciation Day!
Crossing Guards are a critical part of keeping streets safe! May 7 is Crossing Guard Appreciation Day!
The News-Gazette
by Meg Dickinson
SAVOY — When it comes to enforcing the rules of school traffic at Carrie Busey Elementary, crossing guard Susan Bolin is friendly, but firm. She even set Principal Jeff Scott straight, when he recently forgot the road in front of the school allows only northbound traffic during the school day. Bolin yelled to keep him from turning the wrong way out of the school's parking lot, Scott said.
Bolin's job is crucial, Scott said, because most of the school's students live north of the intersection of Prairie Rose Lane and Sunflower Street, where Bolin watches three crosswalks before and after school. In the mornings, all the cars dropping students off drive north through the intersection, as do all the school's buses. Read more!
by Meg Dickinson
SAVOY — When it comes to enforcing the rules of school traffic at Carrie Busey Elementary, crossing guard Susan Bolin is friendly, but firm. She even set Principal Jeff Scott straight, when he recently forgot the road in front of the school allows only northbound traffic during the school day. Bolin yelled to keep him from turning the wrong way out of the school's parking lot, Scott said.
Bolin's job is crucial, Scott said, because most of the school's students live north of the intersection of Prairie Rose Lane and Sunflower Street, where Bolin watches three crosswalks before and after school. In the mornings, all the cars dropping students off drive north through the intersection, as do all the school's buses. Read more!
Roll Call! Urbana Middle Schoolers Start Boltage!
For 19 days starting May 1, UMS students track how many days they can bike and walk to school.
Starting May 1, students at Urbana Middle School are participating in Boltage, a new, free program to encourage young people to bike and walk to school. Students who sign-up for the program receive prizes for the number of days they bike or walk to school in a 19 day period. Prizes include wrist bands of different colors (to indicate trip levels), cinch packs, reflective zipper pulls, and a pizza party at the end of the school year.
For more information about Boltage check out the website! http://www.boltage.org/index.html
For more information about Boltage check out the website! http://www.boltage.org/index.html
Download the C-U SRTS health brochure.
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