Welcome to the C-U Safe Routes to School Project!
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C-U Safe Routes to School Project’s (C-U SRTS Project) goal is to make it safer and more fun for students to walk and bike to school and to encourage more walking and biking. The C-U SRTS Project Steering Committee is composed of local community members, public health, planning and transportation professionals, local bicycle organizations, and school district that all play roles in making it more appealing and safer for students to walk, bike or roll to school. Underserved communities deserve particular attention as they more often walk and bike for transportation.
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Walk & Roll to School Day 2024
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Save the date: Walk & Roll to School Day 2024 will be on Wednesday, October 9! Students across Champaign, Urbana, and Savoy are invited to celebrate by walking, biking, or rolling to school. They will be greeted and encouraged by friends, parents, teachers, local athletes, and community leaders.
Please use the buttons below to register your school to participate or register to volunteer before Friday, September 27. We'll see you there! |
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Bike & Roll to School Day 2024
This year's Bike & Roll to School Day (BRTSD) was held on Wednesday, May 8. Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin and several C-U SRTS volunteers joined students at nine schools across Champaign, Urbana, and Savoy. Check out the rest of the BRTSD page to view fun pictures and videos of the various BRTSD events.
BRTSD events encourage and bring attention to safe bicycling and walking practices to the broader C-U community. The event focuses on celebrating active transportation for children traveling to school, which has the effects of promoting health, safety, environmental sustainability, and reduced traffic.
BRTSD events encourage and bring attention to safe bicycling and walking practices to the broader C-U community. The event focuses on celebrating active transportation for children traveling to school, which has the effects of promoting health, safety, environmental sustainability, and reduced traffic.
Updated Safe Routes to School Maps
Updated routes for students to walk and bike to school for the Champaign and Urbana schools are now available! Use the button below to access them.
Snow Angels Snow Removal Program
You can help your neighbors and local students get around safely this winter. By becoming a Snow Angel volunteer, you could help out your community by shoveling sidewalks so that students and other residents can walk freely and safely. Without shoveling, students and residents often resort to walking in the street which poses dangers to their safety. Shoveling your walk is the neighborly thing to do!
Walk & Roll to School Day 2023
Walk 'n Roll to School Day was October 4th this year and it was a huge success! Thousands of students and parents across the country and around the world participate in the annual event. In Champaign and Urbana local elected officials, University of Illinois student athletes, and volunteers joined students to walk and roll to school.
Read the 2022-2023 C-U SRTS Annual Report!
The 2022-2023 C-U SRTS Annual Report has been released! Read through it to explore all the achievements, challenges, and goals of this past year.
Upcoming Events
CU Bike Month
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Light the Night
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Traffic Skills 101: Smart Cycling Class - Held Saturday, May 27
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Our most recent class was small but mighty! It was our first all female, all U of I student class. The students learned bike handling and safety skills and practiced them on a 10 mile ride through Urbana.
Want to Learn Safety Skills at Home? Use the Online Learning section of our website
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Check out the C-U SRTS Online Learning Package for fun activities!
Etch-a-sketch style Strava Drawings: The Strava app lets users track their bike rides, so some users have been getting creative and using their rides to draw fun pictures. Give it a try!
Practice walking or cycling along routes to school with your kids while streets are calm!
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Mode Shift Fact Sheets
You've probably known that bicycling has tons of benefit of keeping our environment green and keeping you in good shape, but do you know riding a bike will also be a complete game changer for you financially? Check our fact sheet to see the all the statistics of bicycling compared with driving, and find your own reason of getting on a bike in this coming spring!
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C-U Safe Route to School project has hosted Walk to School Day in Urbana-Champaign for over ten years, and has received many smiles, laughs, thanks and high-fives along the way. Visit our archived photos to see what happened in previous year's event in Champaign-Urbana.
Parent Resources
Parents, how walkable and bikeable is your community? Take a walk or bike ride and use the checklists below to rate your neighborhood’s walkability and bikeability.
Quick Links
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C-U Safe Routes to School Project
1101 East University Avenue Urbana, IL 61802 217-384-8188 [email protected] |
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