Welcome to C-U SRTS!

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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.
Walking School Bus Program Pilot to Begin at Leal Elementary / Esquela Leal this Spring!
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C-U Safe Routes to School Project is assisting Urbana School District with organizing a Walking School Bus (WSB) Pilot Program at Leal Elementary / Esqueal Leal this April!  A Walking School Bus (WSB) is a fun, healthy, social, and safe way for kids to get to school.  Read more about Walking School Bus programs operating in other states on our Walking School Bus page.

C-U Safe Routes to School Project Brings in Walking School Bus Planning Expert for Workshop

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On November 15, Robert Johnson, a consultant from the PedNet Coalition  guided members of the SRTS Project Steering Committee and Urbana School District staff and administrators through a WSB planning process. Members of Urbana School District, Champaign Regional Planning Commission, MTD, and CU Public Health are pictured (right) participating in a route planning exercise.  

C-U SRTS Project completes successful six-week bicycle skills and safety class for 
6-8th graders in SPLASH program 

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C-U SRTS Project gives ENORMOUS thanks to our many community partners and dedicated individuals who volunteered their time to help make our six-week SPLASH bicycle skills and safety class a SUCCESS!  Students of all riding levels received instruction on how to be a safer road cyclist, learning from League Certified Instructors (LCIs), and community experts in bicycle riding, repair, public health, planning, and transportation.  Read more about C-U SRTS Project after school bike class here!  See media coverage here.

Special thanks to:
Champaign County Bikes
Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
City of Urbana Police Department
C-U Mass Transit District
C-U Public Health District
Neutral Cycle
The Bike Project
Urbana Middle School and the SPLASH after school program

We walked, we rolled, we went to school!

PictureWalk n' Roll to School Day at King Elementary.
On Wednesday 10/9 schools in Champaign and Urbana celebrated
International Walk n' Roll to School Day!

Read about it on our special Walk n' Roll to School webpage here.

If you are a student at UMS who walks or bikes to school, sign up for Boltage!

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Boltage, is a new, free program that encourages 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.  The more days to bike or walk to school, the trips you earn, and the more wristbands and prizes you get.  Wristbands indicate different levels of trips reached!  Prizes will also include cinch packs, zipper pulls, blinky lights, and gift cards!

Sounds pretty cool, right?  We think so too.  Read more about Boltage here.

Bike to School Day

Walk n' Roll to School Day

Safety Video

Health Brochure

Have you taken the online bike safety quiz!  
WE DARE YOU TO TRY IT!
Click the icon below.

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