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Welcome to C-U Safe Routes to School!
C-U Safe Routes to School Project (C-U SRTS Project) is an organization with representatives from the CU Mass Transit District, Champaign County Regional Planning Commission, CU Public Health District, Urbana and Champaign planning, engineering and law enforcement, Champaign County Bikes, Urbana and Champaign School Districts, as well as other educators, parents, and community members. The project came about after four years of organizing Walk & Bike to School Day in Champaign and Urbana schools and deciding that there was more that could be done to educate the community on pedestrian and bicycle safety issues.
C-U Safe Routes to School Project (C-U SRTS Project) is an organization with representatives from the CU Mass Transit District, Champaign County Regional Planning Commission, CU Public Health District, Urbana and Champaign planning, engineering and law enforcement, Champaign County Bikes, Urbana and Champaign School Districts, as well as other educators, parents, and community members. The project came about after four years of organizing Walk & Bike to School Day in Champaign and Urbana schools and deciding that there was more that could be done to educate the community on pedestrian and bicycle safety issues.
Let's Get Rolling Earn-a-Bike Class 2018
C-U Safe Routes to School Project partnered with Champaign County Bikes to raise funds to purchase 15 bicycles to be used in a pilot Earn-a-Bike program in Champaign-Urbana. The pilot program was implemented with the Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club (DMBGC) in July of 2017 with six students completing the program. This year we partnered with DMBGC again and held a class with seven students July 16-19. Two League of American Bicyclists certified cycling instructors worked with eight volunteers and staff of local agencies to conduct the classes. Bicycle maintenance and on-bike safety skills were taught to the students. Each student who completed the class earned a bike, bike light set, bike lock, and helmet.
Bike Rodeos During Bike Month
May was a busy month as it is Bike Month! During May C-U SRTS Project ran four bike rodeos. The events are a lot of fun and kids learn and get to practice important bicycle safety skills. We are able to run these events thanks to the very generous donation of time by many volunteers and staff. Thank you everyone! Pictures from the events are below.
Stratton Elementary Bike Rodeo May 23, 2010
Students from Novak Academy in Champaign and other volunteers helped the 4th grade students at Stratton Elementary learn bicycle safety skills on a beautiful spring day. We had a visit from a News-Gazette photographer and two of the students were featured in the News-Gazette May 24, 2018.
Jalyece Carter, left, a junior at Novak Academy, helps fourth-grader Bobo Fuili put on a bicycle helmet Wednesday during a C-U Safe Routes to School Project bike rodeo event at Stratton Academy of the Arts in Champaign. See more from our photographers at instagram.com/news_gazette.
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Stephen Haas/The News-Gazette
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University of Illinois Wellness Bike Rodeo May 5, 2018
Bike to School Day 2018
It was a beautiful morning for Bike to School Day this year. We had a great time talking with students at Urbana Middle and High Schools where we hosted a bike station with University of Illinois students. Westview Elementary had fun with Champaign School Board Member Kathy Shannon meeting and greeting the parents and kids who bike to school. Families joined the fun at Kenwood Elementary too.
We distributed bike locks, C-U Bike Month t-shirts, bike lights, and string bags at the Urbana Middle and High School station.
Westview had lots of kids biking to school for Bike to School Day and the bike rack was overflowing. Westview and Kenwood distributed bike locks to kids who need them along with bicycle safety tips. One Kenwood family bicycled together to school.
Risk Watch on Biking and Walking Safety
Risk Watch is a comprehensive injury-prevention curriculum implemented in our local grade schools. The program is designed to help children and families create safer homes and communities by teaching the skills and knowledge to make positive choices about personal safety and well-being.
As one of the "Risk Watch Experts" this year, Safe Route to School Project went into classrooms of Champaign elementary schools co-teaching bicycle and pedestrian safety topics. In our lessons, officers from Champaign Police Department introduced safe walking including using crosswalks, watching for cars, and being visible when walking, while Safe Route to School talked about safe biking - how to fit a helmet, and how to make basic hand signaling. Most importantly, we reinforced the importance of wearing helmets through an exciting "Melon Drop" demonstration. While the Scared Melon was cracked wide open after being dropped from a ladder, The Happy Melon who has a helmet was always sound and firm!
As one of the "Risk Watch Experts" this year, Safe Route to School Project went into classrooms of Champaign elementary schools co-teaching bicycle and pedestrian safety topics. In our lessons, officers from Champaign Police Department introduced safe walking including using crosswalks, watching for cars, and being visible when walking, while Safe Route to School talked about safe biking - how to fit a helmet, and how to make basic hand signaling. Most importantly, we reinforced the importance of wearing helmets through an exciting "Melon Drop" demonstration. While the Scared Melon was cracked wide open after being dropped from a ladder, The Happy Melon who has a helmet was always sound and firm!
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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.
Upcoming Events
See our calendar for any upcoming events.
If you are interested in participating in any of our recurring events or might be interested in starting an event of your own, contact us now!
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
Safe Routes to School Maps
Bike to School Day
Walk n' Roll to School Day
Bike Safety
Bikes on Buses
Health Brochure
Safety Videos
Online Bike Safety Quiz
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