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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 'n Roll to School Day October 4th
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Walk 'n Roll to School Day will be October 4th this year! Join thousands of students and parents across the country and around the world to celebrate walking or rolling to school. In Champaign-Urbana local elected officials, University of Illinois student athletes, and volunteers will be joining students to walk and roll to school.
Walk n' Roll to School Day To sign up your school event, plan an event, or register to volunteer follow this link! |
Champaign County Bike Month 2023 is just around the corner! Below are the tentative dates for this year's events.
Champaign County Bike Month - September 2023
Other Related Events
SPO PARKing Day 2023
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Walk n' Roll to School Day 2023
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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.
Traffic Skills 101: Smart Cycling Class - Held Saturday, May 27
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.
2023 Bike and Roll to School Day
The 2023 Bike & Roll to School Day event was held Wednesday, May 3rd. BRTSD events work to create safer routes for bicycling and walking and emphasize the importance of a range of issues such as increasing physical activity among children, cyclist and pedestrian safety, traffic congestion, concern for the environment and building connections between families, schools and the broader community.
Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin and several C-U SRTS volunteers join students at eight elementary schools in the area. Check out the rest of the page to view fun pictures and videos of the various BRTSD events.
Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin and several C-U SRTS volunteers join students at eight elementary schools in the area. Check out the rest of the page to view fun pictures and videos of the various BRTSD events.
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2022 Walk n' Roll to School Day - Wednesday, October 12
The Champaign-Urbana community celebrated International Walk n' Roll to School Day on Wednesday, October 12! WRTSD promotes walking as an active, sustainable, and fun way to get to school! We had U of I athletes, Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin, and several C-U SRTS volunteers join students at six elementary schools in the area. Check out the rest of the page to view fun pictures and videos of the various WRTSD events.
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 cusrtsproject@gmail.com |
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