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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.
Bike Rodeos During Bike Month
May is a busy month as it is Bike Month! During May C-U SRTS Project is running four bike rodeos. These 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.
Stephen Haas/The News-Gazette
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Stephen Haas/The News-Gazette
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Playing It Safe Bike Rodeo May 19, 2018
A big annual event in Champaign-Urbana is Carle's Playing It Safe Day right before summer begins. Playing It Safe, isCarle's free annual safety fair, featuring more than 50 activities and exhibits that focus on safety awareness for the entire family. One of the biggest activities is the C-U SRTS Project Bike Rodeo. We had over 100 children go through the bike rodeo this year and learn new safety skills. Kids and parents had fun. We were also featured in a WCIA story and in the News-Gazette.
WCIA interviewed Cynthia Hoyle, Chair, C-U SRTS to School Project about the bike rodeo and bicycle safety.
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/video/play-it-safe_20180520034630/1189023366
Kenwood Elementary Bike Rodeo May 11, 2018
"I just wanted to thank you for coordinating the bike rodeo at Kenwood on Friday. By all accounts it was a huge success...I am hopeful we can do this again next year as everyone really enjoyed this event and as importantly our students learned some valuable bike safety tips as well." Kenwood Elementary Principal Trevor Nadrozny
University of Illinois Wellness Bike Rodeo May 5, 2018
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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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Bike maintenance class - Nov. 2, 2017
On November 2nd a bicycle maintenance workshop was conducted with students at the Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club with Neutral Cycle. Two mechanics from Neutral Cycle brought bike stands and tools to assist students in doing basic repairs to bicycles. Some students from the summer Let’s Get Rolling program attended, one with his bike that had a broken seat. Altogether about 6 students participated. Every student had time to do hands-on tasks such as airing up tires, lubing chains, adjusting brakes, and tightening loose bike parts. The broken seat was replaced.
A future Kickcapoo Trail bike ride is being planned with students from the club to give them the opportunity to learn how to reach the trail and to enjoy the amenities and fun of trail riding.
A future Kickcapoo Trail bike ride is being planned with students from the club to give them the opportunity to learn how to reach the trail and to enjoy the amenities and fun of trail riding.
Walk to School Day - Oct. 4, 2017
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Be cool and walk to school! On the morning of Oct. 4th, the International Walk n' Roll to School Day, students from six Urbana and Champaign elementary schools celebrated the fun of walking. They were greeted and encouraged by their friends, parents, police, volunteers and local celebrities.
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Check out the video on CU Safe Routes to School Project's Walk 'n' Roll to School Day in Urbana, by Urbana Public Television.
C-U Safe Route to School project has hosted Walk to School Day in Urbana-Champaign for over four 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.
Other Recent News and Events
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!
Archived News and Events
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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