Executive Summary
Since the 2014 Campus Bicycle Master Plan, a clearer vision of a bicycle friendly campus has been encapsulated within the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. One of the original goals of the 2014 plan was to regain a place as a leader in bicycle infrastructure and safety that the Urbana-Champaign campus once had in the 1950s. Within the past decade, bicycle registrations have skyrocketed and the bicycle usage has increased. All the 2014 high priority projects and most of the medium priority projects have been completed. In 2023, the Urbana-Champaign campus renewed the silver-level Bicycle-Friendly University by the League of American Bicyclists (which in 2011 it was awarded bronze-level). Therefore, strides in this campus’ bicycle infrastructure and safety can be quantitatively seen. Nonetheless, there is more work that can be done with a still-increasing bicycle-riding campus, occasional bicycle accidents, and frequent bicycle safety violations.
Building off the work of the 2014 Campus Bicycle Master Plan, the 2024 Campus Bicycle Master Plan goals are outlined as:
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Continue to increase safety for all campus users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and motorists, in support of Champaign-Urbana Urban Area Safety Plan.1
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Increase sustainability of campus transportation, in support of the Illinois Climate Action Plan.
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Continue to improve the mobility and convenience for cyclists on campus.
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Identify funding needs and secure funding for future improvements of campus bicycle facilities, services, and programming.
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Improve the university’s standing as a national leader in bicycle friendliness.
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Incorporate technological advances to the university’s bicycle infrastructure for the best bicycle experience on campus.