Take the Walk Bike Ride Challenge!
Making the decision to try traveling car free can be a hard one. The Walk Bike Ride Challenge is a great way to help you increase your walking, biking and riding transit and be entered for great prizes. Participants get encouragement, direct feedback on how many miles of driving and carbon you have saved, and a current tally of the number of chances you have earned for the prize drawing. The more weeks reported the higher chance one has of winning.
Background
In July 2010, the Seattle Department of Transportation held a Walk Bike Ride Challenge. Nearly 1,000 people registered to cut two car trips per week in July and walk, bike and ride more. The enthusiasum was so great we decided to continue it. Going without a car is not always easy. A group of local leaders tried doing it for five days last summer. While their stories are a little dated, it is still interesting to learn what they found challenging and what they enjoyed.