About the Commuter Challenge
About the Commuter Challenge
What is the Commuter Challenge?
Who is participating in the Commuter Challenge?
How do I sign up for the Challenge?
- How do I change an already logged commute in the Commuter Challenge?
What are the rules of the Commuter Challenge?
How do you win the Commuter Challenge?
What are the prizes?
What are the awards?
What are some features I will see as part of the Commuter Challenge?
How do I log a carpool commute?
What is the Commuter Challenge?
What is the Commuter Challenge?
Work in downtown Ann Arbor? The Commuter Challenge is a great opportunity to win a prize just for trying a new way to get to work. Trying a sustainable commute can help you save money, get healthy, be green and have fun!
All you have to do is try biking, busing, carpooling, etc. ONCE during the month of May and you win a coupon for free Ice Cream from the Washtenaw Dairy!
Here's how it works
Starting in early March, someone from your organization can go to the getDowntown website and sign up your organization to participate in the Challenge. Once your organization is signed up, anyone from your organization that wants to participate in the Challenge just needs to select that organization from our website.
During the month of May, everyone at your work-site gets the chance to try busing, biking, walking, carpooling, telecommuting, etc. to work and logging it on the getDowntown website.
During the Commuter Challenge, you can view the calories burned, carbon emissions reduced and miles logged for yourself and your organization.
Participants that log at least one sustainable commute in May get a coupon for free Ice Cream from the Washtenaw Dairy. If you are not into Ice Cream, we can give you a coupon from a free Italian Ice from Mity Nice Italian Ice.
Organizations that get a certain percentage of people from their worksite to participate will get more prizes.
We'll also be doing daily prize drawings, drawings from Facebook and Twitter and much more!
Who is participating in the Commuter Challenge?
To see who participated past Challenges, click on the Stats Page.How Do I Sign Up for the Challenge?
Information about how to sign up for the Challenge is coming soon.back to top
How do I change an already logged commute in the Commuter Challenge?
Click here for instructions on changing an already logged commute.What are the Rules of the Commuter Challenge?
Click here to view an overview of the Commuter Challenge, including the rules.How do you Win the Commuter Challenge?
Your organization wins the Commuter Challenge by getting a certain percentage of people to participate.back to top
What are the Prizes?
To check out all of the prizes for the Commuter Challenge, click here.
What are the Awards?
To view the awards for the Challenge, click here.
What are some features I will see as part of the Commuter Challenge?
- Miles Logged to Date: The number of miles you have logged on your sustainable commute.
- Challenge Goal: Your goal during the Commuter Challenge for how many roundtrip sustainable commutes you think you can do in May. If you meet your Challenge Goal, you will be entered into a drawing for fabulous prizes!
- CO2 Emissions Avoided: Carbon Dioxide is a naturally occurring gas that is also produced by burning fossil fuels such as gasoline. Reducing carbon dioxide emissions is a way to lower our risk of climate change. During the Commuter Challenge, you can see the amount of CO2 you are avoiding by using sustainable commutes.
- Calories Burned: This is the number of calories you are burning when you walk, bike or run to work. We base this number on the average person.
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How do I Log a Carpool Commute?
Many people wonder how to log a carpool commute. If the carpoolers are in the same organization, it is best to have everyone log the carpool commute and then divide the number of miles among each participant. If the carpools are not in the same organization, then it is best to have everyone log the carpool commute and the number of miles.
