Commuter Challenge Instructions

Organizational Sign Up

If your organization is signing up for the Commuter Challenge for the first time:

1. Designate someone as the Team Captain for your organization, they will be the contact person during the Commuter Challenge.
2. Your team captain can sign up your organization by going to http://www.getdowntown.org/programs/commuter/index.html
3. Click on "Register a new organization."
4. Type in your Company/Organization information
   
5. If your organization is Affiliated with the UM, please check the box so that we know this.
6. Fill out your contact information, and let us know if you'd like to be an Ambassador or Blog for us.
7. Type in the number of days you work and number of days you use a sustainable commute.  This will help us to determine your goal for the Commuter Challenge.  It's ok if you don't normally do any sustainable commutes!  That's what the Challenge is for!
8. Tell us how you typically get to work.
9. Determine a password for your organization.  This will be the password that individuals in your organization use to sign up and log their commutes.
10. Click "Add Organization"
    
11. You're done!  You will receive an email confirming you have signed up for the Challenge.

If your organization has participated in the Commuter Challenge before:

1. Designate someone as the Team Captain for your organization, they will be the contact person during the Commuter Challenge.
2. Your team captain can sign up your organization by going to http://www.getdowntown.org/programs/commuter/index.html
3. Click on "Copy your organization from last year"
4. Click register
   
5. If your organization is Affiliated with the UM, please check the box so that we know this.
6. Update your contact information, and let us know if you'd like to be an Ambassador or Blog for us.
7. Type in the number of days you work and number of days you use a sustainable commute.  This will help us to determine your goal for the Commuter Challenge.  It's ok if you don't normally do any sustainable commutes!  That's what the Challenge is for!
8. Tell us how you typically get to work.
9. Determine a password for your organization.  This will be the password that individuals in your organization use to sign up and log their commutes.
10. You can copy participants from last year into your organization.  Those individuals will need to go in an update their information.
11. You're done!  You will receive an email confirming you have signed up for the Challenge.

Participant Sign-Up

If you are signing up for the Commuter Challenge for the first time:

1. Go to  http://www.getdowntown.org/programs/commuter/index.html
2. Select your organization and type in your password (Your team captain should have given this to you).
   
3. Go to "Manage Participants" and click on "Add a New Participant."
   
4. Fill out your contact information, and let us know if you are the CEO/Owner of this organization and if you'd like to be an Ambassador or Blog for us.
5. Type in the number of days you work and number of days you use a sustainable commute.  This will help us to determine your goal for the Commuter Challenge.  It's ok if you don't normally do any sustainable commutes!  That's what the Challenge is for!
6. Tell us how you typically get to work.
7. Click "Add Participant"
   
8. You're done!  You will receive an email confirming you have signed up for the Challenge.

If you have participated in the Commuter Challenge before:

1. Go to  http://www.getdowntown.org/programs/commuter/index.html
2. Select your organization and type in your password (Your team captain should have given this to you).
   
3. Go to "Manage Participants" go to "Copy Participant from Last year" and select your name.
   
4. Update your contact information, and let us know if you are the CEO/Owner of this organization and if you'd like to be an Ambassador or Blog for us.
5. Type in the number of days you work and number of days you use a sustainable commute.  This will help us to determine your goal for the Commuter Challenge.  It's ok if you don't normally do any sustainable commutes!  That's what the Challenge is for!
6. Tell us how you typically get to work.
7. Click "Modify Participant"
   
8. You're done!  You will receive an email confirming you have signed up for the Challenge.