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Commuter Challenge 2008
The final results are in for the 2008 Curb Your Car Month Commuter Challenge. This year, 114 organizational units competed in the Commuter Challenge and 1,482 participants logged at least one roundtrip sustainable commute in May. There were a total of 16,609 roundtrip sustainable commutes logged by participants! Collectively, participants logged 247,695 sustainable miles, which saved approximately 393 barrels of oil.
Here are the Winners of the 2008 Commuter Challenge in each category:
1 Employee Category Winner: Jeffrey J. Ellison, P.C. (24 points)
The winner gets $50 worth of Ann Arbor Gold
2-9 Employee Category Winners (all had 100% participation!): Above the Treeline, American Friends Service Committee-MI Criminal Justice Program, Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority, Center for Simplified Strategic Planning, Dascola Barbers, Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan, Fourth Ave. Birkenstock, Independent Thinkers, Inner Circle Media, Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, Not An Employee, University of Michigan–Lee Lab, GoKnow! Inc., Richner & Richner and The Whole Brain Group.
The winning orgs will get a Tea Tasting from Arbor Teas. We will probably have a couple of tastings to accommodate all of the winners
10-24 Employee Category (3-way tie! and all had 100% participation!): ApplEcon LLC, Survey Sciences Group, LLC, EWRE PUORG
The winning orgs will each get a Pizza Party from Cottage Inn!
25-99 Employee Category: UM Center for the Child and the Family
The winning org gets Coffee from Espresso Royale and Donuts from the Washtenaw Dairy!
100-499 Employee Category: University of Michigan - CoE - AOSS (43.0% Participation)
The winning org gets free 10 minute massage coupons from Relax Station for anyone in the winning organization that participated in the Commuter Challenge.
500+ Employee Category: Thomson Reuters (13.0% Participation)
The winning org gets a free coupon for a movie at the Michigan Theater for anyone in the winning organization that participated in the Commuter Challenge.
Commuter Challenge 2007
Commuter Challenge results are in! We had 75 organizational units sign up and 869 commuters actively participate in the 2007 Commuter Challenge! Collectively, we logged 116,277 miles~ the equivalent of almost five trips around the earth. And although we didn’t reach our goal of 200,000 miles, we still had a major impact in our local community.
If we had driven these 116,277 miles alone, instead of making the choose to bike, walk, bus, telecommute, and/or carpool, we would have produced approximately 111,804 lbs of Carbon Dioxide and a whole host other nasty chemicals. We also would have made the roads more congested and parking less available in dense areas like downtown Ann Arbor. Great job to everyone who participated in this year's Commuter Challenge!
The organizational participation was also outstanding this year, we had 17 organizations with 100% participation! All winners in the 1-9, 10-24, & 25-99 employee category had 100% participation. In the 100-499 employee category, NVFEL/EPA with 360 employees had an outstanding 25.83% participation rate. And in the 500+ employee size, the City of Ann Arbor with 820 employees, had a 9.02% participation rate!
Commuter Challenge 2006
The final results are in and the 2006 Commuter Challenge proved to be even more successful than last year’s Commuter Challenge. This May, 999 employees from 66 organizations, participated in the Commuter Challenge and collectively logged 277,272 sustainable transportation miles (the distance to the moon + a few miles) and avoided producing 175,915 lbs of Carbon Dioxide during the Curb Your Car Month. (Disclaimer: We should probably only take credit for 182,952 of those miles~ since 94,320 were logged by one of our telecommuters who recently relocated! The Carbon Dioxide tally is calculated on the 182,952 mileage.)
2006 Winners
Winners in the 1-10 employees category:
- Get Real Communications 100%
- Inner Circle Media 100%
- Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice 100%
- Kerrytown Market & Shops 100%
- Law Office of
- The Pear Tree Pen Company 100%
Winners in the 10-24 employees category:
- ApplEcon LLC 100% participation
- Ecology Center 100%
Winners in the 25-99 employees category:
- DTE Biomass Energy 100% participation
- UM Center for the Child and the Family 100%
Winners in 100-499 employees category:
Winners in 500+ employees category:
- City of
Curb Your Car Month 2005
During May 2005, Ann Arbor commuters and residents were challenged to curb their cars and drive less. The events were focused on raising awareness about transit, walking, biking and sharing a ride. There were a total of 22 events and approximately 1700 people that attended or participated in an event over the course of the month.
A Few of the Highlights...
getDowntown Commuter Challenge (May 1st- May 28th)
In the Commuter Challenge, organizations competed against those of a similar size to get the highest percentage of employees using sustainable modes of transportation during their daily commute during the month of May.
- Number of Participants: 754
- Number of Organizations Participating: 52
- Number of Alternative Transportation Miles Logged: 81,298 (Goal: 25,000)
- Pounds of CO2 Prevented From Entering the Atmosphere: 78,171 lbs
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Carbon dioxide is the main greenhouse gas created by combustion emitted primarily from human activity such as burning of fossil fuels to generate electricity and vehicles. Scientists believe these greenhouse gases are causing the earth's climate to change.
Bike to Work Day Ride and Rally (May 20th, 2005)
Bike commuters met at 4 different locations around Ann Arbor and rode into town together for a rally at City Hall. Once at City Hall, bikers enjoyed complimentary coffee, bagels, and fruit. Bicycling Magazine gave away 50 new bikes as part of their BikeTown USA program. The ride and rally drew about 100 people.
