Choose Your Challenge

Choose a fall sustainable transportation goal! 

Choose Your Challenge invites you to set a fall sustainable transportation goal from September 14 - October 2 and encourages you to achieve it! 

To participate in this challenge: 

  1. Set a meaningful sustainable transportation goal. The goal simply needs to be actionable for you, such as using Park & Ride to work every Tuesday, making 5 car-free trips in September, or walking instead of driving to dinner with friends.
  2. Record when you use sustainable transportation on win.getDowntown.org or the getDowntown app. You can keep your results private or join a race to appear on a leaderboard as an individual or group. See "Races and Trip Recording Help" below for more information.

  3. Last, connect with us to receive a prize for setting or achieving your goal! 

    Choose Your Challenge with YOUR underlined. The graphic has the start of a sentence followed by blanks with prompts to be filled in. "I will [sustainable transportation mode] to [location] [when].

What You Should Know

Prizes & Eligibility

Eligibility

Community members who live in or commute to Ann Arbor are eligible to participate in Choose Your Challenge. Participants must set a sustainable transportation goal through our form by October 2, 2026 to earn prizes. Prizes are available while supplies last. Prizes not picked up by October 31, 2026 will be considered forfeited.

Prize Details

All participants who complete the goal form by October 2, 2026 will be entered into a random drawing for a gift cards to local businesses. Up to five random winners will be drawn.

Participants who track their trips on win.getDowntown.org and achieve their sustainable transportation goal can pick up a tote bag or water bottle carrier from getDowntown. 

Limited iron-on patches are also available to participants who achieve the following milestones on win.getDowntown.org between September 14 - October 2, 2026:

  • 10 bike trips – Bike to Wherever badge
  • 10 transit, vanpool, or carpool trips – Multi-task Extraordinaire badge
  • 10 walking trips – Cardio Commuter badge
  • 10 scooter trips - Neighborhood Cruise badge

Participants who earn prizes will be notified by getDowntown by email and provided with additional instructions about picking up prizes. 

Events and Inspiration

You will be in good company if you choose to set a sustainable transportation goal this fall. Find resources, camaraderie, and inspiration from these local and global events:

Races and Trip Recording Help

“Races” on win.getDowntown.org allow interested individuals to see their results compared to other participants or groups. Races will appear on win.getDowntown.org from September 14 – October 2. Anyone can participate privately by recording trips without joining a race. 

Individual Race: When you join an individual race, you can choose the screen name that appears on the leaderboard. 

Group Race: The person starting a group race will create a team name and be responsible for adding their teammates to the group. Note that you will not be able to message your team within the app/website.

Finding Race Results: Use the dropdown menus to find the Race and results you are interested in. There are dropdowns to select between "Individual" and "Team" and a dropdown to select between Race categories, such as emissions, walking trips, and more. Click on your individual or team name on the leaderboard to see all your stats.

Private Results: View your own activity at any time on your profile page. You can use the dropdown menus to switch between views (such as bike trips this month or greener trips this week). 

Exercise Trips: Please do not record biking, walking, or running trips that are purely for exercise on win.getDowntown.org. Walking, biking, and running to reach destinations (i.e., grocery store, workplace, cafe) is allowed.

Review these tutorial slides for additional tips and tricks.