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GREEN COMMUTE CHALLENGE
2011 Contest Results

Results will be posted on this page and on the RideShare Facebook every week.

RideShare emails a weekly update on Friday afternoons to all employer administrators to pass on to their teams. The updates include a list of prize winners, a tally of team points in each size category, a summary of miles and emissions reduced to date, and an educational factoid about alternative transportation and air quality.

Weekly Team Totals

Here are the 2011 Green Commute Challenge point totals as of Aug. 26, 2011:

Small employers

Mid-America Regional Council (not eligible for prizes)
5,512.5 points

	COMPANY	TOTAL POINTS	GUIDES & EXPLORERS
1.	Gastinger Walker Harden Architects	6,327.5	1 (99.5 extra points)
2.	AECOM	4,124
3.	Foth	2,688.5	1 (274.5 extra points)
4.	Hoefer Wysocki Architects	2,485
5.	City of Mission, Kan.	2,073	2 (477 extra points)
6.	Rees Masilionis Turley Architects	1,420
7.	Lifetouch Services Inc.	1,065
8.	Family Bicycles	963.5	2 (245.5 extra points)
9.	The Roasterie	846
10.	Helix/Architecture + Design	760
11.	Kansas City Kansas Public Library	717
12.	PGAV Architects	631
13.	Family Health Partners	581
14.	Missouri Department of Conservation (Discovery Center)	539
15.	Child Health Corporation of America	440
16.	Custom Color	185
17.	Greenability Magazine	136	3 (16 extra points)
18.	Bridging The Gap	8

Medium employers

	COMPANY	TOTAL POINTS	GUIDES & EXPLORERS
1.	Stinson Morrison Hecker	14,072.5	2 (185.5 points)
2.	Kansas City Area Transportation Authority	9,780.5	7 (1048.5 extra points)
3.	MRIGlobal	4,242	2 (269 extra points)
4.	City of Overland Park, Kan.	3,209
5.	City of Shawnee, Kan	2,992	2 (113 extra points)
6.	City of Olathe, Kan.	2,595
7.	National Benefits Center	2,371
8.	City of Lenexa, Kan.	2,213
9.	Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City	1,455
10.	BlueScope Steel North America	566
11.	Hyatt Regency Crown Center	403
12.	Americo	0
13.	City of North Kansas City, Mo.	0

Large employers

	COMPANY	TOTAL POINTS	GUIDES & EXPLORERS
1.	UMB Bank	53,934.5	3 (315.5 extra points)
2.	Commerce Bank	47,072.5	6 (1,321.5 extra points)
3.	Sprint	23,047.5	3 (38.5 extra points)
4.	Hallmark	16,296
5.	Johnson County, Kan., Government	12,671	6 (487 extra points)
6.	State Street	5,304
7.	University of Missouri – Kansas City	4,147	1 (0 extra points)
8.	Garmin International	3,627	3 (240 extra points)
9.	City of Kansas City, Mo.	3,602
10.	Johnson County Community College	2,258
11.	CenturyLink	1,617

Monthly Prize Winners

Prize winners for July 2011:

BUS | Kindle e-reader
Felicia McCluney, Grandview (UMB Bank)

CARPOOL | limo ride to work donated by Pech Limousine
Dane Hartman, Lee's Summit (Commerce Bank)

BICYCLE | Kryptonite New York Fahgettaboudit U-lock, security cable and front/rear LED lights
Thomas Long, Merriam (Child Health Corporation of America)

WALK | $100 Footsmart gift certificate
Shannon Porter, Olathe (Johnson County Government)

TELECOMMUTE | Isokinetics adjustable back balance ball chair
Lauren Hilton, Kansas City, MO (Lifetouch Services)

Prize winners for August 2011:

$200 Visa gift card
Mark Korte (Commerce Bank) – bus rider

$100 Visa gift card
Erich Hanover (UMB Bank) – bus rider

$50 Visa gift card
Katie Dunn (PGAV Architects) – carpooler

$50 Visa gift card
Stephen Thompson (city of Shawnee) – bicyclist

Daily Prize Winners

Each daily prize recipient will receive a Green Commute kit that includes handy transportation items such as a RideShare slingpack, tire gauge, shammy towel, umbrella, AirQ thermometer and Skycast magnet.

July 5 – Tim Black (Olathe) – bus
July 6 – Amy Hamilton (Gardner) – bus
July 7 – Margaret Bathke (Belton) – bus
July 8 – Frank Riott Prairie (Village) – bike
July 11 – Erma Birnell (UMB Bank) – bus
July 12 – J. Cooper (Johnson County) – carpool
July 13 – Liz Foley (Sprint) – telecommuting
July 14 – Austin Morgan (Garmin) – bicycle
July 15 – Lori Parish (MRIGlobal) – carpool
July 18 – Andrew Giacoma (Commerce Bank) – bus
July 19 – Hong Chen (Johnson County Community College) – bicycle
July 20 – Steven Oakes (Kansas City Kansas Public Library) – bicycle
July 21 – James Joerke (Johnson County Government) – carpool
July 22 – Cheryl Floyd (KCATA) –bus and carpool
July 25 – Ben Augustine (Sprint) – telecommute and carpool
July 26 – Gina Wagner (UMB) – carpool and bus
July 27 – Janet Coleman (Family Health Partners) – bus
July 28 – Carole Lansangan (Hallmark) – carpool
July 29 – Ben Gratwick (Federal Reserve Bank) - bus
Aug. 1 – Jana Bee-Triplett (Gastinger Walker Harden Architects) – walking and telecommuting
Aug. 2 – Doris Lueckenotte (Stinson Morrison Hecker) – bus
Aug. 3 – Michael Fisher (State Street) – bus and walking
Aug. 4 – Tim Simon (Kansas City Area Transportation Authority) – bus
Aug. 5 – Mari Ruck (City of Kansas City) – bicycle
Aug. 8 – Melma McDonald (Johnson County Govt.) – carpooler
Aug. 9 – Charles Jensen (Stinson Morrison Hecker) – telecommuter and bicyclist
Aug. 10 – Leah Wilder (UMKC) – bus rider
Aug. 11 – Nico Canterero (City of Overland Park) – bicyclist
Aug. 12 – Ron Green (Hallmark) – carpooler and bus rider
Aug. 15 – Todd Lewis (Federal Reserve Bank) – carpooler
Aug. 16 – Linda Brooks (Sprint) – carpooler
Aug. 17 – Ted Semadeni (city of Lenexa) – bicyclist
Aug. 18 – Vittorio Ansourian (AECOM) – walker
Aug. 19 – Judy Green (MRI Global) – telecommute and carpool
Aug. 22 – Michele Chase (Hallmark) – vanpooler and telecommuter
Aug. 23 – Nicholas Peeke (Commerce Bank) – bicyclist
Aug. 24 – Joey Charlton (Johnson County Community College) – bus rider
Aug. 25 – Scott Rice (city of Olathe) – telecommuter
Aug. 26 – Patrick Bustamante (Stinson Morrison Hecker) - walker