GREEN COMMUTE CHALLENGE
How the Contest Works
Sign up for the challenge
- First your employer needs to be registered with Carpool Connection. (What if my employer isn't registered?)
- Then go to Carpool Connection and create an account. Or log in if you have an account already.
- Select your employer from the drop-down list when you register. Or do it on your "My Page" if you already have an account.
- On your "My Page," click to enroll in the Commute Challenge on the left side of the page.
Another way to sign up for your company's Green Commute Challenge team is to click on the link embedded in an e-mail invitation sent by your employer.
Record your alternative transportation trips
Log on to your account with Carpool Connection and click on the left-hand “Commute Tracker” button on your "My Page" tab. The Commute Tracker is a monthly calendar where you can record your alternative transportation trips.
Under the simple tab, click first on the mode of transportation and then on the date you used it. Be sure to record the number of miles for the trip one-way.
Use the advanced tab for more options to record trips, such as:
- You stayed in for lunch
- You used alternative transportation for a work meeting
- You used a bike/bus combination (report the bike leg separately from the bus leg)
- You used different forms of transportation on the way to and from work (e.g., you rode your bike to work but took the bus home)
Earn points to be entered in prize drawings
Each trip will earn points according to the list below. Each mode of transportation can earn points for only one trip each day (for example, if you took the bus to work and took the bus to a meeting you would only earn points for one of those trips).
- Bicycling – 4 points per trip/day
- Walking – 4 points per trip/day
- Bus – 4 points per trip/day
- Vanpool – 4 points per trip/day
- Carpool – 4 points per trip/day
- Telecommute – 4 points per trip/day
- Flex day off – 1 point per day*
- Staying in for lunch (click on advanced tab) – 1 point/day
* Flex Day Off is when an employee works an alternate schedule (such as four 10-hour days per week). The resulting day(s) off should be reported as a flex day off. It is not meant to be used for any day the employee has off, such as weekends or holidays.
Any alternative transportation trips made on Ozone Alert days earn double points.
Participants who have logged at least one trip that week are eligible for weekly prize drawings. Participants must log a minimum of 30 points for the month to be entered in the monthly prize drawings.
Your competition
Compete on a team with co-workers against other companies in the Kansas City area. Team point totals and miles of reduced driving will be listed online.
Throughout the challenge, the top 10 teams will be listed on each person's Commute Challenge page. The top 10 will be determined by the ratio of the number of points to the number of team members.
Each team will receive a framed certificate for participating in the 2008 Green Commute Challenge.
Have questions? E-mail us or call 816/842-7433.
July 1–Aug. 29, 2008
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