Discover Healthy, Green Travel Options That Save Money in 3rd Annual Oregon Drive Less Challenge October 5-18.
The third annual Oregon Drive Less Challenge, spearheaded by Commute Options and the Oregon Department of Transportation, will run through October 18. The challenge offers a timely reason to tap into healthy, green travel options that can save money. The goal of this year’s 14-day challenge is for participants to pedal their way, walk, share the ride and tap into transit and the train, plus telework and log trips equal to one million vehicle miles.
“Our challenge provides a timely reason to explore ways of getting around for work, school, errands and play other than driving alone. Even taking the bus into work or riding your bike to the corner store a few times a week adds up in dollars saved and calories burned, while helping the environment and keeping Oregon the livable place we all love,” said Kim Curley of Commute Options. “Any and every trip counts in the challenge, plus the more trips you log the greater your chances are of winning daily and grand prizes.”
To join this year’s Oregon Drive Less Challenge, sign up for free at DriveLessConnect.com. Then, from October 5 through October 18, log bus, train, bike, carpool, vanpool and walking trips for work, errands or play, plus teleworking, for the chance to win prizes. Daily prizes include KEEN shoes, Nutcase Helmets, REI gift cards and Kindle Fires. Grand prizes include a $2,600 credit toward a custom folding bike from Oregon-based Bike Friday, or a $500 cash card. Individuals can join at any point during the challenge.
Local assistance from Commute Options is available to help individuals find carpools and/or vanpools, navigate bus schedules and routes, determine bike routes, and answer challenge-related questions. Visit www.commuteoptions.org for contact information, plus links to local resources to aid in planning trips.
The 2015 Oregon Drive Less Challenge is made possible with support from PacificSource Health Plans, Metromile pay-by-the mile car insurance, Amtrak Cascades, Bike Friday, KEEN Footwear, Nutcase Helmets and others.
More details about the Oregon Drive Less Challenge can be found at www.DriveLessConnect.com/Challenge. Below are downloadable links to videos of Oregonians sharing their stories about what they get from driving less.
More details about the challenge also follows below.
Kim, Bend Carpooler
LONG VERSION: https://vimeo.com/140993243
SHORT VERSION: https://vimeo.com/140994848
Dr. Nathan Boddie, Bend City Councilor
LONG VERSION: https://vimeo.com/140939197
SHORT VERSION: https://vimeo.com/140995084
Click here to view all videos, or see links below to download and use.
Geri, Portland Bicyclist
LONG VERSION: https://vimeo.com/140709498
SHORT VERSION: https://vimeo.com/140995131
Dawn, Corvallis Walker & Bicyclist
LONG VERSION: https://vimeo.com/140851269
SHORT VERSION: https://vimeo.com/140995097
George, Eugene Bus Rider
LONG VERSION: https://vimeo.com/140852831
SHORT VERSION: https://vimeo.com/140994847
Kim, Bend Carpooler
LONG VERSION: https://vimeo.com/140993243
SHORT VERSION: https://vimeo.com/140994848
Dr. Nathan Boddie, Bend City Councilor
LONG VERSION: https://vimeo.com/140939197
SHORT VERSION: https://vimeo.com/140995084
