Public Meetings: Metro Service Changes

Posted on October 26th, 2010 by R-TRIP

Released by the King County Department of Transportation:
King County Metro Transit is considering making changes next year to several bus routes currently serving Bellevue and Redmond.  This is to update bus service and reduce duplication of the new RapidRide B Line that will connect the communities starting in the fall of 2011.
Metro will be hosting [...]

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Wheel Options Promotion

Posted on October 21st, 2010 by R-TRIP

Not a lot to be said about this from our end  since the information itself is fairly succinct, and posted on Wheel Options’ home page.
But very briefly, Wheel Options is running another promotion to help sweeten the deal with a $2,500 grand prize for choosing to not drive alone to work.  For more details visit wheeloptions.org.
Don’t [...]

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gortripblog turns 60!

Posted on October 21st, 2010 by R-TRIP

This is our 60th blog post!  To commemorate, we’re writing a blog post about it.
OK, that was nice.  Now onto the real news (see post 61).
with Tongue in Cheek,
The R-TRIP Team

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Kayak Commuter

Posted on October 19th, 2010 by R-TRIP

Here’s a great kayak commuting story forwarded to us by our good friends at undriving.org™.  Thanks to Julia for sharing and nice job Bruce!
Bruce got his Undriver License™ at the City of Redmond’s Eco-Fair this July, where he pledged to “Bug co-workers to bike more, use the connector bus, and try kayaking to work.”  So far he’s [...]

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R-TRIP Recognized

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by R-TRIP

Very exciting news everyone!
Recently the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, announced 173 government programs selected for its newly-created Bright Ideas program. And guess what?  R-TRIP was chosen as one out of the 600 applications included in this select inaugural group.   Bright Ideas is [...]

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September’s Winners!

Posted on October 6th, 2010 by R-TRIP

Exclusive R-TRIP news: September’s R-TRIP drawing winners!  There’s no other place you can get information as exciting as this!  The lucky 20 are:
Arun, Microsoft
Andrew, Microsoft
Angelina, Microsoft
Brian, Microsoft
Brianne, Microsoft
Cecilia, Zetron Inc.
Charles, Microsoft
Cheryl, Genie Industries
Christopher, Microsoft
Daniel, Genie Industries
Julie, City of Redmond
Karen, Aerojet
Kelly, Physio-Control
Ken, City of Redmond
Leland, AT&T
Masako, Microsoft
Michael, Microsoft
Michael, Physio-Control
Nicolas, Microvision
Raza, Microsoft
A downloadable copy of this list [...]

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Trip or Treat!

Posted on October 1st, 2010 by R-TRIP

This October, we’re inviting you to Trip or Treat with us.  Individuals that log at least one walk, bike, bus, carpool, or vanpool commute will be entered in a drawing to win a $50 reward for helping to make Redmond a cleaner, better place to live and work.  For full details, and the opportunity to [...]

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