New Commute Rewards!

Posted on March 29th, 2011 by R-TRIP

New rewards for King County commuters!
Share the ride this spring and earn big rewards! Start a new King County Metro vanpool by April 30 and earn a $77 MasterCard Gift Card as a new rider, driver and/or primary bookkeeper.  For further details contact Jason Halverson at jason.halvorson@kingcounty.gov or (206) 684-2043.
Already vanpooling or want to start [...]

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Did you get your Good to Go pass yet?

Posted on March 25th, 2011 by R-TRIP

Hey Peeps!  WSDOT will return to Redmond City Hall on Thursday, March 31 from 11am-2pm for residents and employees who need their Good to Go tolling passes.
The remaining Redmond dates will be May 13-15 at Grass Lawn Park.
Great job, Gregory from Bellevue, who submitted this photo in the Seattle Times Peeps Contest! Wait to you [...]

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Realtime Ridesharing Can Save 520 Bridge Commuters Time and Money

Posted on March 16th, 2011 by R-TRIP

With the introduction of tolling to the Seattle-area’s SR 520 floating bridge this spring, many King County commuters who drive alone will want to consider other options.
One new option is real-time ridesharing. A pilot project called go520, launched by global transportation firm Avego, is the first large-scale pilot in the United States to study how [...]

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50 Redmond Commuters Win $25!

Posted on March 15th, 2011 by R-TRIP

drum roll please…We have a winner! Well, more specifically we have 50 winners. Congratulations to the 50 R-TRIP participants who drove less in February, logged their trips on R-TRIP and won last month’s drawing. Each winner received $25 to spend in Redmond. Enjoy!  Feb 2011 Winners

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Alternatives to High Gas Prices

Posted on March 10th, 2011 by R-TRIP

Gas prices have skyrocketed lately and are predicted to continue to rise.
It’s not hard to find an article or editorial written on the subject, proposing any number of solutions to resolve this issue.  Believe me, just try running a search for “high gas prices” and you’ll be welcomed by over 30 million results.
However, you do have [...]

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Win a Trip to NYC

Posted on March 8th, 2011 by R-TRIP

Hello R-TRIP community (R-TRIP-pers? R-TRIPians? Tripasaurus Rexes?) –
It’s time again for another exciting promotion from Wheel Options.  This spring, if you sign up and log at least 2 commutes between March 13th -26th, you will be entered to win a grand prize trip to New York!
Get your alternative commute on, and you could be star-spotting [...]

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R-TRIP’s March Enews Live

Posted on March 4th, 2011 by R-TRIP

Hello, and best of all, Happy Friday!
If you didn’t happen to receive R-TRIP’s March eNews this week, please top off your coffee and take a peek. You’ll find details on buying your Good to Go! toll pass in Redmond, how to win in the March R-TRIP drawing, how to get a free bus pass, and more. [...]

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Win Green this March

Posted on March 1st, 2011 by R-TRIP

Hi everyone,
As with last month, and the month before that and the month before that…
R-TRIP is hosting a raffle-style month-long promotion that gives you the chance to win a $25 Am-Ex gift card for choosing an alternative to driving alone just once in the month of March.
This incentive is available from Tuesday March 1st to [...]

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