Posted on December 21st, 2011 by R-TRIP
From coworkers to newscasters to Bill Nye the Science Guy, everyone is talking about 520 tolling starting on December 29th. But do you know what exactly the toll is paying for? Popular Mechanics has a great article on how Washington State engineers are going to make over 230,000 tons of concrete float. Check it out!
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Posted on October 17th, 2011 by R-TRIP
The Wheel Options fall campaign will be giving away $2,500 cash as the grand prize! Participate in Wheel Options by choosing not to drive alone to work at least twice during October 16-29, and you’ll be eligible for fantastic prizes including $2,500 cash!
Simply log your minimum two commutes at www.WheelOptions.org. Eligible trips include:
Sharing the ride in carpool or vanpool
Riding the bus or train
Bicycling [...]
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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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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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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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Posted on February 22nd, 2011 by R-TRIP
Congratulations to the 50 Redmond commuters who each earned a $25 American Express gift card to spend in Redmond! Each winner logged their green commutes on their myRTRIP account and signed up for the drawing – it’s that easy. Thanks for your efforts to reduce cars on the roads – much appreciated!
Aaron
Microsoft
Adam
Microsoft
Alex
PlayNetwork, Inc
Angie
Smart Creation
Augustus
Microsoft
BreAnn
Univar
Charles
Microsoft
Chris
Microsoft
Daniel
Microsoft
Dave
Microsoft
Dave
Microsoft
David
Genie Industries
David
Genie [...]
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Posted on November 22nd, 2010 by R-TRIP
With snow in the forecast, it is important to know where to get up to date weather and commute information in the region. We have a list of resources for you.
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Posted on November 16th, 2010 by R-TRIP
As I’m sure you’ve heard in the news already, the University of Washington will be hosting a mid-week football game on Thursday, Nov. 18th. Traffic is expected to be approaching the status of horrendous, taking the form of some sort of Mary Shelley style game day / rush hour hybrid traffic abomination.
So you’re probably thinking [...]
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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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Posted on March 15th, 2010 by R-TRIP
Wheel Options is offering a new promotion:
Sign up and log at least two alternative commutes (bus, bike, walk, carpool, vanpool, train, ferry, telecommute, or compressed work schedule) and you’ll get the chance to win a trip to Hawaii. Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? Well, that’s because it is pretty good…not to mention free.
At any rate, [...]
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