It’s Wheel Options Time Again

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 [...]

October Vanpool List

Each month King County Metro updates the list of vanpools commuting to Redmond. Perhaps there’s one that matches your commute.  If you are curious, click here to see the list.
If you missed the previous post on vanpools, click here to learn how a vanpool works and how you can save money and earn financial incentives [...]

Vanpooling Makes Cents

R-TRIP and King County Metro recently attended a transportation event where we met with employees at a company moving to Redmond next month. Over 60 employees signed up to join a vanpool for their new commute to Redmond!  Perhaps you’ve been thinking about a vanpool and have some of the same questions they asked?
What is a vanpool?
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Did you get your Good to Go pass yet?

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 [...]

Win a Trip to NYC

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 [...]

R-TRIP Participants Win $25/ea

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 [...]

Vanpool Riders Wanted

For those of you interested in joining a vanpool, KC Metro has compiled (and posted online) a list of vanpools that are seeking riders.
Six updated versions, based on geographic commute destinations, are now located on King County Metro’s Commute Solutions web page – http://metro.kingcounty.gov/tops/van-car/riders/vp_riders-bulletin.html.  They have divided the Eastside bulletin into three areas because of [...]

Snow and weather alerts for your commute

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.

UW Game Impacts

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 [...]

Trip or Treat!

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 [...]