Love is in the air and Cupid’s arrow is primed and ready for the Valentine season in Redmond. Nothing says love like buying local, so in preparation for February 14, we are providing you with a list of local options that will sweep your special one off their feet.  Whether it’s flowers, chocolates, dinner, wine or other, keep [...]

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What impact does the design on Redmond have on your health?  Can Redmond be better designed to reduce rates of obesity and diabetes? 
‘Designing Healthy Communities’  is a PBS series investigating how municipalities, health care professionals, designers and non profits are working together to transform our communities into places that improve our health.  While Redmond’s local PBS station [...]

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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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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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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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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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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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King County will be closing the Burke-Gilman as they do repairs to the oldest and narrowest sections.  As background – King County (and Cascade Bike Club) has wanted to do this repair for years, but because of local push-back, construction, until now, has been put off.  Between 1300-2,200 people use the trail daily, many for [...]

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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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Here’s a new tool to check out…the folks at walkscore.com have included transit  score information for up to 40 cities.
Get the full scoop on their blog: http://blog.walkscore.com/2010/08/transit-score-and-commute-reports/
- The R-TRIP Team

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