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 [...]

The proof is in the #’s…wow!

If you think your individual commute choices don’t make a difference, look what you and 20,746 of your fellow R-TRIP users can collectively do in just one month.
From August 1-31, 2011 R-TRIP’ers (R-TRIP’er = person who lives or works in Redmond and logs their green commute trip on GOrtrip.com)  logged the following:

eliminated 60,124 vehicle trips in Redmond
reduced 1,822,647 miles [...]

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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May is Bike Month…Roll on

May is Bike-to-Work month and Redmond bikers have lots of resources and incentives available for your bike commute.
From May 1st to May 31st, the Cascade Bicycle Club is hosting the Group Health Commute Challenge, where cyclists  have a chance to win great prizes.  With more than 10,000 riders, it is one of the largest commute programs [...]

50 Redmond commuters are winners!

Each month R-TRIP rewards Redmond commuters.  The idea is simple – just bike, walk, carpool, vanpool or take the bus to work; log those commute trips on GOrtrip.com; and sign up for the monthly drawing.  If your name is randomly drawn, then you win $25 to spend in Redmond.
Thank you to the following Redmond commuters [...]

Bus-to-Work Success!

So!
We just got back into the office after our third straight morning spreading the word about GOrtrip and Bus-to-Work week.  It was a total blast getting to see and talk to everyone getting on and off of various buses, and thank them for making their contribution to the environment in honor of Earth Day.  Well, [...]

Realtime Ridesharing Can Save 520 Bridge Commuters Time and Money

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 [...]

50 Redmond Commuters Win $25!

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

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 [...]