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What is the Commuter Challenge?
One component of Smart Commute Day is the Commuter Challenge. This is a friendly competition between local businesses and organizations to see who can succeed at getting the highest percentage of employees to walk, bicycle, carpool, or use public transit to get to work or for workday errands on Friday, May 16th. Identify a team captain to register your business or organization and rally co-workers to log workday miles traveled via alternative modes of transportation. The worksite with the highest percentage of employee participation in each size category will win fantastic prizes.
Register your worksite for the Commuter Challenge
Record your Commuter Challenge mileage
Why should my company participate?
Lower health care costs
Concerned about growing health care costs? Link physically fit employees with a fiscally fit business. Lower your health care expenditures by encouraging your employees to increase their overall fitness levels by Smart Commuting throughout the workday. Do your employees live too far away to walk or bicycle to work? Encourage them to walk, bicycle, or use public transit to get to meetings or run errands during the workday. Every little bit of physical activity can increase the health of your employees while keeping your business economically viable.
Boost employee morale
Don't want your employees to dread coming to work? It's no secret that a great worksite culture can attract and retain high quality employees. Potential employees look for worksites that use innovative strategies to ensure employee health and well-being. By encouraging your employees to participate in Smart Commute, you will enhance your current health and well-being initiatives. Plus, healthier employees are happier and more productive. Employees that walk or bicycle to work arrive at their desks invigorated and ready to work.
Invest in your community
Smart Commuting is good for the local economy! Help create a more active, livable, and economically viable community by encouraging your employees to walk, bicycle, or take public transit during the workday. Why does this matter? Communities that cultivate a walking and bicycling culture experience business growth, increased real estate values, and improved overall quality of life. Be part of the solution by participating in Smart Commute and help your community be a great place to live, work, and play.
For each mile you drive, you produce 0.92 pounds of CO2 emissions. That means if you drive 10,000 miles a year, you generate 9,160 pounds (over 4 tons!) of CO2 each year.