April 22 to May 5, 2012 - Bike, walk, carpool, transit – drive less, have fun, and save the planet
Burlingame, Cupertino, East Palo Alto, Los Altos/Hills, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Morgan Hill, Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Carlos, Sunnyvale
Drive Less Challenge – Individual Leaders – Overall
Congratulations to all of the Drive Less Challenge award winners – and to everyone who took the opportunity to drive less and help your friends and neighbors drive less. Here are the winners across all communities for 2011. Overall Most Green Miles Name Community Green Miles Sharlene Gee Mountain View 1101 Virginia Panlasigui Mountain View 957 Jonathan Lester Palo Alto [...]
Drive Less Challenge Awards – Kids
Over 200 kids in elementary and middle school participated in the 2011 Drive Less Challenge, walking and biking to school, getting fresh air, and learning that you can get around without a car. Here are the kids with the most green miles and most green trips overall. Congratulations, green kids! Kids Most Green Miles Name Total green miles AbrahamFD [...]
Drive Less Challenge – Individual Leaders – Per Community
The Drive Less Challenge is organized by community. Each community has local organizers who do own outreach to schools, workplaces, neighborhoods and other groups, and has prizes donated by local merchants. By participating in community, participants compete with and encourage friends, neighbors and colleagues to do less solo driving. Here are the top three leaders for each participating community. Prize [...]
Drive Less Challenge prizes – most or least?
There are many ways to be a winner in the Drive Less Challenge, because different people have different available choices. There are Drive Less Challenge awards for people who make the most use of alternatives to driving. Someone who has easy access to a train line can take the train. Someone who lives near downtown can walk to errands. Someone [...]
Finally off my duff
I live in Los Altos, and started at a new job in the city in mid-Nov. From day 1, I hated the commute, even though 280 is worlds better than 101 and my office was right by the ballpark (i.e. close to 280). I kept telling myself that “after the rainy season”, I’ll start biking to MV Caltrain and skipping [...]
