Bike, walk, carpool, transit – drive less, have fun, and save the planet
Sponsoring cities in 2010:
Mountain View, Palo Alto, Burlingame, Menlo Park
Drive Less Challenge 2009 Results – over 5000 green miles
The biggest winners in the Drive Less Challenge were the community and the environment.
Awareness
With over 120 participants and 1600 website page views, the Drive Less Challenge raised awareness of the fact that the single biggest change in our power to impact the climate is reducing single occupancy vehicle trips.
Action
We didn’t only raise awareness — we took action! [...]
Party Friday May 1st 2009 – stories of success, learning, and challenges
On Friday May 1, Drive Less Challenges participants, sponsors and volunteers gathered together to celebrate a successful Drive Less Challenge.
Mayor Heyward Robinson spoke at the event. He is an experienced bicycle commuter. But he had never used SamTrans’ capability to take a bicycle on the bus, which makes it practical to get to destinations further from the bus stop. [...]
Drive Less Challenge 2009 – Role Models and Prize Winners
The Drive Less Challenge was designed to stimulate friendly competition, and celebrate role models for green travel practices. The Challenge recognizes group participation, because much of our habits are formed in a social context. When the norm is to be green, it’s easiest to be green! Another goal is to show that there are may different ways [...]
Patty Fry combines trips to save driving
The Challenge caused me to think hard about combining trips. This took more planning, even to walk portions of trips that included a car. Despite the high temperatures, I started earlier that week by biking to meetings and adding errands. Also, my trip reports did not demonstrate that in nearly every case I combined “civic” trips, at times [...]
Celebrate Drive Less Success – this Friday Night May 1st 2009, 7pm – Kepler’s
Congratulations on completing the Drive Less Challenge!
On Friday night, May 1 at 7pm at Kepler’s is the Drive Less Challenge celebration. We’ll be honoring all participants, sponsors, volunteers, and challenge winners. It will be a family-friendly event. You don’t need to be present to be eligible for prizes, but winners who come to the party will have a choice [...]
