Ashland Commuter Challenge starts Tomorrow!
Car Free Day Committee, 13.09.2009 00:00
Participate in the second annual Commuter Challenge and celebrate at Car Free Day!
Greetings conscious commuters, It’s time for the second annual Ashland Commuter Challenge!
Remember last year, when we logged 3745 sustainable miles using any method other than the driver-only car? Well now’s the time to top that for a second year with the 2009 Ashland Commuter Challenge! Think we can do it? We sure can.
Instructions
1. Start logging your miles the morning of Saturday, September 12. Use any mode of transportation other than driving a car by yourself: walk, ride your bike, skateboard, unicycle, scooter, or rollerblade; ride the RVTD bus; carpool or rideshare, or your choice.
2. Continue doing this until the evening of Friday, Sept. 25.
3. Use the attached tally sheet to track your miles (We'll forward tally sheets closer to the event!). Email your totals to 
ashlandcommuterchallenge09@gmail.com, fax them to 541.773.2877, or drop them by Ashland Cycle Sport, 191 Oak St.
That's about it.
You can participate as a team, an individual, or with friends, family and/or coworkers: write down the names of who participated and the miles they logged or enter your total miles as a team. Write down how they did it, if you really want to help. Or just turn in the miles.
The Ashland Commuter Challenge coincides with RVTD’s Try Transit Week, Sept. 18-25, 2009. See below for the entire week’s events or visit online @ www.rvtd.org! And be sure to join us for the annual Ashland International Car Free Day celebration located on Oak Street between E. Main and Lithia Way on Tuesday, Sept. 22 (4-7 p.m.). RVTD will present this year’s Transportation Hero Award and Bicycle Friendly Business Award at the event!!
Restatement of the above:
The Ashland Commuter Challenge is easy as 1-2-3:
1. Use any mode of transportation beside the single-driver car.
2. Tally your miles from Saturday Sept. 12- Friday Sept. 25
3. Email the total to ashlandcommuterchallenge09@gmail.com, fax them to 541.773.2877 or drop them at Ashland Cycle Sport, 191 Oak St-
Rogue Valley Transportation District “Try Transit Week” Schedule of Events:
Sept. 18 Bus Commuting 101 (offered to local businesses by RVTD)
Sept. 23 RVTD Bus Driver Appreciation Day and Park and Ride event in White City
Sept. 24 Active Transportation Celebration in Alba Park, Medford
Sept. 25 Bus Commuting 101 (offered to local businesses by RVTD)
If you or your business is interested in a RVTD Bus Commuting 101 class or have general transportation questions, please contact Kat Smith, RVTD’s Transportation Options Coordinator, at 541.608.2423 or k.smith@rvtd.org.
Thanks again for participating in the second-annual Ashland Commuter Challenge!
The Ashland Car Free Day Organizing Committee
Thanks to all who participated last year!
Results from the first-ever Ashland Commuter Challenge 2008:
Groups participating were, in no particular order,
SOU Hannon Library averaged 5.6 employees/ day for 334 miles or and average of 59.6 miles each;
Banyan Botanicals averaged 3.9 employees/ day for 199 miles or an average of 51 miles each;
City of Ashland: 24 employees total logged 743 miles for an average 31 miles each;
Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center: 4 employees logged 300 miles, averaging 75 miles each;
Therese VanReenen*s Ashland Middle School 6th grade homeroom: 29 6th graders logged 1049 miles for an average of 36 miles each;
Frank, Stella and Tracy Harding tallied 220 miles or73.3 each; and,
Grilla Bites Restaurant: averaged 8 employees/ day for 18.5 miles each;
9 Ashland Public Library workers and
10 Helman school teachers participated, and
6 Jefferson Public Radio employees participated and
Walker Elementary School Staff participated and
Peace House employees all walked or carpooled on Car Free Day Sept. 22.
Individuals, in no particular order:
Risa Buck: 19.5 miles
Rowan Heglie: 49 miles
Laura Jones SOU Health/ PE: 50 miles
Lisa Ammann: 70 miles
Paul Adair: 70 miles
Helga Motley: 31 miles
Steve Ryan: 80 miles
Shirley Lenz: 75 miles
Pam Vavra: 24 miles
Karen Wennlund: 41 miles
North Mountain Park employees counted in City of Ashland group total above included:
Linda Chesney, 30 miles
Lucy Whitridge, 36 miles
Karin Onkka, 12 miles
Sherrill Deckelman, 8 miles
Marian Telerski, 120 miles
North Mountain Park Volunteers included in City of Ashland total above:
Kara Gandesberg, 8 miles
Dianne Ellis-Smith, 2 miles
Vicki Tripoli, 4 miles
Nancy Spencer, .5 miles
Mica Cardillo, 24 miles
Jim Janousek, 16 miles
Trish West, 2 miles
City of Ashland employees recorded in City total above included:
Dana Smith, City Recorder: 113.4 miles
Dean Walker, Ashland Code Compliance: 105 miles
Karl Johnson, Ashland Public Works: 74.8 miles
Maria Harris, Ashland Planning: 47.8 miles
Bill Molnar, Ashland Planning: 32 miles
Adam Hanks, Ashland Community Development: 23.4 miles
Cindy Hanks, Ashland Finance: 23.4 miles
Scott Hollingsworth, Ashland Fire: 21 miles
Kelly Burns, Ashland Fire: 18 miles
Brandon Goldman, Ashland Planning:16.5 miles
Derek Severson, Ashland Planning: 7.3 miles
Record Setters:
Therese VanReenen*s 6th grade class deserves applause for their incredible 91 miles walking, 413 carpooled miles, and an unbelievable 465 miles by bus! This dedicated group of 29 kids racked up an amazing amount of sustainable transportation miles traveling together or using clean, safe modes of transit. Of course you can*t compete with young students for bus miles unless you’re an RVTD driver! However you slice it, 1104 miles by a group of 29 students is an astonishing result we’ll all be hard pressed to live up to next year.
e-mail:: ashlandcommuterchallenge09@gmail.com
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