Each year
Commute Options Week helps commuters save gas, improve air quality and get some
exercise by reducing miles traveled.
This year, a 77 local businesses and
individuals registered for the challenge, accomplishing the following results:
Total car trips saved: 2,614 (some tally
sheets still outstanding)
Bike Trips: 1,422
Walk Trips: 261
Carpool Trips: 801
Telework Trips: 142
Bus Trips: 38
Fuel Efficient/Low Emission
Vehicles: 217
Other Trips (including skateboard,
unicycle etc..): 159
That means:
26,140 motor vehicle miles
eliminated (average of 10 mile-roundtrips)
1,307 gallons of gas conserved
saving participants $2,353 in gas money which also equates to $18,298 saved for
total cost of driving per AAA standards.
25,356 pounds of Carbon Dioxide
eliminated from our air
2010 Commuter Challenge
Winners are……
Large Business: (101-999)
Gold: Deschutes Brewery - 46% participation
Silver: Juniper Swim & Fitness Center - 28%
participation
Bronze: Eagle Crest Resort - 15% participation
Medium Business: (21-100
employees)
Gold: Pine Tavern - 62% participation
Silver: G5 Search Marketing - 55% participation
Bronze: Strictly Organic - 50% participation
Small Business: (6-20
employees)
Gold - 2 way tie with 100% participation: Pine
Mountain Sports & Gear Peddler
Silver – TBD Advertising – 95%
Extra Small Business: (5
employees or under)
Gold - 2-way tie with 100% participation: Ambient
Architecture & Repeat Performance
Silver: Downtown Bend Association - 88% of
participation
Best First Time Effort
Otmar Borchard from PV Powered – “Bought a bike off
Craigslist just in time for Commute Options Week with almost no experience
cycling”
Runner Up – John Bambe from Deschutes National Forest
– “Left his ever-present diesel long bed pick up at home and biked 11 miles
round trip”
Most Dedicated
Genara, Felipe and Refugio Gamboa from Brightwood
Corporation – “Three brothers who carpool every day and have done so for 20
years”
Runner Up – Brian Jorgenson, Brian Rankin, Heidi
Faller, Seth Epps, Neil Roberts, Erik Hammer, Chiho Gray, Colin Mahood, Rob
DeClerk, Colleen Moyer, Ron Alvarez, Cherie Touchette, Steve Jorgensen – YEAR
ROUND COMMUTERS!
Most Unusual
Lance Kasari from PV Powered – “Rode a unicycle 5
miles, took about 75 minutes”
Runner Up – Paul Evers from TBD – “Rode a unicycle
1.5 miles”…. Not quite the 5 miles of Lance but still an honorable mention!
Biggest Reward
Jim Bendis from Bendistillery – Bought all employees
a bike
