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How Neighborhoods Are Stacking Up in the WBR Challenge Competition
Over 1,000 people have signed up for the July/August Walk Bike Ride Challenge and switched 96,000 miles of car trips to walking, biking and riding. As we say around here, “Way to Go, Seattle!” For each trip they report, “challengers” earn a chance to win some great prizes.
We’re tracking the results by neighborhood to spur some friendly competition around town. The chart below shows the ‘hoods which have switched the most car trips so far. Are you spurred on yet? Rankings could change tomorrow – so sign up and make the switch!
Keep up the good work, folks. We’ll provide another update in August and at the end of the program.
For more details on the program click here, to sign up click here and learn more about the competition click here.
A few notes:
- Don’t take the competition too seriously. The only prize is bragging rights. It’s just a friendly contest to help us encourage each other to walk, bike and ride.
- Some ‘hoods are likely to have higher results simply because they have more residents.
- If your neighborhood is not listed here, it may be further down the list, or has not yet engaged in the competition. Spread the word.
Posted: July 27th, 2011 under Bikes, Peds, Transit.
Just a little thing that’s of no concern for most, but it would be nice if the City learned how to spell Wedgwood one of these days. A minor and perpetual frustration.
Apologies to Wedgwood for the error. We have made the correction. Thank you for pointing out this oversight.
Wow. You really need to focus more effort in south end communities. Beacon Hill is the only neighborhood south of downtown to make it onto this list. Frankly I find this disparity embarrassing.
We agree that focusing on all neighborhoods citywide is important. King County Metro’s In Motion program is running this summer in Georgetown, South Park, West Seattle, Squire Park and White Center. In Motion has the same goal as our Challenge — to get people to switch trips to walking, biking and riding transit– but In Motion has a more comprehensive marketing campaign. The City and King County agreed it would be confusing to promote the Walk Bike Ride Challenge in the neighborhoods where people are participating in In Motion. However, this doesn’t exclude interested community members. Help spread the word that people can enter our ‘Hood challenge and potentially win great prizes.
For more info on King County Metro’s In Motion program, please visit their website.