Week six: July 14, 2014
Our collective impact
So far in this year's Green Commute Challenge, 28 teams comprised of 425 participants have collectively: Reduced driving by 288,192 miles. Prevented 219,532 pounds of emissions. Saved $56,428 in driving costs.
Log your trips
Report your alternative transportation trips and become eligible for prize drawings. Only trips related to work will count for points during this challenge.
Keep in touch!
Share how well your team is doing! Use #gcckc2014 RideShareKC airQKC airQKC Tell us your story! Email us about your commute to work! Whether it's biking, walking, carpooling or transit, we want to hear from you!
Our sponsors
We would like to thank our 2014 sponsors for their support of this year's Green Commute Challenge.
Contact the RideShare team
Questions? Email RideShare or call 816/842-RIDE (7433).

We just finished our sixth week of the Green Commute Challenge!

Take a look at your team's standing on our RideshareKC.org leaderboard.*

This week's top teams:

Small Organizations (less than 200 employees):

1. RMTA (894 points)
2. City of Mission, Kansas (576 points)
3. Children's Hospitals Association / Magical Pony Power (546 points)
4. Midwest Public Risk (538 points)

Medium Organizations (200–999 employees):

1. Stinson Leonard Street LLP (2,989 points)
2. MRI Global Green Road Warriors (2,566 points)
3. City of Shawnee, Kansas (2,046 points)
4. City of Overland Park, Kansas (249 points)

Large Organizations (1,000 or more employees):

1. UMB Bank (15,124 points)
2. City of Kansas City, Missouri (2,370 points)
3. Hallmark Cards Commuters (2,662 points)
4. Johnson County Government (1,320 points)

Weekly prize winner:

• Bryan Gustin, Hallmark (vanpool)
  2 tickets to the National World War I Museum
  at Liberty Memorial
  
  

Thank you to all of our prize donors!

This week's daily prize winners:

Each daily prize winner receives a green commute prize kit.

• Monday, July 7
  Patricia Brennecke, Stinson Leonard Street (bus)


• Tuesday, July 8
  Leticia McBain, Perceptive Software (carpool)


• Wednesday, July 9
  Caitlin Henricksen, ConfluenceKC (walk)


• Thursday, July 10
  Kim Vincent, RMTA (walk)


• Friday, July 11
  Ron Freyermuth, City of Shawnee, Kansas (carpool)

July 2014

What do challenge participants like best about their active commutes?

"What I love most about riding in a vanpool is no wear and tear on my cars! That and the other wonderful people who make the daily commute more fun."
— Jon Moss, GCC Community Team

*MARC team and participants are not eligible for daily, weekly, monthly or team prizes.

This challenge is sponsored by the Mid-America Regional Council's RideShare and Air Quality Programs.