Join our Bike & Bus Everywhere Challenge!
Community Transit invites you to embrace a greener commute by biking and riding the bus to your favorite places—work, school, fun, and more!
From May 12 to June 15, skip driving alone and choose a better way to get around—ride your bike, hop on the bus, or combine both. To participate, simply log your trips at RideshareOnline.com. Every logged trip brings you one step closer to winning amazing prizes!
Why join?
- Stay active and enjoy a healthier commute
- Reduce your carbon footprint
- Save money on gas and parking
- Connect with your community
- Win fun prizes and giveaways
Prize eligibility
- Participants must live, work, or attend school in Snohomish County (SnoCo) and be 18 years or older.
- To be eligible for prizes, participants must log their bike and bus trips on the Trip Log Calendar in RideshareOnline.com.
- Participants may be required to provide proof of residency, employment, or school enrollment in Snohomish County (SnoCo) if requested. Community Transit employees are not eligible to win prizes.
Ready to join the fun? Go to RideshareOnline.com today and start logging your miles!
How to join
- Go to RideshareOnline.com
Create a new account or log in if you already have one. - Join the Challenge
Once logged in, click the "Join the challenge and get started" link on the dashboard. - Start logging trips
Record bike and bus trips taken between May 12 - June 15 on the Trip Log Calendar. Both work commute and personal trips count!
Prizes
Participate in the challenge for your chance to win exciting prizes! Prize winners will be notified via email or phone within four weeks after the challenge ends. If a winner does not respond within 14 days, the prize may be forfeited, and another winner will be selected.
Grand Prize
The grand prize will go to the two participants who log the most miles by combining bike and bus trips during the challenge. To qualify, you must use both bike and bus for your logged trips.
Prize: $750 Visa gift card (two winners)
Most Bike Trips Taken
The highest number of miles in bike trips taken.
Prize: $250 Visa gift card (one winner)
Most Bus Trips Taken
The highest number of miles in bus trips taken.
Prize: $250 Visa gift card (one winner)
Additional prizes
Great news! This year, we're expanding the prize categories to reward participants based on total miles traveled—not just the number of trips. So the farther you go, the more chances you have to win!
Commute Champion
Ride your bike and/or take the bus and log at least 30+ miles during the Bike & Bus Everywhere Challenge to be eligible to win one of five gift cards.
Prize: $75 Visa gift card (five winners)
Car-Free Crusader
Ride your bike and/or take the bus and log at least 20+ miles during the Bike & Bus Everywhere Challenge to be eligible to win one of five gift cards.
Prize: $50 Visa gift card (five winners)
Eco-Explorer
Ride your bike and/or take the bus and log at least 15+ miles during the Bike & Bus Everywhere Challenge to be eligible to win one of five gift cards.
Prize: $25 Visa gift card (five winners)
Most Days Participated
This prize will be given to the person who logs bike or bus trips for the greatest number of days during the challenge. (each bike and bus trip must be more than .25 miles to be counted as a trip).
Prize: $100 Visa gift card (one winner)
Multi-Modal Maverick
This prize will be awarded to the participant with the highest combined total of bike and bus trips logged (each bike and bus trip must be more than .25 miles to be counted as a trip).
Prize: $100 Visa gift card (one winner)
Contest rules
- Prize Limitations: Participants are eligible to win only one prize during the challenge, regardless of the number of prize categories they qualify for. If a participant qualifies for multiple prize categories, they will receive the highest-value prize they qualify for.
- Prize Allocation: Each participant is eligible to win only one prize. In the event of a tie for a specific prize category, a winner will be selected by random drawing. Participants will not receive multiple prizes across different categories.
- Prize Distribution: Prize winners will be notified via email or phone within 4 weeks after the challenge concludes. If a winner does not respond within 14 days, the prize may be forfeited, and another winner will be selected.
- Prize Acceptance: By accepting a prize, winners consent to publicity related to the challenge, including their names being posted on the Bike & Bus Everywhere Challenge landing page.
- Trip Logging Accuracy: Participants are responsible for accurately logging their bike and bus trips. Any false or inaccurate trip entries may result in disqualification.
- Trip Logging Verification: We trust participants to log their trips honestly. In rare cases where something seems highly unlikely or inconsistent, we reserve the right to follow up to verify the entry.
- Eligibility Verification: Participants may be required to provide proof of residency, employment, or school enrollment in Snohomish County (SnoCo) if requested.
- Trip Categories: Participants must clearly categorize their trips as either bike or bus on the Trip Log Calendar in RideshareOnline.com. Any mixed-mode trips should be logged accordingly (e.g., biking to a bus stop and then taking the bus).
- Zip Shuttle trips count as bus trips for the purposes of the Bike & Bus Everywhere Challenge. Participants should log each Zip Shuttle ride as a bus trip on the Trip Log Calendar at http://rideshareonline.com/ to ensure it’s counted toward their challenge participation.
- Trip Validation: All trips logged must occur during the official challenge period, and entries should be submitted by the final submission deadline.
- Organizers' Right to Disqualify: The challenge organizers reserve the right to disqualify any participant for failure to follow the rules, engage in fraudulent activity, or for any behavior deemed inappropriate or disruptive to the event.
- Multiple Entries for the Same Trip: Participants may only log each trip once. Duplicate entries for the same trip will be disqualified.
- Multiple Participants from the Same Household/Workplace/School: If multiple participants are from the same household, workplace, or school, each participant is eligible for individual prizes. However, they cannot combine their mileage totals to compete in group categories.
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