Encouraging Bike Commuting in Chicagoland for Healthy, Sustainable Communities
Join the Active Transportation Alliance to promote walking, biking, and public transit in Chicagoland. Participate in the Bike Commuter Challenge to log miles, build morale, and enjoy friendly competition. Important dates, team captain training, and team management details provided. Ride your bike to commute and contribute to creating healthier, more sustainable communities.
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Active Transportation Alliance Mission: promote walking, bicycling and public transit to create healthy, sustainable and equitable communities. Advocate for legislation that prioritizes and protects bicyclists, pedestrians and transit riders. We are Membership based organization.
Goal - Encourage new and experienced riders to ride their bikes more often. What is the Bike Commuter Challenge? Free & Easy - Chicagoland organizations compete to log the most miles by riding bikes. Build morale and promote friendly competition among Chicagoland organizations.
Important Dates Bike Challenge May 15th-June 11th Bike Celebration Stations 3 stations will be returning to multiple Sponsor and neighborhood locations stay tuned for details! Keating Law Offices, 825 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago: after hours beer & pizza mingle Last day to log miles Monday, June 19th
Team Captain Training
Each competing team will have a team captain (you!) Teams can have more than 1 captain. What is a Team Captain? Being a Captain is easy if you remember to CHASE Communicate often Help Register Coworkers Act as a resource for bike commuting tips Set up group commutes and rides Encourage newbies to try it out How can you be a great one?
Team Management When logged in, Team Captains can Add or delete team members Send out team communications Change team password Challenge other teams Update organization info
Any time you ride your bike to commute it counts! Whether that s to work, a lunch break ride, or a local coffee shop/park (remote work) What Counts as a Trip? Stationary bikes or trainers do not count! In order to be counted in your teams point total, all you need to do is complete ONE bike trip between May 15-June 11 In previous years riders could log two trips per day. This year, all your trips get added into one giant mega trip per day.
Points ACTION POINT VALUE New Commuter 25 Points 1 Mile 1 Point 5 Consecutive Days 50 Points We've partnered with Metra and you can earn BIG extra points if you include the Metra Bike Car during one of your commutes. Once during the Challenge, you can earn 30 bonus points by using the Bike Car. Simply take a photo of yourself on the Bike Car (with a thumbs up) and email it to bikechi@activetrans.org and we add the bonus points! (30 bonus points only valid one time.) Learn more about the Bike Car's routes and schedules on our website
How You Win Points totaled as you log them Individual riders will be combined to get the team total All teams under one organization will be combined to get the organization total Whichever organization has the highest point total within their workplace tier wins!
Organization Tiers Tiers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Public Agency < 5 5 24 25 99 100 499 500 2,499 2,500 4, 999 5,000 + For Profit < 5 5 24 25 99 100 499 500 2,499 2,500 4, 999 5,000 + Non-Profit /NGO < 5 5 24 25 99 100 499 500 2,499 2,500 4, 999 5,000 + Education < 5 5 24 25 99 100 499 500 2,499 2,500 4, 999 5,000 + Bike Related Business < 5 5 24 25 99 100 499 500 2,499 2,500 4, 999 5,000 + Retired Divvy Business Member < 5 5 24 25 99 100 499 500 2,499 2,500 4, 999 5,000 +
Prizes Winners in each organization tier! Twice Weekly Drawing- We will pull from anyone who logged a ride that week. Every Mon. and Thurs. Top Two riders Bragging points + Arc'teryx jacket for top 2 riders Returning Rider Raffle - we will pull the top 10 returning riders and select the winner at random! First Time Bike Commuter - the top rider amongst the first time Bike Commuters doing the Challenge!
SOUTHWEST COLLECTIVE RIDESaturday May 6th at Ruiz Playlot @ 10am CHICAGO RIDE OF SILENCE - Wednesday May 17th. Join us as we honor those who have been injured or killed while riding. Bike Month CELEBRATION STATION AT 606 TRAIL Mon May 22nd. We will be located at the entrance near Churchill Park. Come out and connect with us! STREETS CALLING RIDE- Saturday June10th Ride starts at 10a on the South side near McCormick Place. Post ride party is at 12p at Promontory Club in Hyde Park
Monday May 22 @ 4:30 6:30pm 606 Trail Churchill Park 2007 W Churchill St, Chicago, IL 60647 Wednesday, May 24 @ 4:30 6:30pm Ogilvie Transportation Center (500 W. Madison) Celebration Stations Thursday June 8 @ 4:30 6:30pm Field Museum Lakefront Trail Wrap Party @ Keating Law Offices MKE- date TBD
