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 ID: 1001154
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1. Welcome! We will begin soon…
2. Active Transportation AllianceMission: 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.
3. What is the Bike Commuter Challenge?Goal - Encourage new and experienced riders to ride their bikes more often. Free & Easy - Chicagoland organizations compete to log the most miles by riding bikes.Build morale and promote friendly competition among Chicagoland organizations.
4. Bike ChallengeMay 15th-June 11thBike Celebration Stations3 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 mingleLast day to log milesMonday, June 19thImportant Dates
5. Team Captain Training
6. What is a Team Captain? How can you be a great one?Each competing team will have a team captain (you!) Teams can have more than 1 captain. Communicate oftenHelp Register CoworkersAct as a resource for bike commuting tipsSet up group commutes and ridesEncourage newbies to try it out Being a Captain is easy if you remember to CHASE
7. Team ManagementWhen logged in, Team Captains can…Add or delete team membersSend out team communicationsChange team passwordChallenge other teamsUpdate organization info
8. What Counts as a Trip?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)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 11In previous years riders could log two trips per day. This year, all your trips get added into one giant mega trip per day.
9. PointsACTIONPOINT VALUENew Commuter25 Points 1 Mile1 Point5 Consecutive Days50 PointsWe'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
10. How You WinPoints totaled as you log themIndividual riders will be combined to get the team totalAll teams under one organization will be combined to get the organization totalWhichever organization has the highest point total within their workplace tier wins!
11. Organization TiersTiers1234567Public Agency< 55 – 2425 – 99100 – 499500 – 2,4992,500 – 4, 9995,000 +For Profit < 55 – 2425 – 99100 – 499500 – 2,4992,500 – 4, 9995,000 +Non-Profit /NGO < 55 – 2425 – 99100 – 499500 – 2,4992,500 – 4, 9995,000 +Education< 55 – 2425 – 99100 – 499500 – 2,4992,500 – 4, 9995,000 +Bike Related Business< 55 – 2425 – 99100 – 499500 – 2,4992,500 – 4, 9995,000 +Divvy Business Member< 55 – 2425 – 99100 – 499500 – 2,4992,500 – 4, 9995,000 +Retired
12. PrizesWinners 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 ridersReturning 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!
13. Bike Month
14. Celebration StationsMonday May 22 @ 4:30 – 6:30pm 606 Trail – Churchill Park 2007 W Churchill St, Chicago, IL 60647Wednesday, May 24 @ 4:30 – 6:30pmOgilvie Transportation Center (500 W. Madison)Thursday June 8 @ 4:30 – 6:30pmField Museum – Lakefront Trail Wrap Party @ Keating Law Offices MKE- date TBD
15. Questions?