10 Reasons you should try alternative commuting:
- Conserves resources
- Non-polluting
- Inexpensive
- Relieves traffic congestion
- Businesses get attention for participating
- Save time by combining exercise and commuting
- Arrive at work or school invigorated
- Experience nature
- Improve your health, energy and productivity
- Free breakfast at Panera! (mmm... coffee and bagel)
Besides the obvious benefits of
alternative transportation,
like improving your health and saving resources, participating in Bike, Bus, Walk Week, does have extra perks - free stuff!
- Free breakfast from Panera (a free coffee & bagel could save the world)
- FREE cool ballcaps for lucky winners
- Free city bus rides all week for those traveling with a bike
- Free showers/towels at the YMCA's and any Cox Fitness Center, the Meyer Center
- Free Ozark Greenways membership for participating 3+ days
- Opportunity for your business to win a traveling trophy
- A good feeling about helping create a bike/pedestrian friendly community
It's free and easy. This is how you do it:
- Decide to take the Challenge - To get to and from work without your car at least one day during May 11-15
- Recruit your co-workers to take the Challenge, and compete for the coveted traveling Challenge Trophy
- Don't forget to tell them everyone who participates at least one day that week gets a free breakfast from Panera. Yes!
- Register your workplace or school and print the handy sign-in sheet to tally your workplace participation (choose one person to be your contact person)
- Participate that week, May 11-15
- Turn in your tally sheet to us by email or mail or bike messenger (businesses with the most participation win the coveted traveling Challenge Trophy and prizes)
- Get your free Panera breakfast coupon from us when we get your tally sheet (oh sweet coffee & bagel)
- Feel good that you're contributing to a more bicycle/pedestrian friendly Springfield
- Keep doing it!
