1. Go here and join or form a team of 2-5 people
2. Complete the online registration
3. Log into your account and track your commute
It's as easy as 1, 2, 3! More info on the Challenge Rules are below...
Have questions? Let us know and we'll not only answer your question, we'll post with our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) below.
Commute for Cash Challenge Rules:
¨The Challenge begins October 1st and runs thru October 31st. Teams can begin signing up on September 21st.
¨Each team has a minimum of 2 MEMBERS and a maximum of 5 MEMBERS.
¨Each team requires a minimum of ONE NEW USER to be eligible for team prizes.
§A NEW USER is someone who drives alone most of the time (uses alternative transportation less than twice per month), but for the Commute for Cash Challenge uses an eligible mode of alternative transportation.
¨To be eligible for weekly prizes, Teams must log at least one trip using a QUALIFYING MODE OF TRANSPORTATION and log it into the online calendar.
§Qualifying modes are: BUS, BIKE, WALK, CARPOOL, VANPOOL or TELECOMMUTE. §A QUALIFYING TRIP IS A UTILITARIAN TRIP that might have been made alone by car but instead was made using an eligible alternative transportation mode.
¨Every week, Teams that follow the above guidelines (and log trips) will be eligible to win their commute savings back in cash (limited to $75 per team member).
¨A team member must LOG AT LEAST 1 DAY of an eligible transportation per week during the Challenge to qualify for individual prizes.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: I registered our 5 person carpool and have entered our trips and mileage since Oct. 1. and plan to enter info daily. A couple of the 5 people in our carpool have now signed up as members. Do they also enter our carpools trip and mileage? or does just one person do it for the whole carpool? A: Great question! Each person must enter their trips, as this is the only way for us to know who is actually using alternative transportation on the team and who is not. Also, in order to be eligible to win the $100 individual prize and the cash team prizes, you must log a trip. In addition, we use the trips people have logged to come up with our calculations for cost savings and prizes. When you log your trips, you can indicate how many people you carpool with. This helps us prevent any double counting in miles/emissions.
Q: Thanks for the video clarifying how to log trips and mileage. Now I know I am doing it right. Thank you. I know it is too late to change the website but I wanted to share that I prefer the total trip and total mileage format compared to having the site multiply trips and mileage/trip. The reason is that if I stop at the bank on the way home I am not sure how to log it. If I ride to work and stop at the bank on the way home my trips look like this,
Trip 1 = 2 mi
Trip 2 = 4 mi
Trip 3 = 4 mi
In order to log this I either have to call it 3 trips a 3.33 mi per trip or 1 trip a 10 mi. I am not sure what you guys are looking for in terms of information. Are you more concerned with trip, mileage, the description, the day they happen on? I suppose I am just being picky but I want rideshare to be the best that it can be and that is why I am writing you. Help me help you help me. A: Great question! Since you are on your way home when you stop at the bank, we would consider that “one” trip. Think of your “work” being the start point and your “home” being the end point with the bank happening in the middle. So, you could log that as “one” trip at 4 miles. Then, on the way to work, you can log “one” trip at 2 miles. That is two entries. The trips we are focusing on are trips that would otherwise be made in a car. Therefore, if you were in your car doing a bunch of errands, would you consider it one big trip or a bunch of small ones? In this case, it might be easier to consider it all as “one” big trip.
A: This is an answer to some overall questions we've been getting on how to fix incorrectly logged trips for the Commute for Cash Challenge: We've noticed some confusion on what a "trip" is for the Commute for Cash Challenge. A trip is ONE WAY. So, a roundtrip is actually 2 trips. Therefore, if you've been logging your trips incorrectly, here is a short video on how to fix your already logged trips. Or, check out these simple instructions.
