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RideShare Week
October 15-19, 2007 |
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Winners Finalized! |
Will you fuel your community with the money you saved?
This holiday season, gas is half price and $1 equals $7. Huh?
If you carpool, you can cut your gas costs in half. If you
donate some of that money to the Foodbank, each dollar
you donate provides seven dollars worth of food to
people in your community. That's a lot of turkey
dinners!
You can find out what you saved by
logging into Traffic Solutions Online
and saving your calendar.
Ask yourself: will you fuel your community, instead of your
car? If so, click
here.
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Lucky Prize Winners:
Grand Prize #1 (The Romance Package on Catalina Island): Charles Ramirez
Grand Prize #2 (Kayaking / Horseback Riding / Wine Tasting
Tour): Nathan
Camp
 Carpool/Vanpool Prize (iPhone): Jen Jeter
Transit Prize (iPod Nano): Zorana Morris
Bike Prize (New Bicycle): Susan Broderick
Walk Prize (New Pair of Walking Shoes): Olivia Kelly
Telecommute Prize (Sprint Wireless data card and free service):
Deana McMillion
Thanks to all our participants! |
Don't see your name?
You still won, and so did your community. |
Over 1,000 people took the pledge to rideshare at least once
during the week. 574 people logged trips on Traffic
Solutions Online to participate in RideShare Week.
It's amazing that a few hundred people could save over
54,000 miles and put over $28,000 back in their pockets-- in
just one week! That's about $50 per person. And how
about environmental benefits? We also saved over 85 pounds
of greenhouse gases per person.
The bottom line is, our participants saved money, reduced
traffic congestion, and improved air quality. Check
out the complete stats below! |
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Total Trips Reduced: |
2,052 trips |
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Total Miles Saved: |
54,071 miles |
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Gallons of Fuel
Saved:
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2,575 gallons |
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Total Money Saved: |
$28,225 |
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Greenhouse Gases (CO2) Saved: |
24.6 tons |
Other toxic air pollutants (includes NOx, CO, PM, SO2,
VOCs)
More about air pollution |
1,551 pounds |
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Participating Companies and Agencies
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The following companies and agencies promoted RideShare Week
internally. They deserve special recognition for going
the extra mile to promote alternatives to driving alone. |
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Bargain Network
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Citrix Online
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City of Santa Barbara
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Clipper Windpower
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Community Environmental Council
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Cottage Health System
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County of Santa Barbara
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Decker's Outdoor Corporation
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Dial Page
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Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort
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Karl Storz Imaging
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Marian Medical Center
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Office of Assemblymember Pedro Nava
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Raytheon
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SBCC
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Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District
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Santa Barbara Regional Health Authority
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Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation
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Santa Barbara Zoo
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Tyco Electronics
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UCSB
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UCSB Department of Geography
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UCSB Department of Earth Sciences
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UCSB Department of Environmental
Studies
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UCSB Donald Bren School of
Environmental Sciences and Management
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Valle Verde Retirement Community
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Venoco, Inc.
Want to get your company on this list?
Email us.
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Thank you, partners and sponsors!
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As always, we couldn't have done it without our sponsors.
Kruz 97.5, Magic 106.3, Powercom Data and Voice, Global
Feet, and Hazard's Cyclesports donated some great prizes.
The help of MTD, SMAT, and COLT was instrumental in getting
the word out. Traffic Solutions and RideShare Week
participants thank you for your support!
Our partners also helped us get the word: thanks to
the Santa Barbara Bike Coalition, Community Environmental Council, SBCC Center for
Sustainability, Santa Barbara Fitness Magazine, Slow Food
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control
District, UCSB Transportation Alternatives Program,
SBCC Commuter Services, and finally, thanks to our major RideShare Week partner, the Foodbank of Santa Barbara
County.
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A huge thanks to our sponsors!
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