What is Drive Less?

Congratulations to the 2019 Drive Less Somerset winners!

Thank you to all our participants and employer partners for joining us in this year’s challenge to try sustainable modes of travel and drive less. Together we eliminated 38,355 drive-alone miles and 46,793 cubic feet of CO2! Below are this year’s winners:

2019 Grand Champion: Jared Schneider; 4,100 points, 1,468 drive-alone miles eliminated.

2019 Employer Challenge Champion: Eli Lilly & Co.; 7,253 drive-alone miles eliminated.

Weekly Winners:

Week 1:

Ridesharing: Scott Bridwell
Biking: Joseph Ray
Walking: Pat Sullivan
Transit: Joe Kempe
Telecommuting: Sam Lee
Overall: Jared Schneider

Week 3:

Ridesharing: Bob Wisniewski
Biking: Scott Bridwell
Walking: Jim Spivey
Transit: Jared Schneider
Teleworking: Christopher Fosmire
Overall: Keith Miller

Week 2:

Ridesharing: Laura VanDenBerg
Biking: Jared Schneider
Walking: Krista Cardenas
Transit: Ardhendu Sarangi
Teleworking: Joe Rinaldi
Overall: Bob Wisniewski

Week 4:

Ridesharing: Peter Chung
Biking: Jim Spivey
Walking: Joe Kempe
Transit: Keith Miller
Telecommuting: Mario Caballero
Overall: Pat Sullivan

We’ll see you next June for the 2020 Drive Less Somerset challenge!

Drive Less Somerset is a fun way to challenge yourself, your friends and your workplace to try sustainable ways to travel.

Take the bus or train, ride a bike, walk, carpool, vanpool or telecommute as often as possible during the month of June! Any trip for work or pleasure that replaces solo driving counts. Participating is easy and free.

If you want to participate as an individual, take the pledge and then track your trips starting June 1.

If you also want to participate in the Employer Challenge, then register your worksite (after taking the pledge) and track your trips starting June 1.

Individuals earn points towards weekly prizes when tracking trips. The individual who earns the most points overall from logged trips between June 1-June 30 will be named the 2019 Grand Challenge Champion and win a Tesla Weekend Experience in a Model 3.*

Employer challenge participants also earn points towards the weekly and grand prizes when tracking trips, and their logged trip miles count towards the worksite challenge. The Somerset County worksite with the most miles earned will be named the Drive Less Somerset Employer Champion for 2019.

Follow RideWise on Facebook and Twitter where weekly prize winners and pop-up contests will be announced.

*Ridewise assumes no responsibility or liability for the availability of the Model 3 in the event the Model 3 is not able to be delivered to winner as intended by the rules of the 2019 Drive Less Somerset Grand Challenge. Further, Ridewise assumes no responsibility or liability for any malfunction or failure of the Model 3. Winner(s) shall take sole responsibility for the safe operation of the Model 3 and shall hold Ridewise harmless from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Challenge or receipt or use of such prize, including but not limited to, injury, death, or damage to persons or property which may be caused directly or indirectly in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Challenge, or receipt of prize.