The SmartCommute Challenge is an annual spring campaign coordinated by GoTriangle and SmartCommute@rtp. The goal of the campaign is to encourage Triangle commuters to try an alternative commute (not driving alone) to work or campus such as riding the bus, carpooling, vanpooling, teleworking, biking or walking. 

We need your help to make the 2010 campaign a success! Our goals are to:

• Help reduce the carbon footprint of Triangle commuters.
• Increase awareness of greener commute choices.
• Show Triangle commuters ways to save!
   

How to SmartCommute
Trade in that stressful, time-consuming and expensive drive to work for a smarter commute. It just takes one day to complete the Challenge.  If you’re really feeling up to it, pledge to change your travel to work several days throughout!

• If your company and supervisor allows it, working from home is the way to go. Go for teleworking!
• Make new friends or catch some zzz’s in the backseat. Pledge to carpool or join a vanpool!
• Get fit and have fun (save a trip to the gym)! Try biking or walking to work!
• Add a relaxing buffer to the beginning and end of your day, with time to read, listen to MP3s, or just take in the scenic view. Try the bus!

Changing your commute can reduce your carbon footprint while increasing your savings.  Each gallon of gas burned by your vehicle releases approximately 24 pounds of CO2 into the atmosphere. Taking a smarter commute two days a week can reduce your annual CO2 emissions by at least 1,590 pounds!  Together, we can make a difference.
 

Plus, with tax incentives, SmartCommuters can save up to $230 a month.  That’s over $2700 a year! To learn more about how a smarter commute can save you money, click here!