We’re 10 days into Try Transit Month, and what a start its been!
As of today, our 823 (and counting!) participants have taken over 5,200 transit trips, totaling more than 48,000 miles. That means we’re almost halfway to our goal of 10,000 trips, and we still have 20 days left to ride. (!!)
If you haven’t already signed up, it’s not too late.
We’ve given away two Sounders tickets, four Wing Luke Museum passes, 10 preloaded ORCA cards, and 300 minutes of car2go driving credit. And we’re just getting started!
Of course, prizes are a nice incentive, but there are many other reasons to participate in Try Transit Month. Here are a few.
- Transit riders save money.
Riding transit instead of driving can save you $970 a month on transportation costs. - Transit riders get fit.
Bus and train riders are three times as likely as those who drive to get the recommended 30 minutes of daily exercise. - Transit riders have time to read and relax.
There’s even a book clubfor them. 🙂 - Transit riders are reducing their impact on the environment.
Transportation accounts for more than half of our state’s emissions and is the number one polluter of our precious Puget Sound.
This has been a difficult year for transit advocates and a difficult month for everyone in this country. So many important decisions are out of our hands and seem beyond our control. The good news is, we can control our own actions. We can make choices every day that make a difference.
Try Transit Month is an attempt to help all of us focus on the daily decisions we can control. The numbers don’t lie; we’re making a huge collective impact. Let’s keep riding, and while we’re at it, let’s tell every decision maker who will listen that we demand transit service in our communities.
See you on board!
