Date:
Monday, March 10, 2008
Contact:
Michele Villnave, WSDOT Communications, (360) 705-7875 (Olympia)
OLYMPIA – "Ohh la la!" That’s what a commuter could be saying if they win the trip for two to Paris, France during this spring’s Wheel Options campaign. When commuters participate in Wheel Options at least twice from March 9 - 22, they will be eligible to win a trip to Paris for two, including airfare, lodging and a Rick Steves' Best of Paris Tour.
Anyone who shares the commute to work in the state of Washington may participate. Share your commute by carpool, vanpool, bus or train or do anything other than drive alone to work at least twice during the campaign. To find out more, visit the Web site at www.WheelOptions.org
Wheel Options is a semiannual campaign sponsored by the Washington State Ridesharing Organization (WSRO), a non-profit group dedicated to increasing the use of transportation options. For the campaign, WSRO teams up with the WSDOT, transit agencies, local jurisdictions, and private companies to encourage people to try a new commute. Last year more than 50,000 people participated statewide in the Wheel Options campaigns.
The state’s largest worksites promote Wheel Options as part of their participation in the state’s Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Program. Each weekday morning, employees commuting to worksites participating in Commute Trip Reduction remove approximately 26,000 vehicles from our state’s roads. This saves space on the roads while reducing air pollutants by about 4,100 tons per year, eliminating greenhouse emission by over 76,000 tons a year and gasoline consumption by more than eight million gallons a year.
You can read more about the performance of the CTR program in the CTR Task Force 2008 Interim Report to the Washington State Legislature, available at http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/transit
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