A new City of Bellevue incentive program called “Downtown Bellevue On the Move” is offering financial rewards and travel assistance to downtown residents and workers who are willing to stop commuting solo. The program goal is to increase the use of alternative commutes downtown to 40 percent of all commute trips. The current percentage of alternative commutes is 35%.
The City of Bellevue will provide the following incentives for bus riding carpooling, vanpooling, biking or walking to work:
- A $50 gift card: Commuters living or working in Bellevue can earn a $50 gift card after logging 25 days of roundtrip commutes by bus, carpool, vanpool, bike or walking to work.
- Ongoing monthly drawings for gift cards: After the initial 25 day commutes, participants that continue logging alternative commutes will be entered into monthly drawings for two $50 gift cards. All that is required is to log 12 days of round-trips per month of alternative commutes.
Sign up for the program at www.DBOnTheMove.org, where you will find information about other promotional incentives through King County Metro and Wheel Options. The site also includes information regarding vanpool and carpool partner matching, a transit trip planner and a commute cost calculator. Another source regarding alternative transportation modes includes the city’s travel options website, www.ChooseYourWayBellevue.org.
Program representatives can be reached by telephoning 425-990-3098 or by email at DBOnTheMove@cywb.org. The City of Bellevue also hosts a Facebook page for the incentive program at www.facebook.com/DBOnTheMove, and a Twitter page at www.twitter.com/DBOnTheMove.
How about those of us who live out of town but car pool regularly?
@Glen: It looks like, if you live out of town, but commute to Downtown Bellevue, the program would apply to you as well.
Now if you don’t live there, or work there, you might need to get your city to launch the same program. 🙂
@ Glen: Register on http://www.rideshareonline.com. There are a number of incentive programs available from cities and counties throughout the region that offer incentives to carpoolers through this website.