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This January, the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency (Spokane Clean Air) and the CTR Office are partnering to promote the annual Travel Green Live Green campaign, Sweeten YOUR Commute. How and what we drive to work, what we use to heat our home and other choices we make every day impact the environment. The campaign is designed to encourage residents to travel green and live green to improve winter air quality.

During winter, air pollution levels can be elevated, due to a combination of factors. Vehicles do not run as efficiently in the cold weather; winter road conditions and the dark evening commute slow traffic. In our neighborhoods, smoke from wood heating can build up in the air. The air pollution created can not readily disperse. To reduce air pollution, we encourage you to Travel Green and Live Green.

Here are some great ideas to Sweeten YOUR Commute and help reduce air pollution in January. Travel Green by using a commute alternative at least once a week in January. Options include carpooling, riding the bus, walking, bicycling, vanpooling and working from home. Live Green by making at least one clean air choice around your home, such as burning cleanly if you heat with wood, weatherizing your home, programming your thermostat or using eco-friendly cleaning products.

For your efforts to reduce air pollution and by filling out your online commute calendar, you’ll be eligible for some great prizes in January that will Sweeten YOUR Commute! The more you participate, the more chances you have to win. Check it out:

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Prizes

2X

$20 gift card  from area businesses (7 winners)

4X

$25 Hallett’s Chocolates gift card (20 winners)

8X

$50 Anthony’s gift card (6 winners)

12X

Overnight Stay & Spa Package at The Davenport Hotel

And, each Monday in January, we'll hold a random prize drawing for employees that filled out their commute calendar the previous week.

For help in getting started, contact your Employee Transportation Coordinator (ETC). Your efforts will help keep the air we share clean, save you money, reduce your stress and give you a chance to WIN!

Don’t forget!! By participating in January, you’ll be that much closer to being eligible for the BIG grand prizes in June! By participating 125 times and filling out your commute calendar from October 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012, you’ll be eligible to WIN a HDTV. By participating 100 times you'll be eligible to WIN an iPad and by participating 75 times you'll be eligible to WIN an iPod Touch. Check the bottom of your calendar each month to see how close you are to being eligible!


Your odds of winning January countywide prizes are based on the number of eligible commute calendars filled out on MyCommute.org.


For citizens in the Greater Spokane Area that make the choice to carpool, vanpool, ride the bus, walk or bicycle to work and do not work for a company that has a Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) program, you can start logging how you get to work each day and be eligible for prizes. As conscientious members of our community, you are making an effort to preserve our environment and we are interested in how you move around our city. For additional information, click here.

Participate & Win!

Click here for November Winners!

Click here for October Wheel Options Winners!

Click here for September Winners!

Click here for August 2011 Winners!

Click here for July 2011 Winners!



Commute Calendar

Current News

January Weekly Winners
01/27/2012
Remember, during the month of January, just by participating once a week and completing your commute calendar you will go into a weekly drawing. Check here to see those who've won!

December Winners
01/17/2012
Congratulations to Linda Freeman, Premera. She was the grand prize winner of a Kindle. Check here to see who the other 10 lucky winners of a $25 Safeway Gift Card are.

"Recruit a Friend" Qualified Participants
01/17/2012
Congratulations to all the qualified participants in the "Recruit a Friend" promotion. We had 50 new participants commit to using a commute alternative at least 25 times from Oct-Dec. Congratulations to all!

4th Qtr All Star Coach
12/22/2011
Conni Ellern, ETC, WA State ESD Telecenter, click here to read her inspirational story.

December Most Valuable Commuter
12/21/2011
Jenny Stettler, Spokane County, click here to read her inspirational story.

November Most Valuable Commuter
12/20/2011
Les Kienbaum, WA State Department of Transportation, click here to read his inspirational story.

October Most Valuable Commuter
12/19/2011
Tamara Norlander, WA State ESD Telecenter, click her to read her inspiration story.

November Prize Winners
12/13/2011
Congratulations to Chanda Bhuta, WA State DSHS-DCS, she was the Grand Prize winner of the Kindle for her participation in November. Check here to see who the other 10 lucky winners were.

Commute Smart Awards celebrates 20 years!
10/12/2011
Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists, Catherine Bowden from Avista and Ron Kusler from Spokane County were among the Governor's Commute Smart Award winners.

STA's Trip Planner
09/25/2011
Plan your commute to work with STA's new Trip Planner. It's easy and convenient!

Take advantage of STA's Employer Bus Pass Program!
08/10/2011

Current Vanpool List
07/18/2011
Check here for the latest vanpool list.

The Transportation Vision Project
07/07/2010
Click here for more details.

Previous Way to Go Winners
07/10/2007