Challenge FAQ

The 2024 Get There Car Free Challenge (previously the Get There Challenge) is Oregon’s 12th annual statewide challenge to help make Oregon a better place to live, work, and play by encouraging Oregonians to reduce their drive alone trips during one week for the chance to win prizes.

The 2024 Get There Car Free Challenge will start on September 16 and end on September 22, which marks World Car Free Day. The Challenge will observe this annual, international event that aims to raise awareness about the many benefits of driving less.

Participants can join by pledging to drive less for one week and logging trips taken by transit, walking, biking, scooter, carpooling, and vanpooling for the chance to win prizes.

The Get There Car Free Challenge (previously the Get There Challenge), now in its 12th year, is hosted by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and its partners across the state. Learn more about ODOT’s partners here.

The 2024 Get There Car Free Challenge starts Monday, September 16 and ends Sunday, September 22, which marks World Car Free Day.

There are two ways to participate in the Get There Car Free Challenge. We encourage you to participate in both ways for a bigger chance to win prizes!

  1. Take the pledge to drive less during the week of Sept. 16-22
  2. Log at least 2 trips in Get There Connect taken by transit, walking, biking, scooter, carpooling, and vanpooling. Receive an additional entry for every trip you log after 2 (up to 12)!

Get started by logging into Get There Connect or creating an account. Visit our page for help on logging trips and using the tool.

Please contact [email protected] if you have questions or comments.

We have some exciting prizes you can win this year! All eligible participants will be entered into a raffle to win the following prizes. If you participate in both challenge activities, you’ll increase your chance to win!

  • One of ten $100 Clever Cycles gift cards with a branded water bottle
  • One of ten $25 Café Yumm gift cards and candy from Jacobsen Salt Co.
  • One of ten $100 Give and Get Local gift cards to a local business of your choice
  • One of two $100 gift cards to a grocery store of your choice

Anyone who is 18 years of age or older and lives or works in Oregon is eligible to participate.

Primary contacts for sponsors of the Get There Car Free Challenge and ODOT Challenge staff and its contractors are not eligible to win prizes.

Yes, you can join anytime during Sept. 16 – 22. You can submit your pledge or log trips until 11:59 pm PDT on September 22 to be entered into the raffles. You can retroactively log trips taken between Sept. 16 – 22 until 11:59 pm on September 25.

Any trip that requires travel from one location to a second location using one of the following transportation options: bike/e-bike, transit/train, carpool, vanpool, or walk, electric or kick scooter, skate, compressed work week, or remote work.

Trips can include travel for any purpose (work or personal) during the 7-day Challenge. Trips can be logged on any of the 7 days of the challenge (not just weekdays).

Please note that the following modes of transportation do not count toward the Challenge: Driving alone in a gas-powered or electric vehicle, motorcycles/mopeds, taxis, or rideshare (e.g. Uber, Lyft).

The Get There Car Free Challenge is 7 days long.

Please contact our team at [email protected]