Get There Commute Challenge FAQs
How can employers get involved?
- Employer contacts fill out the form to participate in the Get There Commute Challenge and let us know the estimated number of employees at your workplace. We’ll sort your workplace into one of three commute challenge size categories, based on the number of employees:
- Small: 3-99 employees
- Medium: 100-499 employees
- Large: 500+ employees
- Encourage coworkers and employees to join your network and participate in the Commute Challenge using ready-made materials from our Commute Challenge Employer Promotional Toolkit. Employees compete by logging as many walk, bike, transit, carpool, vanpool, and remote work commute trips as they can April 13-26 to help their workplace network win.
The winning workplace will receive a custom recognition badge for each employee who logged at least one trip and a cash prize delivered to the network manager that can be used toward:
- Raffled gift cards
- Custom swag items
- Workplace celebration
- Or anything else offered by your employer!
If your workplace is unable to accept cash prizes, the Get There team will work with you to purchase gift cards or prizes on behalf of the winning organization worth up to $300.
How can employees get involved
- Create a Get There Connect account and join your workplace network
- You can join a network when creating a Get There Connect user account or through your existing account profile (click Account on the lefthand menu on desktop or bottom menu in the app, select Networks, click the Join Network button at the bottom of the page, search for and select networks to join).
- Log as many walk, bike, transit, carpool, vanpool, and remote work commute trips as you can April 13-26 to help your workplace network win.
The winning workplace will receive a custom recognition badge for each employee who logged at least one trip and a cash prize delivered to the network manager that can be used toward:
- Raffled gift cards
- Custom swag items
- Workplace celebration
- Or anything else offered by your employer!
If your workplace is unable to accept cash prizes, the Get There team will work with you to purchase gift cards or prizes on behalf of the winning organization worth up to $300.
If you are an employer, HR staff, sustainability manager or someone who wants to encourage your fellow employees to join in the Get There Commute Challenge, we have a promotional toolkit with ready-made resources to help you to get the word out about the Commute Challenge at your workplace.
What counts as a trip?
A one-way commute trip taken by any mode besides driving alone. Including commuting to/from work by walk, bike, transit/train, carpool, vanpool, electric or kick scooter, or skate and remote work between April 13-26!
Note that trips must be tagged as a commute in Get There Connect by selecting “Commute” under trip type when logging your trip to be counted in the challenge.
What type of workplace can participate in the Get There Commute Challenge?
All workplaces based in Oregon can participate. For example, employers can participate in the Commute Challenge as an entire organization, a specific worksite, or a single department.
Which employees are eligible to compete?
The Get There Commute Challenge is open to employees age 18 and over who commute to and from an Oregon-based workplace that has signed up for the Challenge. Participation is limited to employees who could feasibly* travel to their place of work on a daily basis.
*A feasible commute is considered up to 150 miles one-way.
How are workplaces sorted to compete?
Workplaces will be sorted into three challenge size categories based on the number of employees:
- Small: 3-99 employees
- Medium: 100-499 employees
- Large: 500+ employees
If your workplace network has less than 3 employees, the challenge leaderboard will be calculated using the smallest size for your category(3, 100, 500).
What is the cash prize?
The winning employer or workplace from each size category will win a $300 cash prize. The Get There Oregon team will work with network managers on determining how to award employees participating in their network. Prize offerings to participating members may include:
- Gift card raffle
- Custom swag items
- Office celebration
If your workplace is unable to accept cash prizes, the Get There team will work with you to purchase gift cards or prizes on behalf of the winning organization worth up to $300.
What is a network?
A network is a dedicated group of people (users) in the Get There Connect platform, often created by workplaces. To be eligible to win in the Get There Commute Challenge, the participating networks must have a minimum of three employees/network members actively logging trips and at least one designated network manager. Network managers get access to administration features like the ability to add/remove members, metrics tracking, and more! Learn more about being a network manager here.
How do I join a network?
You can join one when creating a Get There Connect account or through your profile (Account > Networks). If your workplace doesn’t have a network, just fill out this form.
How can I tell which networks I’m in?
Log into Get There Connect and go to Account > Networks. There you’ll see a list of all networks you’re part of and can search for new ones, too!
Do employees need to log trips every day?
No, but the more trips you log, the higher your chances of winning.
Where do I go to log trips?
Sign in to Get There Connect, and use the trip logging dashboard or download the Get There Connect app in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Are remote work days eligible?
Yes! To log a remote work “trip”, enter the trip to your office and how many miles you would have traveled had you commuted to work.
Note that only remote trips within 150 miles of the office are eligible.
How can I tell if my network is winning?
Check the Challenge leaderboard to see where you stand on the number of trips logged and how your network is ranking.
The leaderboard is available on the Challenges section of your account by selecting Challenges, then clicking into the Get There Commute Challenge, and selecting the Leaderboard view.
What is the Challenge leaderboard based on?
The Challenge leaderboard rankings are based on average trips by total network members. In other words, the more network members that are logging trips, the better you will do. Leaderboards do not factor in the total number of employees at your workplace unless you have filled in the “organization size” number in your network.
Networks with fewer than 3 members will be updated to be calculated based on the smallest number of employees for their challenge category (3, 100, 500).
How long after the Challenge ends do I have to log my trips?
Yes! Employees can log trips made from April 13-26 until 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29.
