frequently asked questions
Q. Who can participate?
Q. Can I use my old Business Commute Challenge screen name and password?
No. Every year the database is deleted. This allows us to have an accurate and current list of participants.
Every team needs a Team Captain. The first person who creates a team is automatically the Team Captain. If they don’t want to be a team captain, email BCC-info@ltd.org or call 541-682-6213 with the new Team Captain information and we can change it.
Team Captains pump their teams up! A Team Captain is an enthusiastic ambassador for commute options. They encourage other employees to participate and communicate with their team about the BCC, what prizes are up for grabs, and what each participant needs to do to report. Do you like a good challenge and like leaving the car at home? Then you are what we are looking for! Team Captains will receive a Team Captain Kit filled with ideas and incentives to encourage their teammates to participate in the BCC.
We encourage you to decide what works best for your organization. If your business has different locations or it is just too big to rally everyone, then your organization can have multiple teams as long as you use the same Parent Organization. Check the drop down menu to see if your organization is already registered. read Team Name? Team Number?
The team size consists of 100% of your employees in your department or organization (depends on if you are signing up as a department or as an entire organization).
Example: If the Finance Department has 30 people in their department but only 8 will participate in the BCC, the Finance Department Team size is 30 and will compete against other teams in the Medium team size category.
There are six team size categories:
X-Small: 1-4
Small: 5-9
Medium: 10-25
Large: 26-75
X-Large: 76-299
XX-Large: 300+
Check the drop down menu under Parent Organization/ Team Name to see if your organization /team already exists.
Everyone is encouraged to participate and be included! The main goal of the Business Commute Challenge is to introduce new ways to work and to have FUN! Part-time employees count as one person even if they do not work 5 days a week. Not everyone who works 5 days a week will use an alternative mode every day. Every commute trip counts!
Team captains will be able to report for their teammate commutes.
Team captains can register a teammate by clicking on the sign-up button and filling in their teammates commute information on the my profile page. A unique user name must be used for each teammate. Team Captains will then have to use their own email address and log in password. To make it easier to enter and report for teammates who don’t have email, download a paper reporting form that can be filled out and handed in. There will be a copy of one in the Team Captain Kit. If this is a barrier to your team participating, please call Marcia at 541-682-6206 and we will work together to make it happen.
Q. I want to see how my team is doing.
On the website, when you are logged in, click on the “My Team Stats” tab on the left, click on the link at the top of the page to download stats. It will export your teams’ stats into an Excel spreadsheet. Voila!
The BCC offers you an opportunity to be a role model for others, you will have a chance to win fun prizes, and by reporting your trips it will give us a more accurate number of how many people are commuting by alternative modes.
Thank you for already choosing to use alternative modes!
Click on the green report my commute button on the right hand side. It will take you to your commute page. Select your primary method and total miles commuted ONE-WAY TO and FROM WORK each day.
YES! You can edit your trips up until Monday, May 20 at 5:00 p.m. Just click on the day you wish to change and edit. Simple!
YES! You can report different trip modes for one day.
If you are walking or biking to get to the bus, then count this as a bus trip. If you are walking or biking a substantial distance, then feel free to average your reports to indicate this. For Example: If you walk one mile to get to the bus and the bus continues another four miles to get you to work, and you do this all week, then report one day as biking and four days as busing. This will keep the stats pretty accurate. Otherwise, just report for your primary mode.
Pick the one you used for the longest portion of your trip.
No. We are only capturing your commute to and from work for this event.
No. Both you and the company you work for have to reside in the Eugene/Springfield area. The goal is to take a car off the road and you normally wouldn’t be driving that distance.
Yes! All trip reports need to be logged in by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 20.
Yes! Click on the Team Challenge Forum in the menu bar. If your team wants to challenge another team, all you have to do is declare your Challenge in the Forum with contact information. Hopefully other teams that are up for a challenge will see it and get in touch with you via your contact information. We love a good “smack down!” Each team is on their own.
Or, if you would like to challenge a company that is not participating in that BCC to join, click here for some Challenge verbiage you can use in an email or letter to that company.
We would love to hear if this works or if you have any suggestions to make it better for 2014.
They do if you have a passenger on board that normally would have driven their car that day. The main goal of the Business Commute Challenge is to introduce people to alternative and active modes other than driving alone. The Challenge is about taking a car off the road and reducing trips in our region. We appreciate the fact that you are reducing fuel consumption and green house gas emissions by your choice of transportation ….it’s all good!
Click on this link for Ways to Win!.
Click on this link for prize donations
Q. Do I have to use the mode of transportation listed on each day on the calendar of events?
No..you can use any mode you choose.
Email bcc-info@ltd.org or call Marcia at 541-682-6206.