Triangle Region, N.C. - As part of the SmartCommute Challenge, Triangle residents will, for the third straight year, join millions of others around the world this Friday in celebrating International Car Free Day, leaving their cars at home, using other means of transportation.
In recognition of this event, and as part of the SmartCommute Challenge, all Triangle-area public transit will be free for all riders on September 22nd– this includes TTA, DATA, CAT, and C-Tran. (Chapel Hill Transit provides daily fare free service).
To date, more than 10,000 Triangle residents have participated in the SmartCommute Challenge and pledged to try an alternative form of transportation. Employees and college students in Wake, Durham and Orange counties can take the SmartCommute Challenge on-line at: www.smartcommutechallenge.org .
Raleigh/Wake County
Friday, September 22
City of Raleigh - 5:30 AM - 12:30 AM
CAT buses are free all day to riders.
Town of Cary - 5:30 AM - 12:30 AM
C-Tran buses are free all day to riders
Smart Commute Pledge Opportunities
11 AM - 2 PM: Port City Java on Fayetteville Street Mall
3 PM - 6 PM: Moore Square Statoin
There will be giveways and discounts available at both pledge locations.
Carrboro/Chapel Hill
Friday, September 22
The Village of Carrboro - Orange County Car Free Day Celebration - all day
Weaver Street Market - In celebration of Car Free Day, the Village Project encourages Triangle citizens to pledge to through their daily routine using car-free or car-lite for an entire day. A community celebration will be held from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM to promote alternative transportation and reward Car Free participants with prize drawings and free food/beverage.
Sunday, September 24
Walk To Shop Event - Carrboro Music Festival
Free bike clinic @ Carrboro Music Festival/Clean Machine Parking Lot 2-4 PM
Durham/Durham County
Thursday, September 21
Duke – Bryan Center Plaza, West Campus – 11 AM– 2 PM
Free bike repairs – first come, first serve
Friday, September 22
City of Durham - 5:30 AM – 12:30 AM
DATA buses are free all day to all riders.
SmartCommute Pledge Opportunity – 3 PM– 6 PM
DATA Terminal, Downtown Durham - SmartCommute Challenge representatives will be handing out free bottled water to DATA riders.
Duke – Bryan Center Plaza, West Campus – 11 AM– 2 PM
Free bike repairs – first come, first serve
About the SmartCommute Challenge Organizers:
The organizers of the 2006 SmartCommute Challenge are SmartCommute@rtp, Triangle Transit Authority (TTA), and Triangle Air Awareness.
About the SmartCommute Challenge: The SmartCommute Challenge is a non-profit public service campaign that uses prizes and special promotions to encourage Triangle commuters to explore transportation alternatives. In exchange for taking the online pledge, participants are entered into a drawing for a chance to win a free vacation or one of over 30 other prizes. Participants are also provided with a list of links to resources such as mass-transit schedules, a rideshare matching database, bicycle and pedestrian groups and more.
About SmartCommute@rtp: SmartCommute@rtp is the transportation management association (TMA) of the Research Triangle Park. Its purpose is to coordinate the transportation demand management (TDM) efforts of RTP employers and address common transportation concerns, reduce traffic congestion, and improve air quality. SmartCommute currently has 24 member employers. SmartCommute is staffed by the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina, owner and developer of the Research Triangle Park.
About TTA - Triangle Transit Authority: TTA is a regional public transportation provider, offering a wide variety of transit and vanpool services to North Carolina's greater Triangle Region and outlying counties. Bus service is available to Apex, Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, Garner, RDU International Airport, Research Triangle Park (RTP) and Raleigh. The Triangle Transit Authority also provides commuter resources and hosts GoTriangle.org, the on-line resource for the public transportation information in the Triangle.
About Triangle Air Awareness: The Triangle Air Awareness Coalition provides leadership that educates and mobilizes individuals both inside and outside of their organizations to be aware of the air quality forecast, to improve air quality by the choice of their actions, and to protect their health on bad air quality days. Triangle Air Awareness is funded by Triangle Tomorrow and a grant from the NC Division of Air Quality.
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