Redmond Commuters
Reduce Driving Trips and Benefit Community
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
January 23, 2017
CONTACT
Lisa Maher, Communications & Marketing Manager
lmaher@redmond.gov
425-556-2427
REDMOND, WA -
Commuters
who live or work in Redmond are having a positive impact on the community with
Go Redmond. 2016 was the first full year for the Go Redmond commute trip
reduction program and users took over 800k non-drive alone trips to work which
kept 8 million pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere.
Trips by
biking, walking, carpooling, vanpooling, teleworking or taking the bus
increased by 13% over the previous year. The most popular mode of travel is
riding the bus, with 40% of Go Redmond users logging bus trips. Sharing the ride with a carpool or vanpool
accounts for 35% of the commutes with Go Redmond and about 17% of people bike
and walk to work in the program. Telecommuting is quickly gaining in popularity
and made up 8% of the Go Redmond commute trips.
Many
residents, employees and businesses in Redmond took advantage of Go Redmond
subsidies, grants and support to find a new way to work this past year. Go
Redmond provides individuals a free 1-month ORCA card to try the bus, 1-year of
vanpool subsidies to encourage new vanpoolers, and personalized commute plans
where commuters receive assistance identifying possible carpool partners, bus
routes, bike routes, etc. All this adds up to reduced congestion in and around
Redmond.
In
addition, Go Redmond provides Redmond employers grants that help support
employee trip reduction programs. In the past year, 17 Redmond employers
participated in the grant program which included grants for things such as the
installation of bike racks and providing bus passes to employees.
Explore the Go Redmond program at www.GoRedmond.com.
For questions and more information contact Lisa Maher, Communications & Marketing Manager, at lmaher@redmond.gov or 425-556-2427. This press release is available on www.redmond.gov.
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