The Campus Commuter Challenge:The Campus Commuter Challenge:

Promoting sustainable transportation at Promoting sustainable transportation at post-secondary institutions in Manitobapost-secondary institutions in Manitoba

What is the Campus What is the Campus Commuter Challenge?Commuter Challenge?

A sustainable transportation event A sustainable transportation event organized by Resource Conservation organized by Resource Conservation ManitobaManitoba

Involves 8 university and college campuses Involves 8 university and college campuses within Manitobawithin Manitoba

Held annually during the last week of Held annually during the last week of SeptemberSeptember

What is the Campus What is the Campus Commuter Challenge?Commuter Challenge?

Campuses compete for two challenges: highest Campuses compete for two challenges: highest overall number of students registered and highest per overall number of students registered and highest per capita registeredcapita registered

Students participate Students participate through using a form of through using a form of sustainable transportation sustainable transportation for their commute and for their commute and register their participation register their participation onlineonline

What is the Campus What is the Campus Commuter Challenge?Commuter Challenge?

All participants are entered to win individual prizes including free All participants are entered to win individual prizes including free transit for the school year and gift certificates to local bike shopstransit for the school year and gift certificates to local bike shops

How does it work?How does it work? Volunteer campus coordinators act as steering committee Volunteer campus coordinators act as steering committee

for overall event and organizers for their respective for overall event and organizers for their respective campusescampuses

Paid coordinator provides support to campus coordinators Paid coordinator provides support to campus coordinators (obtaining prize donations, providing promotional materials, (obtaining prize donations, providing promotional materials, website support, etc)website support, etc)

Operates on a small budget receiving significant levels of Operates on a small budget receiving significant levels of volunteer support, prize donations and media coveragevolunteer support, prize donations and media coverage

Benefits of the ProgramBenefits of the Program

Provides forum for other Provides forum for other transportation-related transportation-related workshops and events workshops and events (speakers, films, bike-repair (speakers, films, bike-repair workshops, etc)workshops, etc)

Engages students in Engages students in advocacy and organizingadvocacy and organizing

Benefits of the ProgramBenefits of the Program

Rewards individual students Rewards individual students for using sustainable for using sustainable transportationtransportation

Raises the profile of Raises the profile of sustainable transportation sustainable transportation issues and TDM at post-issues and TDM at post-secondary institutionssecondary institutions

The Campus Commuter Challenge:The Campus Commuter Challenge:

A project of Resource Conservation ManitobaA project of Resource Conservation Manitoba