Challenge Details
- What: A community-wide workplace challenge to get more people biking during National Bike Month
- When: May 1 – 31
- Why: Promote employee wellness, reduce your environmental impact, and win recognition and prizes!
Shift into Action
Sponsor the 2025 Bike Month Business Challenge!
How do I get my workplace involved?
- Sign up: It just take a few details (# of staff and a point of contact) and in a few clicks, your business has signed up through the pledge.
- Get ready to roll: Share challenge resources with your team (we’ll give you everything you need)!
How does my staff take part?
- Ride anytime: Bike commutes, errands, or any rides replacing a car with a bike count in this competition (recreational rides excluded).
- Everyone gets their own profile: Employees create an account on the free ConnectingVA app, which is used to log bike trips and other forms of clean commuting. Add your organization to your profile ConnectingVA to make sure your efforts count.
- Earn individual points: Logging bike trips (and other forms of clean commuting) on the ConnectingVA app earns individuals points that translate into discounts at a variety of businesses and chances to win gift cards and E-Bike giveaways.
- Earn team points: If your profile is linked to your organization, the bike trips you log will automatically earn points towards the business challenge for your organization!
- Who will win? We will update the leaderboard on this page at the end of every week to see where your organization is in the ranks!
2024 Bike Month Business Challenge Winners!
Top Bike Miles Traveled (per Employee)
The organization with the most bike miles traveled is the City of Charlottesville with 94.33 miles traveled per participating employee!
Top Number of Bike Trips (per Employee)
The organization with the most bike trips taken during May is the UVA Office of Sustainability with 49.5 bike trips per employee!
Download the ConnectingVA app:
(Note: The app is used year-round to log all forms of clean commutes, so feel free to log other forms like carpooling, telework, and transit to earn even more rewards!)
Year-round, you can use ConnectingVA to:
- Log all forms of clean trips (carpool, telework, transit, walking)
- Keep track of your riding or clean commuting stats
- Find others with similar commutes to carpool with
- Record your greener trips to earn points which you can redeem for coupons, discounts, and more. You’ll even get 1,000 points just for signing up.
Office Hours
Still have questions?
Rideshare staff will host two office hours via Zoom to answer any questions you or your staff may have about the challenge, pledge, or ConnectingVA app setup.