Bike Month

• Sign up: Log in to your ConnectingVA account or create one and sign up for the challenge there. Be sure to add your organization to your profile so it counts for your business on the leaderboard!
• Get ready to roll: Encourage your coworkers to join your team! We are happy to share materials to help you promote challenge participation within your organization – just reach out to rideshare@tjpdc.org.
• Track your bike trips: Every time you choose a bike over a car in the month of May, be sure to log it on the app! Each trip gives you another chance to win.

• What: A community-wide workplace challenge to get more people biking during National Bike Month. Individuals and business teams compete for the most bike miles and bike trips traveled per employee.
• When: May 1 – 31
• Why: Foster a healthier and happier workforce, reduce your environmental impact, and win local recognition and prizes!

May is National Bike Month, promoted by the League of American Bicyclists and celebrated in communities from coast to coast. Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling — and encourage more folks to give biking a try.

ConnectingVA is a website and app created by the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) to provide a central resource for Virginians to learn about, access, and make use of transit options that meet their needs. DRPT partners with and provides funding to commuter assistance programs, operated by transit agencies, local governments, planning agencies, and transportation management associations throughout the Commonwealth.

RideShare is a commuter assistance program with the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) and utilizes their Virginia-wide ConnectingVA program to provide free ridematching to find carpools, vanpools, and all forms of public transportation, trip planning, and information on park-and-ride lots, bike share services, electric vehicle charging stations, and rewards.

Learn more about how to commute by bike, bike safely, and use the app to earn rewards at connectingva.drpt.virginia.gov/bike/

• 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. The app is managed by the VA Department of Rail and Public Transportation to promote and encourage clean commuting. Add your organization to your ConnectingVA profile 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. Every logged bike ride in the ConnectingVA app this May enters you for a chance to win a $500 gift card!
• 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? The leaderboard is updated daily on ConnectingVA to see where you and your organization is in the ranks!

Bike C’ville is a grassroots effort to make biking safer and more accessible for Charlottesville area residents, students and visitors of all ages and abilities. Local organizations, businesses, advisory groups and municipalities support and help guide the work to celebrate biking in May and all year long.

Check out their calendar of local events happening this May on the home page.