Ditch Your Wheels This Week and Enter to Win Hundreds of Dollars during Car-Free Week

What is Massachusetts Car-Free Week?
Massachusetts joins over 1,000 cities in 40 countries globally to celebrate World Car-Free Day on September 22. World Car-Free Day began in Europe and has spread around the world as a way to promote the environmental, financial, community, and health benefits of using public transportation, carpooling, bicycling, walking, and teleworking.

This year, MassCommute TMAs and MassDOT are celebrating all week (September 18 – 24, 2011) by sponsoring activities, online promotions and onsite events.

Get Involved!
Employees/Employee Representatives: TMA member companies are pre-registered - if you don’t see your company, let us know and we’ll make sure to add your worksite immediately ([email protected]).

Travel car-free as many days as you can from September 18 - 24, 2011 and track your trips! Participants will be eligible to win daily prizes, two first places prizes, and our grand prize - a $250 Amazon gift card. This promotion is FREE and it’s easy to participate!.

Get Started!
There are lots of ways you can participate in Massachusetts Car-Free Week:
Bicycle or walk to work or to run errands, try teleworking for the day, find a carpool partner and share your trip, vanpool, or take public transportation. Your local TMA has many resources to help you plan your Car-Free trip. Not sure which TMA your company works with, click here to contact the TMA that serves your area.

Track your Trips!
Don’t forget to track your Car-Free trips! Individuals can track their Car-Free trip anytime during the week of September 18 - 24. All participants will be entered to win one of our great prizes.

Learn More!
Follow your local TMA on Twitter or search Twitter (use: #MACarFree), to follow Car-Free week activities and get the latest update on prize winners - or email us at[email protected].

Find out more about our event sponsors: MassDOT , MassCommute, and MassRIDES.

Quick Links
Car-Free Trip Tracker
Testimonial Page
Prize Page
TMA Directory
Twitter.com (search: #MACarFree)

*Daily winners, first place, and grand prize winners will be announced on Twitter.

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