Get Ready for the August Travel Challenge!

What is Choose Your Way Bellevue? 

Choose Your Way Bellevue is an outreach program and information resource provided by the City of Bellevue, Washington. It is part of the city's effort to improve mobility through transportation demand management (TDM). Choose Your Way Bellevue staff can answer your questions about transportation options, provide resources to make it easier to avoid driving alone and keep you up-to-date with transportation news affecting Bellevue — like construction alerts and transit service changes. We also offer some sweet rewards for those who use alternatives to driving alone, so don’t forget to log your trips! 

What is a Travel Challenge? 

Choose Your Way Bellevue hosts six or more travel challenges each year. The goal of these challenges is to get more people to try and replace at least one of their usual drive- alone trips with a sustainable mode of travel like transit, carpooling, biking, or walking. In August, the End of Summer Travel Challenge is taking place! 

Tell me more about the End of Summer Travel Challenge! 

Join the End of Summer Travel Challenge from August 1-31! Take advantage of the last weeks of beautiful summer weather by hiking, biking, kayaking, and more by using transit, biking, or walking to get there! 

Did you know there are over 17 bus routes in Bellevue, that the 2 Line has multiple stops every 8 minutes from South Bellevue to Downtown Redmond, and that King County Metro/King County Parks’ Trailhead Direct hiking shuttle runs May through September every year? You should because many of these routes take you close to some of the best hiking and biking trails in the area.  When the existing routes don’t get you exactly where you need to be, you can connect many of these transit stops to your final adventure destination with the free, on-demand BellHop micromobility service! If you are looking to access adventure by foot or bike, there are several off-road, separated bicycle/pedestrian-only paths you can use that provide a physically active nature adventure all on their own, and  connect you to hiking trails and kayaking/paddleboarding/canoeing opportunities across the region.   

Rewards: 

All you need to do is log your non-drive-alone trips in the month of August to earn rewards!  

Log at least 10 days of non-drive-alone trips within the month and you will be entered to win an Osprey Sportlite Hiking backpack (value $75) filled with Choose Your Way goodies! 

Want to make more of an impact? Log 14 days or more and you will be entered to win a $150 gift card to Best Kayak Rentals at Meydenbauer Park for kayak, paddleboard, or canoe rentals or classes!