Commuter Challenge 2009 Results

**I have learned that the City of Vernon had 41 participants or a 13.7% participation rate. There was an error when the team leader entered the data into the website.

Commuter Challenge is a national program that encourages Canadians to walk, cycle, ride-share/carpool, tele-work or take transit instead of driving alone to work. Individual Canadians can participate in addition to workplaces. We encourage you to give your car some time off throughout the year to make a difference! The program is based on a friendly competition between workplaces and communities across Canada to see which has the highest percentage participation rates during the week. By recording participation online, Canadians are able to see how their healthier commutes affect greenhouse gases reductions by tracking kilometers traveled. City Travel Comparison Overview
City	Participation (%)	KM Saved	GHG Saved (kg)	Calories Burned	Fuel Savings ($)	Population	Participants
Kelowna and Central Okanagan	0.3467	30797.4	5728.35	387960	2128.92	165000	572
Vernon	0.2337	2763.7	523.74	45656	206.24	35944	84
Salmon Arm	0.0625	278.0	37.15	0	14.86	16012	10
Kamloops	0.0124	401.0	103.41	10128	42.10	80376	10
Penticton	0.0031	30.0	8.02	0	3.21	31909	1

2009 Commuter Challenge

May 31 – June 6, 2009

Vernon Companies
Organization	GHG Saved (kg)	Fuel Savings ($)	Calories Burned	KM Saved	Participants	Employees	Participation (%)
Summit Environmental Consultants Ltd.	214.64	85.86	15543	1226.0	31	31	100.0
MQN Architects	55.06	22.02	3652	332.0	13	25	52.0
ICBC - Vernon	68.96	27.58	6512	328.0	12	24	50.0
Vernon Health Unit	74.70	29.88	10148	296.2	11	180	6.1
Regional District of North Okanagan	52.06	21.26	5005	352.7	7	65	10.8
Progressive Solutions Inc	17.33	6.93	1685	70.0	4	50	8.0
BC Transmission Corporation - Vernon	16.61	2.95	959	63.6	3	25	12.0
Blockbuster Video	11.43	4.57	1544	46.8	1	10	10.0
City of Vernon **	4.92	1.97	607	18.4	1	300	0.3
Telus - Vernon	8.02	3.21	0	30.0	1	0	0.0