Cards Commuter Challenge 2025
| When |
Aug 25, 2025 12:00 AM
to
Sep 30, 2025 11:55 PM |
|---|---|
| Where | University-wide |
| Contact Name | Justin Mog |
| Contact Phone | 502-852-8575 |
| Add event to calendar |
 vCal iCal
|
UofL wants you to save money, burn calories, put an end to pollution, and win prizes…all by simply choosing to get to campus in a new way! Record your trips on Cardinal Directions throughout the Cards Commuter Challenge (August 25 - September 30) and each week you'll have the chance to win one of the $50 weekly prizes or the $250 Grand Prize! Any trip by means other than driving alone increases your chances of winning!
Step 1: Join the Challenge online!
- Register for free on the Cardinal Directions trip-finding and carpool-matching platform
- Be sure to join either the Students at UofL network or Employees at UofL network. You must be in one of those networks to win.
Step 2: Challenge yourself (and your friends!) to get to campus differently!
Try these life-affirming alternatives to the expense, road-rage, pollution, and parking hassles of driving alone:
- BUS: Ride any TARC route free for UofL community with the Token Transit app.
-
CARDpool: Organize your own carpool with friends, family, colleagues, or classmates; or find rides & offer rides online through Cardinal Directions
. - WALK, SKATE, or BIKE: Get your workout just by getting where you need to go under your own power! If you don't have your own bike, borrow one free from UofL Bikeshare. Be sure to also log your bike trips during Cycle September as an individual to be entered to win fabulous national prizes! And join Team UofL on Strava to log your rides and encourage/compete against your peers. Simply log your trips by bicycle for fun, fitness, or transportation from September 1-30, 2025. Get Healthy Now monthly premium incentive program participants can earn 200 points toward their 2026 $40 GHN monthly incentive for participating in the Bike Month Challenge! In order to be eligible, simply complete this short form.
- VANPOOL: Employees can get in on a vanpool, get your ride home guaranteed, or enter to win additional monthly prizes with Every Commute Counts.
- SKIP THE COMMUTE: Work or study from home for maximum convenience, savings, and safety!
Explore all of UofL's Sustainable Transportation Options
.
Step 3: Log your trips to win!
The only way to be in the running for prizes is to log your commute trips online with Cardinal Directions.
Connect with us, trash-talk, and post about your commute on social media @UofLSustainable.
And be sure to join us for our weekly themed events to get you engaged in the Challenge! Full schedule TBA, but events include:
- Monday, 8/25, 1pm, Microsoft Teams - HRTalks Wellness: Move Sustainably (watch video recording)
-
Thursday 8/28, 11am, Meetup at SAC Starbucks - Bus Trip to UofL Day at the Gray Street Farmers Market
- Wednesday 9/3, 3-5pm, outside Free Store at Honors House - CYCLE September Kick-off with free bike tune ups and 5pm ride to Iroquois Park
- Thursday 9/11, 4pm, Meetup outside the Ville Grill - WALK to Old Louisville Coffee Co-opwith the Student Sustainability Coalition (bring your UofL ID for a 10% student discount!)
- Wednesday 9/17, 5:45pm, Meetup outside the Ville Grill -CARPOOL to Waterfront Wednesday free concert at Waterfront Park featuring Joy Oladokun, Uwade, and Maggie Halfman.
- Friday, 9/19, all day, Parking lot across from the Ville Grill - Park(ing) Day - Bring your bike from 5-7pm, when the UofL Sustainability Council will be providing free bike tune-ups and stickers!
- Wednesday 9/24, 4:30-5:30pm, Humanities Quad -SKATE Night - bring wheels for your feet for a chill afternoon skating together and enjoying prizes.
- Monday 9/30 - Sunday 10/5 - National Week Without Driving- Ditch your car for the week or just for a day and share your story on socials, invite others to join, write an Op-Ed about your experience. Learn more.
