Cards Commuter Challengers log over 10,000 car-free miles

From August 29 - September 30, 2022. students, faculty and staff across the University of Louisville participated in the Cards Commuter Challenge, an annual competition sponsored by the university-wide Sustainability Council to encourage people 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!

Participants recorded their trips on Cardinal Directions throughout the Challenge, and each week they had the chance to win one of the $50 weekly prizes or the $250 Grand Prize! One student and one faculty/staff member won each week! Any trip by means other than driving alone increased your chances of winning.

Weekly $50 Winners included:

Business Professor, Anne Marie Zwerg-Villegas, who logged 19 trips on foot, bus & telework in week 1
Biology Grad Student, Sophia Anner, who logged 2 bike commutes in week 1
Student, Debra Rayford, who racked up huge mileage on four intercity bus trips in week 2
Dental Systems Analyst, Clinton Coulter, who logged an 8-mile bike commute in week 2
Freshman, Anna Dittman, who logged 17 trips by carpool & walking in week 3
HSC staffer, Shirley Wu, who logged 8 trips by carpool & bicycle in week 3
Student, Umaina Umair, who logged 16 trips by carpool & walking in week 4
ULPD staffer, Jessi Stivers, who logged 12 trips on transit in week 4

FINAL RESULTS:
We were thrilled with our collective accomplishments: Over the five weeks, participants logged 1,054 trips on foot, bike, bus, telework, or car/vanpool, covering 10,009 miles, preventing 5,694 pounds of carbon pollution, saving $4,125, and burning 70,348 calories!

Congratulations go out to Umaina Umair, a student who logged the most trips (92 trips by carpool and walking, totaling 1,934mi!) and to our Grand Prize $250 raffle winner: junior Accounting major, Alexis Deshields, a University Housing student assistant and Fall 2021 Business Dean’s Scholar, who was randomly selected from all the participants after logging six 13-mile trips by bus.

Here are the final standings (View Leaderboard): Final Results - Cards Commuter Challenge 2022

Rank	Name	Trips
1	Umaina Umair	92
2	Anne Marie Zwerg-Villegas	86
3	Anna Dittman	86
4	Justin Mog	66
5	Jessi Stivers	58
6	Joanna Mroczkowska	52
7	Mahendar Kadari	49
8	Steffany Gayton	46
9	Cathy Carter	46
10	Jennifer Lucas	40
11	Natalie Smith	34
12	Chad White	34
13	Rachel Singel	30
14	Jacqueline Gallagher	30
15	Clinton Coulter	28
16	Sonja Faul	28
17	Jacek Jasinski	24
18	Melinda Addie	22
19	Chris Cheatwood	20
20	Shirley Wu	20
21	Debra Rayford	18
22	Avery Kolers	17
23	Pamela Renner	14
24	Dan Delaney	14
25	Hannah Brown	14
26	Sarah McClure	14
27	Sophia Anner	12
28	Aaron Vowels	10
29	Cynthia Corbitt	6
30	Alexis Deshields	6
31	Connor Morozumi	6
32	Bhavya Sree Medapati	4
33	Melissa Barnes	4
34	Rachel Mudd	4
35	Jennifer Middleton	2
36	Nathaniel Dalton	2
37	Jessie Voigt	2
38	Kathy Moore	2
39	David Parr	2
40	Isabella Bastien	2

Though this year's Challenge is over, we encourage you to keep up the momentum throughout the year!

Register for free on the Cardinal Directions trip-finding and carpool-matching platform
Try these life-affirming alternatives to the expense, road-rage, pollution, and parking hassles of driving alone:

BUS: Ride any TARC route free with UofL ID (just swipe your card as you board - any time, anywhere).
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 or join LouVelo citywide bikeshare for just $15/mo with your @louisville.edu address (membership gets you unlimited trips of up to one hour without any additional charges).
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!