UofL community experiences "Road Joy" with Cards Commuter Challenge & Cycle September!

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UofL students, faculty, and staff are experiencing plenty of "Road Joy" during the Cards Commuter Challenge 2025, as they discover the savings, community-building, healthy living, and environmental benefits of getting around by means other than driving alone! They are ditching the hassle and expense of parking, driving, and fueling up and discovering the health and social benefits of sustainable transportation. It's not too late to get in on the life-affirming fun!

In the first three weeks, participants logged 460 trips on foot, bike, bus, carpool, or telecommuting, mitigating 1.47 tons of carbon pollution, saving $126, and burning 92,096 calories over 4334 miles. Congrats to our $50 weekly winners so far:

Art Professor, Rachel Singel, who pedaled 96 miles on 14 bike commutes during the first week;
Clayton Steffan, a student who walked to/from campus six times times during Week 2; and
Jessi Stivers, a Physical Plant Administrative Assistant, rode TARC free to/from work six days during the 3rd week.

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 Te am Uo fL 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.

And be sure to join us for our upcoming weekly themed events to get you engaged in the Challenge:

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.

Half way through the month, Team UofL is having a blast and already making an impact in Cycle September 2025, locally co-sponsored by UofL’s Sustainability Council and Get Healthy Now. Together, from September 1-16, we have already pedaled a total of 3,745 miles on 362 rides, with 702 miles of bike commuting preventing 451 pounds of carbon pollution!

Congratulations to everyone who has participated and remember that it is never too late to join! Simply register for Cycle September as an individual to be entered to win fabulous national prizes like:

$50, $250, $500 Encourager Prizes for encouraging others to ride
Organic, ethically-sourced Love to Ride t-shirts
$3000 Grand Prize Holiday of Your Choice!

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 through September 30, 2025.

Get Healthy Now monthly premium incentive program participants can earn 200 points toward their 2026 $40 GHN monthly incentive for participating in Cycle September! In order to be eligible, simply complete this short form.

Check out our online resources for UofL Bicyclists- with handy maps, videos, and tips for getting around town care-free and car-free

And stop by for a free tune-up this week:

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!

As of September 16th, the standings within Team UofL in Cycle September 2025 are as follows:

Top Riders (Most Miles)

	Name	Miles	Trips
1^st	Kamila Bujko	436	15
2^nd	Juan David Tabares	374	12
3^rd	Michael Taylor	256	8
4^th	Clinton Coulter	223	36
5^th	Justin Mog	208	16
6^th	Jason White	203	15
7^th	Ali Matthews	190	5
8^th	Kevin Wood	169	6
9^th	Jason Naylor	153	26
10^th	Taylor Smith	147	6
11^th	Melissa Miller	130	16
12^th	Eliana Lopez	126	18
13^th	Brian Ceresa	114	6
14^th	DJ Biddle	111	7
15^th	Robert Krausen	103	6
16^th	Terry Schwartz	97	4
17^th	Benne Holwerda	87	15
18^th	Claire Cusack	70	14
19^th	Tom Fougerousse	67	5
20^th	Rachel Singel	67	15
21^st	Whitney Theis	65	17
22^nd	Rachel Singel	64	24
23^rd	Vy Pham	52	43
24^th	Elana Nance	38	3
25^th	Nathan Dalton	27	1
26^th	Katlyn McGraw	27	2
27^th	Carlo Conte	21	2
28^th	Colin Baker	21	1
29^th	Connor Morozumi	20	1
30^th	John Vonhandorf	19	4

Top Riders (Most trips)

	Name	Miles	Trips
1^st	Vy Pham	52	43
2^nd	Clinton Coulter	223	36
3^rd	Jason Naylor	153	26
4^th	Rachel Singel	64	24
5^th	Eliana Lopez	126	18
6^th	Whitney Theis	65	17
7^th	Justin Mog	208	16
8^th	Melissa Miller	130	16
9^th	Kamila Bujko	436	15
10^th	Jason White	203	15
11^th	Benne Holwerda	87	15
12^th	Rachel Singel	67	15
13^th	Claire Cusack	70	14
14^th	Juan David Tabares	374	12
15^th	Michael Taylor	256	8
16^th	DJ Biddle	111	7
17^th	Kevin Wood	169	6
18^th	Taylor Smith	147	6
19^th	Brian Ceresa	114	6
20^th	Robert Krausen	103	6
21^st	Ali Matthews	190	5
22^nd	Tom Fougerousse	67	5
23^rd	Terry Schwartz	97	4
24^th	John Vonhandorf	19	4
25^th	Emily Edwards	7.6	4
26^th	Elana Nance	38	3
27^th	Shirley Wu	13	3
28^th	Katlyn McGraw	27	2
29^th	Carlo Conte	21	2
30^th	Dan Delaney	9.2	2

Top Commuters (Most days riding to work)

	Name	Miles	Days
1^st	Justin Mog	208	16
2^nd	Clinton Coulter	186	13
3^rd	Rachel Singel	67	13
4^th	Benne Holwerda	53	7
5^th	Whitney Theis	48	7
6^th	Jason Naylor	27	7
7^th	Tom Fougerousse	53	4
8^th	Vy Pham	3.9	4
9^th	Shirley Wu	8.9	2
10^th	Claire Cusack	5.7	2
11^th	Eliana Lopez	4.8	2
12^th	John Vonhandorf	8.2	1
13^th	Elana Nance	6.6	1
14^th	Rachel Singel	5.4	1
15^th	Kristen Brown	5.2	1
16^th	DJ Biddle	4.6	1
17^th	Robert Krausen	3.4	1
18^th	Jason White	1.8	1
19^th	Emily Edwards	1.1	1

Most trips from A to B

	Name	Miles	Trips
1^st	Vy Pham	41	40
2^nd	Clinton Coulter	186	34
3^rd	Rachel Singel	64	24
4^th	Justin Mog	208	16
5^th	Rachel Singel	67	15
6^th	Whitney Theis	48	14
7^th	Jason Naylor	27	13
8^th	Benne Holwerda	54	10
9^th	Eliana Lopez	14	10
10^th	Claire Cusack	24	9
11^th	Jason White	12	6
12^th	Tom Fougerousse	53	4
13^th	Emily Edwards	7.6	4
14^th	John Vonhandorf	11	2
15^th	Shirley Wu	8.9	2
16^th	Elana Nance	7.5	2
17^th	Melissa Miller	2.8	2
18^th	Kristen Brown	5.2	1
19^th	DJ Biddle	4.6	1
20^th	Robert Krausen	3.4	1
21^st	Rachel Butler	2.9	1

UofL Sustainability

UofL community experiences "Road Joy" with Cards Commuter Challenge & Cycle September!

Top Riders (Most Miles)

Top Riders (Most trips)

Top Commuters (Most days riding to work)

Most trips from A to B