Third Annual Commuter Challenge June 2-8

During last year's Commuter Challenge, over 2000 individuals, including 157 from McMaster University, left the car at home and kept over 35 tons of pollution from Hamilton's air.

McMaster University is again joining other Hamilton residents in improving local air quality in the Commuter Challenge.

Interested in participating? Register online at the Commuter Challenge website , or pick up a Commuter Challenge information kit in your department office.

Host organization Green Venture is encouraging people to carpool, board the bus, walk, jog, rollerblade, and bike — to use any and all alternatives to the standard drive alone car trip most of us take every morning.

The Commuter Challenge is aimed at everyone who commutes, including those who regularly travel to and from work by bicycle or foot. It's not just for those who drive to and from work everyday.

While participants are encouraged to use environmentally friendlier transportation for the duration of the week, the focus for McMaster will be on getting as many people as possible to participate on Wednesday, June 5, Totally Transit Day.

This is National Commuter Challenge Competition day, where individuals taking public transit will be rewarded with newspapers, giveaways, and coupons.

As if saving money, reducing stress, and joining the fun aren't reward enough, all participants will be entered in a draw to win two first class return rail travel tickets to anywhere in the Windsor-Quebec City corridor, courtesy of VIA Rail Canada.

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