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Walk & Ride Registration Ends Tomorrow!
To participate in the Challenge, we have everyone form teams of no more than 5, give the participants pedometers, and have them compete to see which individual and which team can take the most steps between September 7 through September 27. Prizes are awarded throughout the three-week challenge, and the grand prizes are awarded at the end! Click here to register your team!
Click here for a printable PDF worksheet to help you gather your team members' information for registration.
Each week, everyone will have a chance to win.
- Log 25,000 steps in a week and you are automatically entered into a random drawing for "grab bag" prizes (examples: BTS gear; gift cards to local retailers and restaurants; and more!)
- Log 50,000 steps in a week and you are automatically entered into a random drawing for an Amazon Kindle!
- And finally, be sure to keep a look out for weekly surprise challenges, awards or giveaways! More details coming soon.
Other Walk & Ride News
For those already registered, there are a couple of things you should know:
Packets containing your Walk & Ride t-shirt, pedometer, give-aways, and information about the Challenge will available for pick up September 3 and 4 from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm in Veteran’s Park (at the corner of Woodmont and Norfolk Aves.) We will have free pizza, compliments of Pizza Pass! Only one member of your team (or company) is needed to pick up your packets, but all are welcome!
In addition, when you were registered, the Walk & Ride system sent you an automated email with important information, including a link for you to click on to verify your email address. If you have not verified your email address, you will not be able to sign in to the system to log your steps. Please verify your email address if you have not already done so. Some emails have been disappearing into spam filters before you see them. If you need your email resent, please contact Jennifer Zucker at jzucker@bethesda.org.
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Route J4 College Park-Bethesda received a new schedule to accomodate a construction related detour on the University of Maryland College Park campus.
New Route 30N will replace crosstown Route 36. Buses will run once every hour seven days a week between Naylor Road and Friendship Heights.
New Route 30S will replace crosstown Route 32. Buses will run once every hour seven days a week between Southern Avenue and Friendship Heights. New Route 33 Wisconsin Avenue replaced Route 32 and will run between Friendship Heights and Archives. Routes 32 and 36 no longer serve Wisconsin Avenue.
Route 31 Wisconsin Avenue has a new schedule as a result of the 30-Line route changes along Wisconsin Avenue.
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| Save the Date!
Another Confident City Cycling Course is planned for Sunday, September 21 from 10 am until 1 pm at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad (5020 Battery Lane, Bethesda). Click here for more information and to register!
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| Car Free Day
On Monday, September 22, BTS staff will be at the Bethesda Metro Station from 6:30 until 9:00 am thanking those who have pledged to go Car Free on Car Free Day, giving away commuter information and freebies, and entering commuters into a County-wide drawing for great prizes! Everyone who pledges to go Car Free on September 22 is also entered into a regional drawing for an iPad and other great prizes!
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| Labor Day Transit Service
Metrorail will be opening at 7 a.m. on Monday, September 1 (Labor Day) and closing at midnight. Trains will be running on a Sunday schedule. Off-peak fares will be in effect all day, and parking will be free at all Metrorail parking facilities.
Buses will be replacing trains between the Friendship Heights and Grosvenor Stations on the Red Line, as the Bethesda and Medical Center Stations will be closed from 12:01 a.m. Saturday through midnight on Monday. Click here for a complete list of weeked service changes from WMATA. Ride On buses will also be following a Sunday schedule. Click here for more information.
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