How It Works

Join a huge community of people from California and around the country in setting and reaching a personal low mileage goal for a seven-day period (or more) in the month of June - plus win great prizes and share your stories of taking public transportation, walking, and bicycling.

Whether driving less (or not at all) is stretch for you or already a way of life, we want you to take the Challenge!  Together we will send a powerful message to our leaders that a critical mass of people want to drive less and live more.

As a Car-Free Challenger, you'll also set a fundraising goal. The money you raise will support TransForm in fighting for better public transportation, walking, and biking options in the Bay Area, California, and nationwide. With transit fare hikes and service cuts happening across the country, we need to act!

Here's step-by-step how the Car-Free Challenge works:

1. You sign up to take the Challenge! To participate, we ask that you commit to either: 1) getting 10 people to support you at $5 each, or 2) donating $65 to TransForm. Here are 5 ways you will improve walking, biking, and transit by supporting TransForm's work.

2. You pick a mileage goal that's right for you.  No matter what your goal is, big or small, if you drive a lot or not at all, it all adds up collectively. Already planned a road trip in June?  Because the Challenge is meant to focus more on the driving we do in our daily lives, if you're taking the Challenge for the whole month we're okay with you taking up to two days in June as a zero-mile entries. Or, you can have your start and end dates for your Challenge avoid dates where you'll be travelling more than you would typically.

3. You set a fundraising goal and then ask friends and family to support you in reaching your goals (both dollars and miles).  We've got tips and templates to make it easy! Don't want to fundraise? Simply donate $65 to TransForm and start your Challenge.

4. You chronicle your adventures via your Challenge page. Check out how others are sharing the highs and lows in reaching their goals with stories, pictures, and videos. 

5. You compete for great prizes.  Prize categories include: "most entertaining posting", "most extreme story of avoiding driving a car", "most inspirational posting", "most supporters", and more.

6. You track your mileage and then share your results with us at the end of June so we can add up how many miles Challengers cut out of their lives. 

7. You celebrate with other Challengers at one of several post-Challenge parties hosted by Sports Basement around the Bay Area.

8. We send an important message to our leaders that a critical mass of people want to drive less and live more - which is why we need better options for walking, biking, and taking transit.