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CobbRides, a public-private partnership, was
begun in
1998 and is a free service provided by the Town
Center Area Community Improvement District
(CID),
designed to address traffic congestion and air quality
problems in the area.
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LFL Registration Closing |
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The CobbRides Login For Loot
Challenge'07 registration is coming to a close.
September 9th is the last day to pledge for the
Challenge.
All taking the pledge receive a t-shirt and small
tokens of appreciation.
Registered commuters can take the pledge when
logging daily commutes. Not registered? Sign up on
our website at: www.CobbRides.com.
Winners are selected randomly from those meeting the
pledge of logging a minimum of 5 round trip commutes
during the Challenge. Grand Prize winner
will receive free gas for a year. 2nd place winner
earns gas for 6 months. 3rd and 4th place
winners will receive a digital photograph frame.
All prizes will be awarded at a free luncheon at US
Play on October 3rd at noon.
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Win Honda Civic Hybrid |
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The Clean Air Campaign, Honda Carland, and
Star 94 are giving away a 2007 Honda Civic
Hybrid to one lucky winner. Look for the hybrid at
our US Play event on October 3rd!
You can register to win by pledging at any of our onsite
events or you can take the pledge online.
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SpotLight Winners |
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Congratulations to our individual SpotLight winners
for August.
Receiving a Certificate of Appreciation and $100 gift
card were:
Lindsey Boyes of Heidelberg
and Donna Adams of KSU.
Lindsey was awarded the Bike Champion SpotLight
Award for the 3rd quarter of 2007 for reporting more
than 80 bike trips over a 90-day period.
Donna was awarded the Vanpool Champion SpotLight
Award, also for the 3rd quarter of 2007. Donna has not
only logged a winning number of vanpool days over a
90-day period, but has also referred 13 new riders to
her vanpool over the last year.
Congratulations to you both and thank you for your
commitment to our programs, logging your commute,
and clean commuting.
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Vanpools Forming |
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Tired of gas prices, commute times and traffic? Try
vanpooling.
A vanpool seat partnered with CobbRides costs
$50 per month, including gas. Only 7 riders needed to
start and the driver rides for free.
We have vanpools in final formation stages from the
following locations:
Norcross/Doraville (Chastain Meadows destination)
Ellijay/Ball Ground/Canton/Holly Springs/Woodstock
(KSU destination)
Contact Jennine@CobbRides.com or visit our vanpool
page for details.
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Meet Alexis |
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CobbRides is proud to introduce our newest
team member, Alexis Torres. Alexis handles the
transportation services for staff, faculty and students
at KSUride.com. If you are part of the
Kennesaw State University campus, you can
reach Alexis at
atorres@kennesaw.edu or visit their website.
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KISS 104.1 Carpool Days |
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Win $400 in gift cards and Atlanta Falcons
football tickets from CobbRides, The Clean Air
Campaign and Kiss 104.1.
Join CobbRides, Kiss 104.1 and The Clean
Air Campaign for "Kiss 104.1 Carpool Days."
Find a friend or co-worker and carpool once a month
and you will be eligible to win $400 in gift cards and four
Atlanta Falcons tickets for your carpool.
To enter, sign up to carpool the second Tuesday of each
month - September 11, October 9, and November
13 - and tell us when you drive to and from work. If
your carpool is chosen, Kiss 104.1 will call you
during your morning or afternoon commute to award
you the prize. You must be carpooling to win.
Each month, one carpool will win four $100 gift cards
and Atlanta Falcons tickets (one gift card and
football ticket for each carpool member, up to four
members).
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Pace Awards |
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On Thursday, October 18th, the PACE Awards will
recognize metro Atlanta's outstanding workplaces for
commuters.
Pace award winners have shown commitment,
innovation and leadership in promoting carpooling,
teleworking, vanpooling and other commute
alternatives.
Please RSVP by October 9th if you are
interested in attending this year's awards program at the
Georgia Aquarium.
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