Ballard is currently ranked number one in the Seattle Dept. of Transportation’s July/August Walk Bike Ride Challenge for the number of car trips saved and the number of car miles switched to walking, biking and riding.

If Ballard can maintain its lead on these stats it will win the competition.

Ballard leads the competition in the number of participants signed up and collectively, they have saved 6,108 miles of driving so far.

The WBR Challenge is part of the Seattle Department of Transportation’s Way to Go, Seattle! Program. It encourages people to walk, bike, ride transit and carpool more by offering incentives, tools and information and runs on a two month cycle. The current round is for July and August.

Once you sign up for the WBR Challenge, you become part of community making Seattle a better place to live. You receive weekly emails with tips on walking, biking and riding and can track your individual progress and the program’s collective impact online. The more trips you report, the higher the chance you have of winning.

To make things even more interesting, this summer the program is having a friendly competition to see which neighborhood can switch the most trips and miles to walking, biking and riding.

Visit the Walk Bike Ride Challenge website for more information.