For those of you who have been wanting to make changes in the way you travel around the city, or to incorporate more exercise in your daily routine, Seattle Department of Transport has launched a new round of the Walk Bike Ride Challenge. This program encourages trips by foot, bike and transit with prizes as an incentive to stay motivated.

Participants of the challenge convert trips by car to foot, bike or bus and earn chances to win prizes such as gift certificates to REI and Zipcar. The end of the year grand prizes include an electric bike from e-Moto or a night at the Pan Pacific Hotel.

For the March/April round SDOT is putting in extra effort to encourage Ballardites and Drew from Ballard Brothers Seafood and Burgers has joined in by offering prizes.

Participants will receive friendly reminders each week to keep you motivated, plus handy insider tips to make walking, biking and riding easier. 

"You’ll enjoy the benefits of walking, riding your bike and letting the bus driver deal with traffic," the SDOT blog states.

"You’ll also be part of community of citizens making a difference.  Log in and you can track how many car miles you’ve saved and even see the collective impact of all the participants." 

The Walk, Bike, Ride Challenge is an ongoing program which runs in two month cycles. SDOT is now accepting registrations for the March and April round of the program.

Once registered, participants should convert at least two car trips per week in March and April and report all the trips to earn a chance to win a prize for each car trip converted to a walk, bike, ride option.

You can join any week in March or April and start converting car trips to walking, biking and transit.

Click here for more information and to register.