With another months of results on the books for the city’s Walk, Bike, Ride Challenge, Queen Anne has managed to maintain its second place ranking as one of the city’s leading ‘hoods to cut down on driving miles and transfer vehicle trips to walk, bike or public transit trips. But the competition is also heating up – third place neighborhood PhinneyWood is trailing Queen Anne by only 20 miles.

“That’s could easily be 1 participant’s contribution for just 1 or 2 trips,” says Walk, Bike, Ride representative David Allen.

Queen Anne, which has been behind only Ballard in terms of miles saved and trips transferred all summer, has made quite an impact on the competition results so far – neighborhood participants have saved some 6,804 miles so far by walking, bicycling or riding public transit, promoting health and wellness, reducing greenhouse gases, and saving money on gas and car repairs.

Those miles add up to Queen Anne-ers saving some 538 trips by choosing to walk, bike or ride instead of drive.

There’s just a few weeks left of the Walk, Bike, Ride Challenge, and all participants who switch at least two car trips per week to walking, biking, or riding public transit will be entered to win one of the following:

• Electric bike from e-Moto
• Apple iPad
• Pan Pacific Hotel stay
• Zipcar $250 gift card
• REI $100 gift card
• Nordstrom’s $100 gift card (supplied by Commute Seattle)
• $100 gift card good at seven farmers’ markets

Citywide over 1,200 people have participated in the program so far, saving more than 150,000 miles of driving and over 75 tons of climate pollution.

If you’d like to participate in the challenge and help Queen Anne win, there’s still time to join. Simply register at SDOT’s Walk, Bike, Ride site, and report all of your saved trips. SDOT will announce the winning neighborhoods in September.

One month into the city’s Walk, Bike, Ride Challenge, a competition pitting neighborhood against neighborhood to see which can get the most residents out of their cars and onto sidewalks and trails, Queen Anne commuters are in second place for both the number of trips switching to walking, biking or riding, and in miles of driving saved.

Queen Anne-ers have racked up some 4,918 miles of driving saved so far, and are second behind Ballard in both categories. However the PhinneyWood neighborhood, currently in third place, is fast approaching Queen Anne’s numbers. Citywide program participants saved over 100,000 miles of driving in July alone.

There are still five weeks left in the competition (the program ends on August 31), so Queen Anne still has a chance to swoop in for the win and show our sister neighborhoods that just because we live atop a steep ol’ hill doesn’t mean we can’t get out and put our feet, and pedals, to the pavement. From the folks behind the Walk, Bike, Ride program:

Here’s more info on the Jul/Aug program, the neighborhood competition and the current rankings.  If you sign up you’ll receive weekly emails with encouragement and tips, and for every trip you switch you earn a change to win some great prizes, like an electric bike, iPad, night stay at the Pan Pacific Hotel and more.

The Seattle Walking Map and the Seattle Bike Map can help you take advantage of everyday opportunities to get exercise as you get around. Here’s a blow up of Queen Anne on the Seattle Walking Map with destinations in the neighborhood, travel times by foot, hills and more.

Just in time to enjoy the nice(r) weather, the city of Seattle—or at least its Department of Transportation—is asking its residents to cut two car trips a week in July by taking the Walk Bike Ride Challenge, which runs from July 4 to July 31.

Maybe for someone like me, who drives my car nearly everywhere, this might be a good incentive to follow the example of our bike riding mayor and take out my two wheels, or use public transportation more, or walk, whether it’s for work or play.

Seattleites can register any time to start cutting car trips as early as Independence Day. Each time someone reports a week they are entered into a drawing to win one of two $250 REI gift certificates, a one night stay at the Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle, or a $175 Zipcar package.

Businesses can go to the same Web site and pledge to support their employees in taking the challenge.

Walk Bike Ride is a multi-year initiative. As part of the initiative, the city will update the Transit Master Plan, implement projects like the Dexter Avenue N buffered bicycle lanes project, keep freight moving, engage the public, focus on future funding, protect and expand transit, integrate Walk Bike Ride principles into neighborhood planning, and promote sustainable transit-oriented communities with thriving business districts.