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Walk BIke Win

This program ran in 2022 and was not funded again in 2023.

Walk Bike Win: A Downtown Commuter Challenge starts on May 7th and goes until September 29th. Any Sitkan walking or biking downtown can log trips to earn gift cards to local businesses and enter to win a major cash prize. If you’re a new walking or biking commuter, you get extra points! Another bonus for walkers and bikers on big cruise ship days.

This free program is supported by Sitka Trail Works, SEARHC, Sitka Conservation Society, the Sitka Cycling Club, and the City and Borough of Sitka.

FAQS

How easy is it to win prizes?

If you walk or bike on a day that Lincoln Street is closed, you automatically qualify for a free gift card. Or if you’re new to active commuting, you just have to walk or bike to work once and you get a free gift card to a coffee shop!

Who is sponsoring this new program?

The City and Borough of Sitka, Sitka Trial Works, SEARHC and the Sitka Cycling Club are the main partners.  Visit Sitka, the Sitka Chamber of Commerce, and the Sitka Conservation Society are providing promotional support.

What is the purpose of Walk, Bike, Win?

To make our busy summer season smoother for everyone by reducing traffic congestion while supporting the health of local residents who can walk, bike, and win by being active commuters.

What is an active commuter?

Active travel modes include walking or cycling as an alternative to motorized transport for the purpose of making everyday journeys.  The walk bike win program is designed for active commuters who are traveling to downtown Sitka, on foot or on bike, for basic transportation.  Examples included going to work downtown, shopping, going out to eat, attending an event.  Active commuters simultaneously meet needs for transportation, physical activity and fun all in one.

What counts as downtown?

Anything in this blue zone counts as downtown:

How can I get points that can add up to prizes?

Arriving at a destination in the downtown “blue zone” and then recording it on the Walk Bike Win Smart Sheet which is found at https://sitkatrailworks.org

What is the point system?

  • +1 point for any human powered commute downtown.
  • +1 point for a daytime trip between 7am – 6pm.
  • +1 point on a day that Lincoln Street is closed.
  • 1 extra bonus point for new commuters (people that have done 12 or less human powered commutes downtown in the last year)

So, if I’m a new person and I walk or bike downtown on a day when Lincoln street is closed, I can get 4 points with that one active commute?

Yes!

What counts as a new commuter?

Local people that have done 12 or less human powered/active commutes to a downtown destination in the past year.   Usually, it’s Sitkan’s who use their person vehicle and are new to walking or bike for transportation.

What if I already live downtown?

You can participate like everyone else because what counts is that you arrive downtown

What are the incentives and when do I get them?

This is the interval and incentive schedule. Gift card disbursements will be capped and provided on a first come, first serve basis.

1.)    For the first 150 people to reach 3 points = a gift card to:

  • The Backdoor Café,
  • the Highliner,
  • Wildflower Café,
  • Sitka Flowers & Chocolate Moose
  • Fisheye Coffee

2.)   For the first 125 people to reach 25 points = a gift card to:

  • Sitka Local Foods Network Farm stand at the Sitka Farmers Market
  • Old Harbor Books

3.)    First 100 people to reach 75 points = a gift card to a downtown restaurant that has the bicycle benefits program:

  • the BEAK or
  • Mean Queen.

4.)    First 75 people to reach 150 points = a gear gift card to

  • Yellow Jersey Cycle Shop
  • Russell’s
  • Work & Rugged Gear/Mountain Miss

5.)    200 points = entry in grand prize raffle for

  • $100 cash
  • Plus Winner’s choice of:
    • 3 months at the Hames Center.
    • 2 tickets on STW 2022-2023 boat trip hike.
    • one year membership at the Salty Spoke

And! A bonus gift card of $50 from Work & Rugged for the commuter with most total points over the summer.

Where do I claim my prize?

You can claim your prize at the front desk of the Planning Department in City Hall, on the second floor.  Prizes can be picked up anytime during business hours, between 9am – 5pm Monday – Friday.

How know my points got counted and I can get my prize?

Every Friday, Sitka Trail Works will send and email that announces the recent prize winners.

When does this thing run until?

Bike Walk Win goes from May 7th (the first big cruise ship day when Lincoln Street is closed) until September 29th (the last big cruise ship day of the 2022 when Lincoln St. is closed to vehicles because the passenger count is over 3,000)

Do I have to log in an enter my arrivals on every individual trip?

You can do it after every trip, or you can save them up and enter your individual trips at the same time.  For example, once a week you could go the walk bike win smartsheet page and enter your individual trips one after another.

Any tips on how to remember and track my active commutes to everyday destinations downtown?

Keep a paper copy that you fill out as you go.  It’s best to keep it in a visible spot like on your refrigerator or near your computer.  Click here to download your paper copy, which also lists the days when Lincoln Street is closed to vehicles.

Who do I contact if I have questions?

Doug Osborne at 966-8674 or douglaso@searhc.org

OFFICIAL RULES

This is an incentives program to reward people who commute downtown without a car. No purchase necessary.

Active travel modes include walking or cycling as an alternative to motorized transport for the purpose of making everyday journeys.  The walk bike win program is designed for active commuters who are traveling to downtown Sitka, on foot or on bike, for basic transportation.  Examples included going to work downtown, shopping, going out to eat, attending an event.  Active commuters simultaneously meet needs for transportation, physical activity, and fun all in one.

TIMING: The Walk, Bike, Win Downtown Commuter Challenge (the “Challenge”) begins on midnight on May 7th and runs through midnight on September 29th, 2022.

HOW TO ENTER: After making a trip downtown, participants must log the trip through the online form provided by Sitka Trail Works at SitkaTrailWorks.org/WalkBikeWin. Trips can be logged up to one week after occurring. Trips logged over one week after occurring will not be eligible and will not accrue points.

POINT STRUCTURE: Participants earn points by logging eligible trips through the online form. Points are accrued to individual participants through the following structure. Trips earn:

  • 1 point for any eligible trip;
  • +1 point if the trip is made during the daytime, between 7:00 am – 6:00 pm Alaska Time;
  • +1 point total if the trip is made on a day that Lincoln Street is closed;
  • +1 extra bonus point if the participant qualifies as a new active commuter;

Sitka Trail Works and partners reserve the right to adjust the point structure at any time to ensure a fair distribution of prizes.

ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS: The Challenge is open to anyone age 16 or older commuting to downtown Sitka. New active commuters are defined as any individual who used active transportation less than 12 times in the year between May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2022.

Qualification as a new active commuter is determined at the beginning of the program, so remains the same through the duration of the Challenge, regardless of frequency of trips made for the Challenge.

ELIGIBLE TRIPS:

  • A trip can occur via any car-free transportation, by foot, bicycle, wheelchair, public transit, skateboard, kayak, or other human-powered mode. Pedal-assist electric bicycles are eligible, but motorcycles and ATV are not.
  • A round-trip is counted as one trip.
  • Trips must have a destination within the mapped area of downtown Sitka. See map below which encompasses Lincoln Street, Seward Street, Lake Street from the Roundabout to the beginning of the O’Connell Bridge, and Katlian Street to ANB Hall.

PRIZES: Prizes will rewarded to participants logging eligible trips.

  • 3 points = a gift card to a local coffee shop
  • 25 points = a gift certificate to the Sitka Farmers Market
  • 75 points = a gift card to a down restaurant with bicycle benefits
  • 150 points = a gift card to a local outdoor gear retailer
  • 200 points = entry in a grand prize raffle!

Note: Adjustments may be made based on participant numbers. Total number of rewards are capped and given on a first-come, first-serve basis.

WINNER NOTIFICATION: Points will be tabulated by Sitka Trails Works and participants will be notified by weekly email when they have earned a prize.

PRIZE COLLECTION: Participants who have accumulated enough points to earn a prize will notified through a weekly email. Notified participants can pick up prizes at City Hall at 100 Lincoln Street, on the second floor at the front desk for the Public Works Department.

GENERAL CONDITIONS: By registering trips on the Walk Bike Win Downtown Commuter Challenge form, participants (and his/her parent or legal guardian if entrant is a minor) agree to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Challenge, and release and hold harmless Partners and their affiliates, directors, and employees from and against any liability, claims, lawsuits, or damages of any kind in connection with the Challenge or the use of any prize. By accepting a prize, participants grant Sponsor and its designees the right to use winner’s name for promotion. Sponsors are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, undelivered or illegible entries or for other errors or technical difficulties. Persons who abuse any aspect of the Challenge or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified and all associated entries will be void. The Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or terminate any portion of the Challenge if it is not capable of running as planned.

SPONSOR/ADMINISTRATOR: Sitka Trail Works, 801 Halibut Point Road, Sitka, Alaska 99835. For questions or comments please contact sitkahikes@sitkatrailworks.org.

PARTNERS: City & Borough of Sitka, Sitka Cycling Club, SEARHC, Sitka Conservation Society.

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