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Dump the Pump

Celebrate National Dump the Pump Day, June 18, 2009

image of pile of papers

Serious about “Going Green”

You love Austin.
You recycle.
You want to save money

If green really matters, you should be riding Capital Metro

  • You would have to use nothing but 100 percent post-consumer waste recycled paper for the next 45-48 years (450,000 – 480,000 sheets of paper!) to equal the reduction of your carbon footprint that a 20-mile workday commute on Capital Metro provides.
  • If one household’s driver gives up a 2nd car and switches to Capital Metro, it can reduce your carbon emissions up to 30 percent
  • A person making a 15 mile round-trip each weekday on Capital Metro can save over $1000 a year over driving.
  • Capital Metro connects to the business centers, schools, parks and entertainment centers that give Austin its great quality of life.

Take the challenge and Dump the Pump Thursday, June 18 and take advantage of these green benefits as well:

Bag Exchange

Here’s the deal:

Bring 5 plastic store bags to North Lamar Transit Center (183 and N. Lamar) or S. Congress Transit Center (S. Congress just south of Ben White) and we will give you a cool green bag AND a 20% off coupon to the EcoShoppe. Bag exchange is on June 18 from 6:30 a.m. until the bags run out. Limit one bag per person.

Photo Contest

On June 18, send a picture of yourself riding Capital Metro to dumpthepump@capmetro.org and you’ll be entered into our drawing for 20 i-Ride jackets (made of recycled materials, of course) AND a grand prize $200 gift certificate from EcoShoppe (see rules below)

Save your money, save the planet.

DUMP THE PUMP

Photo Contest Rules

  1. One entry per person. Only email entries will be accepted.
  2. Grand prize and runners-up will be chosen at random from all eligible photos received from 5am until 10pm on Dump the Pump Day – Thursday, June 18, 2009. Entries received after 10pm on 6/18/09 will not be eligible.
  3. Photo must be in digital format (JPG preferred) and less than 2 Mb in size.
  4. Email must contain the following information:
    Your Name
    Address
    Phone number
    Email address
  5. To be considered your photo show your face and be taken aboard a Capital Metro vehicle (MetroBus, MetroExpress, MetroAccess or MetroVanpool)
  6. Capital Metro employees, contractors, and their families are not eligible to win.
  7. We reserve the right to reuse or republish your photo and/or likeness in the future.
  8. No lewd, profane, or photos that include nudity will be considered.
  9. Winners will be announced via the Capital Metro website on Wednesday, June 24th.