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Drive Less RI Earn REAL rewards by swapping one solo drive each week for a bike, bus, train, walking, or carpool trip with the Drive Less RI app!

🎉 Congratulations to Last Week's Winner! 🎉A big congratulations to Rachel Fegan, winner of the $50 Silver Star Bakery gi...
06/15/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Last Week's Winner! 🎉

A big congratulations to Rachel Fegan, winner of the $50 Silver Star Bakery gift card! 🥐

Rachel logged 10 walking trips this week and burned over 550 calories just by choosing to walk instead of drive! 🚶‍♀️💪

Thank you to everyone who logged their green trips and participated this week. Every trip you take by transit, bike, foot, carpool, vanpool, or telework helps reduce traffic, lower emissions, and make Rhode Island a greener place to live and work.

☀️ Up next: a $50 Gift Card to Bristol Sunset Cafe! 🍳☕

Whether you're craving pancakes, eggs benedict, French toast, or a classic breakfast platter, Bristol Sunset Cafe is the perfect spot to start your day.

Log your green trips in the Drive Less RI app this week for your chance to win!

🥞 Tell us in the comments: Are you team breakfast or brunch?

🍳☕ GIVEAWAY TIME! ☀️This week, you could win a $50 gift card to Bristol Sunset Cafe!Known for hearty breakfasts, fresh c...
06/15/2026

🍳☕ GIVEAWAY TIME! ☀️

This week, you could win a $50 gift card to Bristol Sunset Cafe!

Known for hearty breakfasts, fresh coffee, and a welcoming atmosphere, Bristol Sunset Cafe is the perfect spot to start your day. Whether you're fueling up before work or enjoying a leisurely weekend breakfast, they've got something for everyone.

To enter, log your green trips in the Drive Less RI app! Every trip you take by transit, bike, foot, carpool, or vanpool helps reduce traffic and emissions—and earns you a chance to win.

🥞 Tell us in the comments: What's your favorite breakfast dish?

06/10/2026

🌊 Paddle Your Way Into Summer! 🛶

One of the featured prizes in our Rhody Summer Fun Prize Package is a $100 gift card to The Kayak Centre! Whether you're looking to explore Rhode Island's beautiful waterways, try paddleboarding, or enjoy a relaxing day on the water, this prize is the perfect way to make the most of summer.

The best part? Every green trip you log in the Drive Less RI app earns you entries toward our quarterly giveaway. Ride RIPTA, bike, walk, carpool, vanpool, or work from home—then log your trips and you're automatically entered to win.

☀️ Keep logging those trips.
🌎 Reduce your carbon footprint.
🎉 Earn your chance to win amazing local prizes.

Download the Drive Less RI app and start logging today!

🥐 This Week's Giveaway: Win a $50 Gift Card to Silver Star Bakery! 🥐In honor of Rhode Island's vibrant Portuguese commun...
06/09/2026

🥐 This Week's Giveaway: Win a $50 Gift Card to Silver Star Bakery! 🥐

In honor of Rhode Island's vibrant Portuguese community and the recent Day of Portugal celebrations, we're giving away a $50 gift card to Silver Star Bakery!

A local favorite for generations, Silver Star Bakery is known for its delicious Portuguese sweet bread, fresh pastries, malasadas, and other traditional treats that keep customers coming back year after year.

Want a chance to win? Simply log your green trips in the Drive Less RI app! Whether you're riding RIPTA, biking, walking, carpooling, or vanpooling, every trip logged helps reduce traffic and emissions while earning you rewards.

🥖 Tell us in the comments: What's your favorite bakery treat?

🎉 Congratulations to This Week’s Winner! 🎉A big congratulations to Brian Walsh, the winner of our $75 Avenue N Gift Card...
06/05/2026

🎉 Congratulations to This Week’s Winner! 🎉

A big congratulations to Brian Walsh, the winner of our $75 Avenue N Gift Card Giveaway! 👏🍽️

Brian had an incredible week logging green trips in the Drive Less RI app:

🚌 16 trips logged
📍 845 vehicle miles reduced
🌎 552 lbs of CO₂ emissions reduced
🔥 Over 5,400 calories burned

Those are some impressive numbers! Every trip Brian logged helped reduce traffic, improve air quality, and make Rhode Island a little greener.

Up next: a $50 Gift Card to Silver Star Bakery! 🥐☕

Just in time for Day of Portugal on June 6, we're giving away a gift card to one of Rhode Island's beloved Portuguese bakeries. Whether you're stopping in for Portuguese sweet bread, malasadas, pastries, or other traditional favorites, Silver Star Bakery is a local institution worth visiting.

Log your green trips this week for your chance to win!

📱 Download the Drive Less RI app, record your trips, and you could be our next winner.

🎉 This Week’s Giveaway: Win a $75 Gift Card to Avenue N! 🍽️✨Log your green trips in the Drive Less RI app this week and ...
06/01/2026

🎉 This Week’s Giveaway: Win a $75 Gift Card to Avenue N! 🍽️✨

Log your green trips in the Drive Less RI app this week and you could win $75 to Avenue N in Providence! Whether you’re riding RIPTA, biking, walking, carpooling, or vanpooling, every trip logged gets you closer to rewards.

Located on Hope Street, Avenue N is a neighborhood favorite known for creative American fare, craft cocktails, and a warm atmosphere that’s perfect for dinner with friends or a date night.
Heading there? Ride Route 1 for an easy trip to the Providence location and let RIPTA do the driving. 🚌
Every trip makes a difference, and every trip logged gives you another chance to win. 📱💚

Where are you headed this week? Let us know below ⬇️ to win bonus swag!

Week 3 on the books! 🚴‍♀️Bikers all over Rhode Island are logging their commutes to work and school in the Drive Less RI...
05/29/2026

Week 3 on the books! 🚴‍♀️

Bikers all over Rhode Island are logging their commutes to work and school in the Drive Less RI app as part of our 2026 No Pollute Commute Bike to Work Challenge.

Here are the results from Week 3:
- 810 bike trips logged
- 251 gallons of gas saved
- 4,920 emissions prevented (lbs.)
- $4,231 in gas money saved
- 5,835 miles not driven
- 208,551 calories burned

And just because May is almost over doesn't mean the National Bike Month celebration is ending! Swap out your car commute for a bike ride then record your trip in the Drive Less RI app for a chance to win weekly, monthly, and quarterly prizes.

🎁 Week 3 Celebration Station Winner: Emmeline Zhu
🎁 Week 3 Online Drive Less RI Winner: Paul Tillyer
➡️ Prize: Manhattan Portage bike messenger bag or Cleverhood poncho

Visit RIPTA.com/BikeToWork for more information.

🎉 Congratulations to Prateek Joshi, winner of our $75 gift card to Gregg's Restaurants & Taverns! 🍰In just one week, Pra...
05/29/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Prateek Joshi, winner of our $75 gift card to Gregg's Restaurants & Taverns! 🍰

In just one week, Prateek logged enough green trips to help reduce 72 lbs. of CO₂ emissions and save 83 vehicle miles traveled—a great example of how small changes can add up to a big impact for Rhode Island. 🌎💚

✨ Next week’s giveaway: a $75 gift card to Avenue N American Kitchen!

Known for creative comfort food, fresh local ingredients, and a great neighborhood atmosphere, Avenue N is one of Rhode Island’s favorite spots—and next week’s winner could be enjoying it on us 🍽️

Keep logging your trips in the Drive Less RI app for your chance to win while tracking your money saved, CO₂ reduced, and miles not driven.

Congrats again, Prateek! 👏

05/27/2026

🍰 This week’s giveaway is a Rhode Island favorite… Gregg’s! 🍰

Log your green trips in the Drive Less RI app this week and you could win a $75 gift card to Gregg's Restaurants & Taverns!

From comfort food classics to legendary desserts (yes… we’re looking at you, Death by Chocolate Cake 👀🍫), Gregg’s has been a local favorite for decades.

Every trip you log—whether you ride transit, bike, walk, carpool, or vanpool—helps reduce traffic and emissions across Rhode Island while earning you chances to win fun local prizes.

📱 Log your trips
🎉 Earn rewards
🌎 Help Rhode Island drive less
🍰 Treat yourself if you win

What’s your favorite dessert at Gregg’s? Tell us below for a chance to win some bonus swag!👇🍰

🍦 Congratulations to this week’s Drive Less RI Challenge winner, Denise Guadanino! 🎉Denise is taking home a gift card to...
05/22/2026

🍦 Congratulations to this week’s Drive Less RI Challenge winner, Denise Guadanino! 🎉

Denise is taking home a gift card to Clementine's Homemade Ice Cream, one of Rhode Island’s favorite spots for ice cream. 😋

Want to be our next winner? Keep logging your green trips in the Drive Less RI app for your chance to win local prize every week! 🚍🚲🚶

👀 And speaking of next week... can you guess where our next gift card is from?

🍫 HINT: They’re famous for their Death by Cake.

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