SNCI Promotions 2009

SNCI coordinates several marketing and outreach campaigns to help commuters find an easier way to commute.

Solano Commute Challenge 2009

43 major employers totaling 599 employees participated in the third annual countywide Solano Commute Challenge!  Employer and employee participation increased 10% over last year. 
The Challenge is a targeted outreach campaign for Solano County employers to encourage employees to use transit, carpool, vanpool, bike, or walk to work at least 30 workdays from August to October.

363 participants earned the title “Commute Champion” by meeting or passing the goal, an increase of 20%.  An additional 78 were dubbed “Commute Contenders” for attempting to meet the goal.

Mode Split of Commute Champions:

Employer Awards include:
Most Outstanding Workplace (employer with the greatest number of Commute Champions)

• County of Solano – 58 Champions

Commute Champion Workplace (employers with 20+ Commute Champions)

• State Compensation Insurance Fund, Vacaville – 42 Commute Champions
• Goodrich, Fairfield – 31 Commute Champions
• Genentech, Vacaville – 29 Commute Champions
• Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Vallejo – 24 Commute Champions

Commute Contender Workplaces (employers with 10-20 Commute Champions)

• California Vegetable Specialties, Rio Vista
• NorthBay HealthCare Medical Center,  Fairfield
• Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield
• Alza Corporation, Vacaville
• City of Vacaville, Vacaville
• Anheuser-Busch, Fairfield
• Travis Credit Union, Vacaville
• Vallejo Sanitation & Flood Control District, Vallejo
• Bio-Rad Laboratories, Benicia

Other participating employers with Commute Champions include:

Ball Metal Container, Fairfield
Benicia Fabrication & Machine, Benicia
City of Benicia
City of Fairfield
City of Suisun City
City of Vallejo
CSU Cal Maritime Academy, Vallejo
CSAA-Fairfield Operations Center, Fairfield
Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, Fairfield & Suisun City
First Northern Bank, Dixon
Kaiser Permanente Medical Offices, Fairfield
Kaiser Permanente Medical Offices, Vacaville
Mariani Packing Company, Vacaville
NorthBay HealthCare Administration, Fairfield
NorthBay HealthCare VacaValley Hospital, Vacaville
Solano Family & Children’s Services, Fairfield
US Forest Service, Vallejo
Vacaville Unified School District, Vacaville

Bike to Work Day   Bike to Work 2009 a Huge Success!
In celebration of the 15th Annual Bike to Work Day, over 1,600 Solano and Napa residents rode their bicycle to work on May 14th, 2009. The day began with 19 Energizer Stations throughout Solano and Napa counties handing out juice, breakfast treats, and messenger bags stuffed with bike-related goodies.  Both seasoned cyclists and new enthusiasts chose the healthy commute this Bike to Work Day, pocketing their gas money and improving the environment.
In Solano County, Craig Snider, a Benicia resident, received the Bike Commuter of the Year Award.   He bikes 20 miles each day to the US Forest Service located on Mare Island in Vallejo.  Craig started biking to work on Bike to Work Day 2004!  The "Quadsafire” finished first in the Team Bike Challenge in Solano County , followed closely by the “Old Cranks”  and “Team Budweiser.”
Justin Medaris, a Napa school teacher, received the Napa County Bike Commuter of the Year Award. An avid cyclist since attending UC Davis in the 1980s, Justin provides an excellent example to his students as he has biked daily for the past nine years!  In Napa County, the “Glassy Wheeled Sharpscooters” finished first in the Team Bike Challenge in a very close race.  The “Oxbow Friskies” and “the “Rough Riders” placed second and third respectively.
Thanks to all of our local sponsors who donated prizes! Authorized Bicycle Shop – Vallejo Balzac Communications – Napa Bardessono Resort – Napa Bicycle Works – Napa Calistoga Bike Shop – Calistoga Fisk’s Cyclery – Dixon Gaia Hotel & Spa – American Canyon Jelly Belly – Fairfield Napa County Office of Education – Napa Napa Redevelopment Partners – Napa Napa River Velo – Napa Napa Valley Adventure Tours – Napa Ray’s Cycle – Fairfield & Vacaville Rockville Bike – Fairfield St Helena Cyclery – St Helena The Hub – Napa
Thanks to everyone who participated.  We hope you continue to enjoy your bike commute.

Previous Promotions Results - 2008 and Earlier