Did anyone else know it’s Rideshare Week this week?

I found out via an email from USC, urging me to “Join us at Tommy Trojan October 3rd to see alternate ways of commuting to campus” and linking me to a Metro page where, for pledging to rideshare, I could “one of many prizes: Urban Cruiser electric bike, AAA membership, Disneyland tickets, gift cards and many others.”

But the pledge page had no info ’bout this prize thing — or a link to a page with any other info ’bout the week. Plus, I’m signed up to get Metro press releases — and got no notice of the week. Then I checked MetroRiderLA and some other LA-based blogs — No mention of Rideshare Week there either.

I checked back on the Metro homepage a few hours later, and finally, some info ’bout Rideshare Week showed up.

Yes, it’s happening, from Oct. 1 – 5, 2007. Yes, you can pledge to win prizes. You can even write ’bout your rideshare experience to TV Host and Producer Huell Howser; he’ll feature some of them on his show Visiting.

Many commuters, I’m guessing, missed a potential day of ridesharing fun, but at least there’s 4 more days to go. The LA-area universities at least seem to be on top of things. USC, like I said, sent out that mass email; UCLA’s even got a mini event series together for the week!

As for me: It’s tough to rideshare if I’m just walking from my bed to the desk, but I’m carpooling with Jenny to this sustainability event at Antioch on Thursday, and so have signed the pledge! Hopefully I’ll win something good –

Relatedly — If you find yourself so busy you’re considering a personal assistant, you might do better — saving money and stress and time — by just moving closer to work and cutting out the commute altogether.

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