About Ride to Work

Ride Around the World

Ride to Work Day 2009 was a great success with 95,000 participants celebrating the event at 137 community breakfasts across the country. Our registered riders pedalled 700,207km which equates to riding around the world 17 times!

What is the Ride to Work Program all about?

While Australia is stuck in peak hour the Ride to Work Day program is helping Australian workers embrace an affordable, hassle and carbon emission free mode of transport.

The free program assists those wanting to try riding to work as an alternative mode of transport which can ease the pressures of modern life.

You save money, your health and your peace of mind. You arrive to work energised and arrive home unwound from the day.

Now in its 17th year (4th year nationally) Ride to Work offers many opportunities for people to get involved by registering as:

• Ambassadors

• Community Breakfast hosts

• Workplace Coordinators (develop your own Ride to Work team)

• Individual participants

• Cycle Angels

• Bike Buddies

It’s the only national day on the calendar, where first-timers and regular bike riders can celebrate the act of riding to work together.

Ride to Work Day creates an opportunity for first timers to give riding to work a go and for others to get back on the bike. Thousands of people, of all ages across Australia attend community and workplace breakfasts held in capital cities and regional areas celebrating riding to work.
Participants are encouraged to register their ride on the day at no cost which assists in understanding bike commuter behaviours and campaigning for better riding facilities to councils, local, state and federal governments.

Thanks to our Ride to Work 2009 Ambassadors for their support

Faustina “Fuzzy” Agolley	David Moffatt	Matt Welsh	Helen Kapalos	Guy Leech	Andy Muirhead
host of Australia’s most watched music program Video Hits	Group Managing Director of Telstra Consumer Marketing and Channels	former Olympic Swimmer and HBA Ambassador	presenter of Network Ten Melbourne’s 5pm news	Ironman and MBF Ambassador for Health and Fitness	host of ABC TV show 'The Collectors' and ABC Local Radio 936 Hobart Breakfast Host

 

Telstra proves smart with pedal power

Marking the launch of Ride to Work Day ’09, Telstra was awarded first place in the TravelSmart National Workplace Challenge ’08 at Bicycle Victoria’s annual Tour de France Breakfast series.

Telstra, a strong nationwide participant in Ride to Work Day are back to back winners of the TravelSmart Challenge in ’08 with 681 participants, an 18% increase on ’07, giving Telstra the largest number of registered participating employees in National Ride to Work Day ’08.

Group Managing Director of Telstra Consumer Marketing and Channels, David Moffatt, who accepted the award, is a strong supporter of the annual event and has come on board in 2009 as an official National Ambassador."We are happy to encourage every Telstra employee to ride to work so they can reap the physical benefits, as well as the environmental benefits of leaving the car at home,” Mr Moffatt said.

CSIRO came in second with NAB following at a close third.

The Ride to Work program estimates that more than 110,000 Australian workers participated in National Ride to Work Day last year, a 26% increase in registrations on the previous year.These three large corporations are leading the way encouraging employees to adopt this sustainable and beneficial mode of transport, supporting the annual event that gets people thinking about cycling and encourages them to have a go.

From left to right in first place David Moffatt Group MD, Telstra Consumer Marketing and Channels, second place - David Clifford – Research Scientist CSIRO and third place Quang Tran - Technical Analyst National Australia Bank	Images courtsey of Flordeliz Bonifacio

 

Congratulations to our Prize Winners!

Congratulations to Andrew Mackinnon of Melbourne and Kirsten Velthuis of New South Wales. Both of these riders have won a Trek 7.0FX bicycle valued at $599! Their winning responses were:

"The question should be "why not ride to work" - no traffic jams, it's faster, I meet people, I relax, I challenge myself. Commuting becomes a journey not a chore". Andrew

"After work's stressful day, no bus delay, it's on the bike and I'm away! And when I get home, the stress gone away: riding makes it all okay!" Kirsten

Congratulations to all of the winners who shared their Bike Commute Story with the ABC Local Radio Station. Each of these winners have won a bike valued at $599.

• NSW Cameron Smith
• NT Ruth Smith
• NT Andy Vinter
• QLD Steve Smith
• QLD Mitchell McClanachan
• QLD Tatjana Good
• SA Neil    Grant  
• SA Liz Ranson
• SA Ruth    Strout 
• SA Petra   Passon 
• SA Dave    Martin 
• SA Jean    Turner 
• TAS Rob McDowell
• TAS Nigel Jones
• WA Bill Martin
• WA Clare Morton
• WA Mark McCarthy
• WA Peter Taliangis
• WA Wayne Thomas
• ACT Samuel Martin
• QLD Karen Altman
• QLD Jo Ferris
• QLD Liz Yelo
• QLD Thelma bromley
• QLD Neal Freeman
• QLD Glen Fox
• QLD Jack Eyres
• QLD Suzanne Cook
• VIC Roger Cornell
• VIC Carol Maxwell
• VIC Dave Whyte
• VIC Elizabeth Reid
• VIC Elise Stokes
• VIC Mel Raxmjoo
• VIC Ken Mann
• VIC Leonie Shurdington
   

A big congratulations to the Early Birds who won the Workplace Coordinator Early Bird registration prize of a V3 PedalPower+ phone charger valued at $376! The winners were Sara Langridge WA, Rhett Green WA, Gianni Petrucci SA, Michelle Pitman WA.

A big congratulations to the Early Bird Participant prize winners who each won a V2 PedalPower+ charger valued at $349AUD. The winners were:

Wayne Bennett VIC, Jaymie Bandrowski VIC, Terry Barr SA, Beth Akister VIC, Michael Blight VIC, Anne Allison VIC, Matthias Axt NSW, Ian Atkinson QLD, clint arizmendi QLD and Paul Brennan VIC.

Axl Driml was the winner of the Ride to Work registration prize consiting of a Trek 7.6FX bike valued at $1,999.

SA permit #, T09/1555ACT permit # ACT TP 09/02423

Contact Us

For more information on National Ride to Work Program phone (03) 8636 8888 (1800 639 634 outside Victoria) or email today for advice on getting involved in the Ride to Work Program.

Want to meet the team behind the National RIde to Work Program?
 

 

The rewards of riding to work on Ride to Work Day

Getting together with your work mates

 

Bike Engraving

Enjoying a healthy breakfast

 

  

 

Human Bikes across the country in 2008

Mawson Place - Hobart

 

Hyde Park - Sydney

 

 Federation Square - Melbourne