Walktober
The Walktober Step Challenge which is open to staff and students of workplaces and third level campuses who are partners of the Smarter Travel programme took place between 2nd and 29th October.
111 Smarter Travel Partners registered for the challenge with 1,680 teams and over 7,760 participants taking part.
Various competitions and prize draws were held throughout the competition, including photo competitions, limerick competitions, a Walktober quiz, team targets and prize draws, creating lots of opportunities for participants to win prizes for themselves and their teams.
In addition to the weekly competitions and prize draws, top prizes were awarded to 10 teams who made the Final Top Leaderboards, as well as Best Coordinator recognition awards and the Overall Best Small and Large Workplaces awards. A full list of all winners can be found on our Competitions Page.
Well done to everyone who took part in Walktober. We hope to see lots of new organisations join us for the Marchathon 2024 Step Challenge. To find out more visit www.stepchallenge.ie
Smarter Travel Mark
The Smarter Travel Mark recognises and celebrates organisations that promote and facilitate active and sustainable commuting, making a real difference for employees, students and the environment.
21 organisations have now been awarded the Smarter Travel Mark.
Congratulations to the organisations that have been awarded so far:
- Department of Transport
- Central Bank of Ireland
- Cork City Council
- Culture Co-Working
- Tallaght University Hospital
- Royal Irish Academy
- Dublin City University
- Google Ireland
- Dublin City Council
- DBFL Consulting Engineers
- Department of Agriculture
- PwC Ireland
- Houses of the Oireachtas
- MKO Planning & Environmental Consultancy
- Office of the Attorney General
- University of Limerick
- ESB
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)
- Northern Trust
- EirGrid
- Office of the Planning Regulator
Join these leading organisations by expressing your interest here and a member of the team will contact you.
The Smarter Travel Mark is a Pathfinder project, funded by the Department of Transport and brought to you by the National Transport Authority.
Ready, Set, Cycle
The two week campaign is part of the larger Ready, Set, Cycle programme which launched its pilot initiative in March of this year. This portion focuses specifically on tips for getting winter ready as we move into the colder months. Staff are encouraged to continue to cycle where feasible and are reminded of the extra care that you can take to stay warm and safe on the commute and beyond.
The campaign kicked off with a fun cycling quiz, and organisations are encouraged to organise a bike clinic with a focus on getting bikes winter ready.
The next Ready, Set, Cycle programme will launch to Smarter Travel partners in April 2024. In the meantime, you can view the Ready, Set, Cycle webpage here
Smarter Travel Student Awards
The Smarter Travel Student Awards are in the final month of semester one briefings. So far we have visited, and delivered briefings to the following campuses:
| ATU Donegal |
| ATU Sligo |
| Dunboyne College of Further Education |
| Maynooth University |
| MTU Kerry |
| SETU Carlow |
| SETU Waterford |
| Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) |
| Trinity College Dublin (TCD) |
| University College Dublin (UCD) |
| University of Galway |
| University of Limerick (UL) |
The Semester one deadline for entries is Monday December 18th, and semester two briefings will commence in February 2023.
More information can be found at smartertravelstudentawards.ie
That’s all for the newsletter this month, keep an eye out for our December annual round up Newsletter. Get in touch with us at info@smartertravelworkplaces.ie