[Post-sustainability-committee] Signup for Long Island’s Car Free Day. Boost LIU Post Participation Rates!

[Scott Carlin]

Signup for Long Island’s Car Free Day.

Faculty encourage you students to participate. Students encourage your peers!
LIU Post has participated in this program for several years now.
LIU Post also has a ride share portal at: https://my.liu.edu/psp/MYPRD/?cmd=login.
Let’s get more Post participation and move higher on the Long Island college rankings!

Note: The Goal is Participation.  If September 22 isn’t a good day for you, you can participate September 21 or or September 20!
Please signup on the website:
http://www.carfreedayli.com

Other links:
http://www.carfreedayli.com/files/CarFreeDayLI-Toolkit.zip - CarFree Day Toolkit Link
https://www.facebook.com/CarFreeDayLI
https://twitter.com/CarFreeDayLI

News from Car Free Day Long Island!
Thank you for pledging to be car free or car-lite on the 5th Annual Car Free Day Long Island on September 22, 2017. So far over 4,000 Long Islanders have pledged to be car free or car-lite on Car Free Day!

You're now part of the international Car Free Day event that's celebrated in over 2,400 cities in 51 countries around the world! Car Free Day will be celebrated in different ways with the common goal of taking cars off the road. Using cars less by taking advantage of alternative transportation modes will build awareness, reduce traffic, conserve energy, improve our air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce parking problems and save money!

Car Free Day LI Bragging Rights Contest

Here are the latest standings in our annual “Bragging Rights” contest for the college, company and municipality with the most pledges. Northwell Health continues to be our overall leader with 805 pledges, while Stony Brook University continues to have the lead in hotly contested University/College category with 704 pledges.  Town of Huntington has a strong lead in the municipality category.

Companies
1.         Northwell Health        805
2.         NYU Winthrop Hospital          46
3.         Cox Auto (Dealertrack)           42
4.         BNL     23
5.         Shelter Point Life Insurance   12
6.         Catholic Health Services         7
7.         SILO     6
8.         Vision Long Island       5
9.         Riverhead Building Supply      5
10.       Zebra Technologies    5
11.       Pall Corporation          5

 Colleges/Universities
1.         Stony Brook University           704
2.         Farmingdale State College     462
3.         SCCC    408
4.         Adelphi University      346
5.         Hofstra University       94
6.         St. Joseph's College    82
7.         LIU Post           68
8.         Molloy College            28
9.         SUNY Old Westbury   26
10.       NCC     12

Municipalities
1.         Town of Huntington    46
2.         Town of Islip   8
3.         Suffolk County 6
4.         Village of Sea Clif       2
5.         NYS DOT         2
6.         Town of North Hempstead     1
7.         Village of Southampton         1
8.         Nassau County            1

Car Free Day LI Raffle Prizes

Now that you've pledged, you're also eligible to  win great prizes.  Prizes include his and her Giant bicycles donated by Brands Cycle and Fitness, $100 Simon gift cards donated by Roosevelt Field, Walt Whitman Shops and Smith Haven Mall, and theatre and other tickets for great Long Island venues. New prizes include Meal for Two gift cards at Chipotle. See the entire current prize list at our website at www.carfreedayli.com. Thank you to the organizations that have donated prizes!

Car Free Day LI Rally!

Join us in celebrating Car Free Day LI at a number of events being planned that week.  Details on additional events coming soon!

September 20 – Car Free Day LI Rally, 11–1pm
Farmingdale State College will once again be hosting our island-wide Car Free Day LI Rally on campus outside the Campus Center. Join us as we stir up excitement for this year’s Car Free Day!

September 22 – Suffolk County Car Free Day Rally at Stony Brook University, 11-1pm
Suffolk County and Stony Brook University will be teaming up to hold a rally on campus at the  Student Activity Center Plaza and a discussion on potential benefits of a Suffolk County regional bike share program.

September 22 – Car Free Day LI Wyandanch Plaza Celebration, 5–7pm
On your way home on Car Free Day, stop by for some music and refreshments at Wyandanch Plaza at the Wyandanch Village transit oriented development, steps from the Wyandanch LIRR station and Parking Facility, and Suffolk County Transit bus stop.

Car Free Day LI Municipal Challenge

Once again, we are challenging Long Island’s counties, towns, cities and villages to encourage their residents and employees to pledge to be car free or car-lite on Car Free Day. Municipalities who participate in Car Free Day LI will be recognized with bronze, silver and gold Car Free Day LI Challenge awards depending on their level of involvement. So far Suffolk County, Town of Huntington, Town of Babylon and the Village of Great Neck Plaza have been making plans to celebrate Car Free Day.   Awards will be presented at the Car Free Day LI Rally at Farmingdale State College.

How To Be Car Free

Not sure how to be car free or car-lite? Visit our How to be carfree page for resources that can help, such as finding a transit route, carpool partner or bike locker.

Car Free Day LI Toolkit

Celebrate Car Free Day LI at your company, school, village or town. Download our Car Free Day LI Toolkit with celebration ideas, logos, flyers, posters, stickers and more Car Free Day LI information.

Spread the Word!

Help us spread the word about Car Free Day Long Island! Invite a friend to pledge, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

Have an unusual plan for travel or unique celebration idea? Send us your plan or suggestions to info at carfreedayli.com, and we’ll post them on Facebook or include them in our next update!



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