Drive Less Challenge Winners Announced

Menlo Park residents raked in the Drive Less Challenge Awards on Saturday night at Kepler's Books. 

Ten Silicon Valley communities participated in the , which is an annual event designed to inspire people to reduce the time they spend in their vehicles. 

Starting on Earth Day, people from Menlo Park, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Los Altos, Mountain View, Redwood City, Morgan Hill, Burlingame, Cupertino and San Carlos got out of their cars, and into the habit of jotting down how many "green" trips they took. 

For each mile they got from point A to point B without using a car, they jotted down the miles as "saved" miles, which made them "green," according to the Drive Less Challenge website. The contest ended on May 5. 

Menlo Park residents led the pack with 21,273 green miles, which means they avoided putting 10,982.3 units of CO2 into the air.  

Congrats are in order to:

Kyle Perata, for having the most green trips; he logged 85.

Randolph Craig cycled away with an award for the Most Improved.

In the Green Kids category:

Tim Christensen traveled 98 green miles, and made 15 green trips. 

For more information about the origins of the Drive Less Challenge, .