The Big Commute Challenge – 5 Commuters, 1 journey, who will arrive first?

On Friday 20th June, Sir Richard Leese, Manchester City Council leader will join Charlotte Cox, the Manchester Evening News transport correspondent and three other participants in the Big Commute Challenge to find out which way of travelling to work is quicker, cleaner and the best for your waistline!

big commute challengeThe Big Commute Challenge participants will set off from Crumpsall Green Methodist Church at 8am and make their way to Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square by bicycle, bus, car, cargo bike (with 40kg of luggage) and tram. Sir Richard Leese will be cycling to the Town Hall – how will he fare?

The five participants are: Sir Richard Leese (Leader, Manchester City Council), Charlotte Cox (Manchester Evening News transport correspondent), Pavol Gajdos, (Manchester Bike Hire, Director of Operations), Helen Rimmer (North West Friends of the Earth) and Rob Raikes from Love Your Bike.

The Big Commute Challenge is not a race. It is a fun, but objective measure of the costs, benefits and time taken by the different transport options on offer to people in Greater Manchester.

A giant results board will display the time taken by each participant to reach Albert Square and the cost of their journey.  The amount of CO2 emissions and calories devoured will be calculated after the event.

The Big Commute Challenge has been organised by Love You Bike as part of  BikeMonthMcr which is promoting and celebrating all things cycling with a month of bike activities across Greater Manchester in June.

Start: 8am at Crumpsall Green Methodist Church, 14 Lansdowne Road, Crumpsall,  M8 5ST.

Finish: Manchester Town Hall entrance, Albert Square, Manchester City Council. Participants may  start arriving from 8.15am onwards…

Please join us at either the start or finish locations or follow the participants progress on Twitter with the hashtag  #BikeMonthMcr

Event Details

Manchester
<10 miles

Location Manchester Town Hall
Manchester, M60 2JT
Start Friday 20 Jun 2014 8:00am
Finish Friday 20 Jun 2014 9:30am