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You did it! Thanks to your support, the Alliance took first place in the 2 Mile Challenge, earning a $35,000 grant from the good folks at CLIF BAR.

The 2 Mile Challenge is CLIF BAR’s online effort to fight climate change by encouraging bicycle travel for short trips. In the U.S., 40 percent of all urban trips are two miles or less, but 90 percent of those short distances are made by automobile. In just a few months this summer, the Challenge replaced more than 65,000 car trips—while donating $100,000 to bicycle advocacy and climate protection.

The Alliance was selected to lead the Gold Team and, from coast to coast, bicycle enthusiasts put their pedal power behind the effort. Collectively, our team:

• Logged more than 225,000 miles
• Replaced more than 35,000 car trips
• Saved nearly 208,000 pounds of carbon dioxide and
• Came in first place!

“Congratulations to the Gold Team for the bell-to-bell run of the 2011 2 Mile Challenge!” said Ryan Mayo, brand experience manager for CLIF BAR. “It was a hard-fought victory that came with a ton of passion for getting out of the car and onto your bikes to help support the Alliance for Biking & Walking. We’d like to thank all of the participants this year for a great 2 Mile Challenge effort that will live on through the grassroots bicycle advocacy work of the Alliance and our other two nonprofit beneficiaries: Safe Routes to School Partnership and 350.org.”

Thank you again, Gold Team members, for taking the Challenge. And, thank you, CLIF BAR, for such an innovative and fun initiative!