Tomorrow (Thursday) is Capital Metro’s Dump the Pump Day, in which the transit agency is encouraging everyone to save some gas money and keep our air cleaner by taking the bus somewhere. And as extra incentive, Cap Metro is offering possible prizes to riders: One lucky rider will win a $500 gift card from HEB. That ought to fill up a shopping cart or two. (Or if you redeem it at Central Market, one bag.) Three others will win six-month Capital Metro passes. That’s a lot of free rides, folks.

You have to do three things to enter the contest:
1) Ride the bus on June 21, 2007.
2) Complete an entry form, available either on the bus that day or online. Entry forms must include your route number and bus number (see photo), where you boarded, and a short testimonial of your experience.
3) Make sure your form gets either postmarked or completed online by 11pm on June 24.

I’ll be riding: I’m catching the No. 3 godawful early down to my morning swim class at Deep Eddy Pool and then probably the No. 22 a couple of hours later to work. Good time to read the paper and catch up on that book I’ve been putting off.

This article appears in June 15 • 2007.

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