Those who pledge have the opportunity to win a year of free meals from El Pollo Loco
June 16, 2010
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority is offering coupons, prizes and maybe even your name on the side of a bus if you pledge to ditch your car and let someone else do the driving as part of Dump the Pump this week.
Riders can log on to www.OCTA.net/dumpthepump until June 18 and pledge to “Dump the Pump” by choosing not to drive solo or using other forms of transportation. Participants who register will have a unique opportunity for their names to be featured on a 40-foot bus that will crisscross Orange County for approximately one year.
“Instead of driving alone, commuters have a wide array of options when it comes to commuting,” OCTA Chairman Jerry Amante said. “Commuters can either take the buses, ride Metrolink trains, carpool, vanpool and even bike to work or walk.”
Everyone who pledges to Dump the Pump will be entered into a drawing and one lucky winner will receive a year of free meals from El Pollo Loco worth more than $500.
“El Pollo Loco is proud to join OCTA in spreading the word about fuel conservation,” said El Pollo Loco CEO and President Steve Carley. “We encourage the people of Orange County to explore the many different transportation options available to them.”
OCTA also created unique badges that participants can proudly display on their social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook to share how they used other transportation options instead of driving.
The American Public Transportation Association sponsors the national Dump the Pump Day, which takes place tomorrow June 17. OCTA’s week-long promotion kicked off with a rider appreciation event on June 14 at the Fullerton Transportation Center. The first 50 people who attended the event received El Pollo Loco certificates for a free two-piece chicken meal. Participants at the event also added their names to a parked bus that later will be fully covered with names of all participants of Dump the Pump week from across Orange County.
So far, more than 800 people have pledged to Dump the Pump.
