Carpool Week

This August, more than 140,000 students will return to campuses across Central Texas—just as professionals across the region settle back into post-summer routines. If your commute feels slower on I-35, Mopac, or Airport Boulevard, it’s not your imagination. The fall semester brings some of the year’s worst traffic.

But gridlock isn’t inevitable.

Join Carpool Week | August 24–30, 2025

To help commuters move a little faster and save money, Movability and the Downtown Austin Alliance are hosting a fun regional challenge in August that will lead up to Carpool Week, August 24-30. Commuters can win rewards all month long and will be entered to win $100 HEB and Amazon gift cards when they carpool during the final week of August.

It’s easy to participate:

1. Download: Movability is partnering with ConnectSmart to help people find carpool matches and get rewards. You can download ConnectSmart for Android or Apple for free. Already have carpool buddies and a commute app like Liftango or CarbonCred? Great! Keep on doing what you're doing, and your carpool trips on those apps will count toward prize entries. If you don't have a carpool match or are unsure about how to find one, ConnectSmart will make it easy to get carpools set up.
2. Join Groups: If you're using ConnectSmart to find carpool matches, once you download the app and created an account you can search for groups based on your destination; you may join as many groups as you'd like!
3. Carpool: share a commute trip at least once during the week to be entered for prizes.
4. Win prizes: every carpool trip you take during Carpool Week enters you to win one of five (5) $100 HEB or Amazon gift cards 🎉Pro tip: You don't have to wait for Carpool Week to begin carpooling! ConnectSmart will give you reward coins separate from the Carpool Week prize drawing that you can put toward rewards, and Carbon Cred will give you sellable credits for your carpool trips. Just make sure all of the carpool participants have the same app downloaded and active.

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