What is a utilitarian trip?
Utilitarian trips include round-trips when the purpose of the trip is to go to a particular place where you might have otherwise driven alone. Here are some examples of utilitarian trips: a round-trip to a restaurant, to the grocery store, to the beach to take a walk or run, to the gym to work-out over lunch, to work, to school, or to a trailhead to go for a hike. Keep in mind that things like family trips to the grocery store in your car do not count as an eligible trip using the carpool mode, since you are not reducing a car trip.
On top of work trips, utilitarian trips include round-trips when the purpose of the trip is to go to a particular place where you might have otherwise driven alone. Here are some examples of utilitarian trips: a round-trip to a restaurant, to the grocery store, to the beach to take a walk or run, to the gym to work-out over lunch, to school, or to a trailhead to go for a hike. If you make any of these trips without a car, you can earn a point for the day.
