The Blue Mountains council has accepted a challenge to try to get more active.
The Active Transportation challenge was issued by Wasaga Beach town council who are looking to hold onto the bragging rights they won last year, in a challenge against Collingwood council.
This year, the challenge was expanded to The Blue Mountains and Clearview.
Each council member was issued a pedometer to keep track of their activity. Kilometres accumulated by walking, running, cycling or even rollerblading can be included. That includes kilometres logged on a treadmill or stationery bicycle, said Wasaga Beach Councillor Rick Archdeakin who visited The Blue Mountains council meeting Monday, to issue the challenge.
The beneficiaries, Archdeakin said, are the environment and the participating individuals who get more exercise.
"The objective is to reduce our use of cars," Archdeakin said. "A lot of the driving people do is less than three kilometres per trip." Those shorter trips, he said, could be made on foot or by bicycle.
The visitors also showed off the trophy they claimed by edging Collingwood last year.
The challenge operates on the honour system. Each council member reports their own pedometer readings. The council that records the highest average kilometres during the month of May will win.
The losing municipalities will have to fly, for one week in June, the flag of the winner on their town hall flagpoles.
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