Beat the Street is a real life walking, cycling and running game for a whole community. Beat the Street is run by Intelligent Health on behalf of the NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups in Reading and Reading Borough Council Public Health. The competition runs in Reading, Burghfield, Mortimer, Pangbourne and Theale from Friday 15 April - Friday 27 May 2016. People score points and win prizes by walk
ing, cycling or running from point to point and tapping a registered and activated Beat the Street RFID (Radio Frequency ID) card on sensors (Beat Boxes) which are placed on lamp posts across the dedicated routes where the game is being played. Beat the Street cards are similar to an Oyster card. A player taps their Beat the Street card at various points on their way to and from work, school and to the shops. Registered players can win regular spot prizes for a ‘lucky tap’ on a Beat Box. The more Beat Boxes you tap, the further you travel and the greater your chance of winning a prize.
