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Bike to Work Day 2014 by the Numbers

6/6/2014

 
PictureStamford Mayor David Martin gets his first look at the bike given to him by the Stamford Downtown Special Services District - a highlight of just one of the many Bike to Work Day Events taking place around the state.
While the bad weather and worse forecast did make a dent on Bike to Work Day pledges - bringing in 619 total this year compared to 687 last year - our estimates point to a lot more than that this year with some riders braving the rain and others changing their minds the day of and putting on a bike helmet.

What's more, the love of biking to work expanded into more organizations: while 2013 had more pledges who hailed from 176 employers, 2014 boasted fewer pledges from 207 employers, showing just how much strength is coming from small businesses in the state! 

Very special thanks to Kathryn Hauser of News 12 Connecticut, Gil Simmons and Teresa Dufour of WTNH 8 for mentioning Bike to Work Day on Twitter, during their live early morning television appearances, or both. Also kudos to Itsrelevant.com for covering Stamford's phenomenal Bike to Work Day Event (which featured Congressman Jim Himes as a speaker and mayor David Martin receiving a bike from the Stamford Downtown Special Services District), which is only one example of the great coverage of Bike to Work Day 2014 in Connecticut. 

Total Pledges: 619 Individuals at 207 different employers

Prize Drawing Winners: Kevin Sullivan of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and Brenda Holloway, both of Hartford, were the Bike Walk CT members who came out victorious in our prize drawing of beautiful Patagonia jackets. Non-member winners were Kathy Manizza of Willimantic - who brightened Eastern Connecticut State University with her two-wheeled presence - and Paul Taino of East Haven, who freed up a parking spot at Stop & Shop by biking to work. Congratulations to all winners!

Events: The weather did not curb the events planned this year as 25 were registered with Bike Walk Connecticut for 2014 - just as many as last year's sun-filled Bike to Work Day. 

Total Towns Represented: 146 towns were represented on the Bike Walk Connecticut Bike to Work Day Pledge - that's 86% of all Connecticut communities! 

Men and Women: 58% of pledges were men while 42% were women. 

Most Pledges: The Department of Children and Families again shows the most bicycle commuters pledging, with 146 participants collectively riding 424 miles. 

Walkers: Tracked primarily for state agencies, 108 adults pledged to walk to work on May 16.

Longest Commute by a Newcomer: This year, one in five pledges were taking their first ride to work ever.  While we congratulate every Connecticut resident trying bike commuting for the first time, we have to give special props to the pledge who had the longest trip: Dave McNeil, who pledged to ride 35 miles one way from Cheshire to Stratford!

Longest Commute Overall: The one way trip of Chris Adams, who has a 60 mile trip from Old Saybrook to Hartford. 

Total miles ridden/gas money saved: Among all 619 pledgers: 4,257 miles. When one considers that the average car/light truck gets 23.6 miles per gallon, over 180.4 gallons of gasoline were saved on Bike to Work Day, which, assuming that bicycle commuters left their cars at home and by an estimated price of gas at $3.90 a gallon, means about $703.56 in gas savings for just one day - a lot of money that can be spent on other things. 

Top 20 Organizations - Ranked by BTW Day Pledges

1. Department of Children & Families: 146 pledges, 468 miles
2. Pratt & Whitney: 43 pledges, 306 miles 
3. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: 33 pledges, 313 miles
4. Department of Correction: 22 pledges, 340 miles
5. Trinity College: 17 pledges, 83 miles
6. Travelers Insurance: 16 pledges, 140 miles
7. Yale University: 15 pledges, 91.5 miles 
8. Uconn Health: 11 pledges, 106 miles
9. Department of Public Health: 10 pledges, 76 miles
10. Department of Transportation: 9 pledges, 50 miles
11.(tie)United Technologies Corporation: 8 pledges, 126 miles
11. (tie) Department of Education: 8 pledges, 76 miles
13. Aetna: 7 pledges, 78.5 miles
14. Prudential Financial: 6 pledges, 72.4 miles
15. Department of Motor Vehicles: 5 pledges, 20 miles
16. UnitedHealth Group: 4 pledges, 28 miles
17. (tie) Department of Economic & Community Development: 3 pledges, 48 miles
17. (tie) Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co.: 3 pledges, 25.2 miles
17. (tie) City of Hartford: 3 pledges, 22.8 miles
17. (tie) Department of Administrative Services: 3 pledges, 12 miles 
17. (tie) City of New London: 3 pledges, 22.8 miles 


Top Ten Organizations By MILES (one way)

1. Children & Families.Dept Of: 146 pledges, 468 miles
2. Correction, Dept Of: 22 pledges, 340 miles
3. DEEP: 33 pledges, 313 miles
4. Pratt & Whitney: 43 pledges, 306 miles
5. Travelers: 16 pledges, 140 miles 
6. UConn Health: 11 pledges, 106 miles 
7. Connecticut General Assembly: 2 pledges, 103 miles
8. Yale University: 15 pledges, 91 miles
9. Trinity College: 17 pledges, 83 miles
10. Aetna: 7 pledges, 78 miles 

Participating Organizations (No. of employees who took the pledge to ride to work/Total miles ridden/walked)

Organization 
3M: 2 pledges, 35 miles
4Health Group - Varibike North America: 1 pledge, 20 miles 
AAA Metals: 1 pledge, 0 miles
Aetna: 7 pledges, 78.5 miles
AHCC: 1 pledge, 3.5 miles
Alstom Power Inc.: 1 pledge, 8 miles 
AOX - Northrop Grumman: 1 pledge, 5.5 miles 
ATT: 1 pledge, 13 miles 
Avon Middle School: 1 pledge, 4 miles 
Bank of America: 2 pledges, 18 miles
Bausch Abdurahman Thampan Medd, LLC: 1 pledge, 7.5 miles
Benidorm Bikes: 2 pledges, 21 miles 
Berlin Bicycle: 1 pledge, 16 miles 
Berlin High School: 1 pledge, 12 miles 
Bicycles East: 1 pledge, 13 miles 
Big Sky: 1 pledge, 8 miles 
Bike New London: 1 pledge, 13 miles 
Bike Walk CT: 3 pledges, 10.1 miels 
BlackBerry: 1 pledge, 3.5 miles 
Bloomfield's High School Harris Ag Ctr: 1 pledge, 11 miles 
Burns and McDonnell: 1 pledge, 21 miles 
Canberra Industries Inc.1 pledge, 12 miles 
Capital Community College: 1 pledge, 3 miles 
Capital Region Education Council: 1 pledge, 5 miles 
Capitol Region Council of Governments1 pledge, 12 miles
CCMC: 1 pledge, 10 miles 
Cd3 Inc,.: 1 pledge, 30 miles 
CDC, Inc.: 1 pledge, 11.5 miles 
CDM Smith: 1 pledge, 12 miles 
CED Services: 1 pledge, 17 miles 
Center for Alternative Medicine, PC: 1 pledge, 13 miles 
Centerbrook Architects: 1 pledge, 8 miles 
Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency: 1 pledge, 9 miles 
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital: 1 pledge, 14 miles 
Child Care Services: 1 pledge, 9 miles 
Cigna: 3 pledges, 20.5 miles 
Citi Group: 1 pledge, 1.4 miles 
Citibank: 1 pledge, 5 miles 
City of Bridgeport: 1 pledge, 5 miles 
CIty of Hartford: 3 pledges, 26.8 miles 
City of New Britain: 1 pledge, 4.9 miles
City of New Haven: 2 pledges, 3.2 miles 
City of New London: 3 pledges, 3.3 miles 
City of Norwich Ct: 1 pledge, 4 miles 
CLARCOR EMS: 1 pledge, 5 miles 
Coherent, Inc.: 1 pledge 14 miles 
Conair Corporation: 1 pledge, 3.5 miles 
Connecticut Judicial Branch/Client Security Fund: 1 pledge, 5 miles 
Connecticut Science Center: 1 pledge, 2.5 miles 
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo: 1 pledge, 3.5 miles 
Consolidated School District of New Britain, SMS: 1 pledge, 10 miles
Cornelio R. Hong MD: 1 pledge, 5 miles 
Corporate Translation Inc.: 1 pledge, 3.5 miles 
CRCOG: 2 pledges, 13 miles 
Creative Change Inc.: 1 pledge, 9 miles 
CT Children's Medical Center: 1 pledge, 5 miles 
CT DPH: 1 pledge, 7 miles 
CT Early Childhood Alliance: 1 pledge, 11 miles 
Cycling Sports Group: 2 pledges, 18 miles 
CyclingSavvy.org / Iamtraffic.org: 1 pledge, 6 miles
Danny's Cycles: 1 pledge, 25 miles 
Darien Library: 1 pledge, 4.5 miles 
Dassault Systems: 1 pledge, 14 miles
Daymon Worldwide: 1 pledge 3.5 miles 
DCF: 1 pledge, 0 miles 
DIYBIKING.COM: 1 pledge, 2 miles 
DSSD: 1 pledge, 0 miles 
EB: 1 pledge, 7.1 miles 
Electric Boat: 1 pledge, 5 miles 
ESPN: 2 pledges, 23.5 miles
exellentes llc dba rivard opticians:1 pledge, 5 miles
Fairfield Health Dept./Public Health Nursing: 1 pledge 1.5 miles
Fairfield Ludlowe High School: 1 pledge, 3 miles 
Finalsite: 1 pledge, 4.5 miles 
First Class Properties Group: 1 pledge, 20 miles 
Frog Hollow Consulting: 1 pledge, 1.5 miles 
Fuss & O'Neill: 2 pledges, 25 miles 
Gen Re NEAM: 1 pledge, 24 miles 
General Dynamics Electric Boat: 1 pledge, 1 mile
General Electric: 2 pledges, 35 miles 
George Weiss Associates: 2 pledges, 70 miles 
Gilead Sciences: 1 pledge, 5.5 miles 
Glastonbury Auto: 1 pledge, 0 miles 
Global Projects Consulting, LLC: 1 pledge, 10 miles 
Global-Spectrum CT: 1 pledge, 4 miles 
Greater Hartford Transit District: 1 pledge, 4 miles 
Habasit: 1 pledge, 2 miles 
Hamilton Sundstrand (UTAS): 1 pledge, 0 miles 
Hartford Hopital: 1 pledge, 18 miles 
Hartford Public Library: 1 pledge, 2.7 miles 
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co.: 4 pledges, 45.2 miles 
Healthtrax Fitness and Wellness: 1 pledge, 1.8 miles 
Healthy People & Places Consulting: 1 pledge, 1 mile 
HEI Hotels & Resorts: 1 pledge, 23 miles 
Holyoke YMCA: 1 pledge, 4 miles 
Horst Engineering: 2 pledges, 29 miles 
ING: 1 pledge, 11 miles 
INNCOM by Honeywell: 1 pledge, 17 miles 
IRIS: 1 pledge, 5 miles 
jaystar group: 1 pledge, 15 miles 
Karelia Health: 1 pledge, 11 miles 
Kents Hill School: 1 pledge, 0 miles 
Legrand | Wiremold: 1 pledge, 20 miles 
liberty collision: 1 pledge, 5.4 miles 
Lorca: 1 pledge, 1.5 miles 
Louis Berger Group, Inc.: 1 pledge, 14 miles 
Manchester BOE: 1 pledge, 15 miles 
Marion Manufacturing Company, Inc.: 1 pledge, 2 miles 
McElroy Deutsch: 1 pledge, 6 miles 
Mercer: 1 pledge, 20 miles 
MetLife: 1 pledge, 5 miles 
Michael J. Federico, CFP,EA: 1 pledge, 12.5 miles
mikro: 1 pledge, 8.5 miles
Milford, ECC /MBA&CJV/ Urban Roots Bridgeport: 1 pledge, 1.6 miles
Mitchell Auto Group: 1 pledge, 5 miles
Myst Wealth Advisors: 1 pledge, 10 miles
Natura Medica: 1 pledge, 3 miles
NHLSCP: 1 pledge, 2 miles
NINA: 1 pledge, 5 miles
Northeast Utilities: 2 pledges, 22 miles
Norwich Community Development Corporation: 1 pledge, 3 miles
not provided: 1 pledge, 2 miles
Optum: 1 pledge, 15 miles
Oracle Corporation: 1 pledge, 10 miles
Orafol Americas Inc.: 1 pledge, 13 miles
Patagonia Westport: 1 pledge, 5 miles
PCX Aerostructures: 1 pledge, 5 miles
Peru Opportunity Fund: 1 pledge, 2 miles
Phoenix: 1 pledge, 8 miles 
planning, Conservation, and Development Dept. of: 1 pledge, 12 miles
PQ Controls: 1 pledge, 4 miles
Pratt & Whitney:  43 pledges, 306 miles 
Price Chopper: 1 pledge, 0 miles
Prudential Financial: 7 pledges, 72.4 miles 
R. C. BIGELOW, INC.: 1 pledge,  0 miles 
Real Hartford, LLC: 1 pledge, 0 miles 
Regional Plan Association: 1 pledge, 2 miles 
REI: 2 pledges, 8 miles 
retired: 3 pledges, 17 miles
Rogers Benefit Group: 1 pledge, 4 miles
Ron Manizza Sales / Bianchi Bicycles: 1 pledge, 50 miles
Rosebud Development: 1 pledge, 10 miles
Scott Franklin & Associates: 1 pledge, 2 miles
self employed:  7 pledges, 32 miles
She3 Barre well-fitness Boutique: 1 pledge, 8 miles
Sheldon Oak: 1 pledge, 2 miles
Simsbury Bicycle Ped. Advisory Committee: 1 pledge, 5 miles
SMC Partners: 1 pledge, 14 miles
soci: 1 pledge, 0 miles
Sodexo: 1 pledge, 0 miles
St. Vincent de Paul Middletown: 1 pledge, 1 mile
Stamford Downtown Special Services District: 1 pledge, 2 miles
Stamford Insurance Group Inc: 1 pledge, 3 miles
Stop & Shop: 1 pledge, 2.5 miles
STRU: 1 pledge, 0 miles
Subase Fire Department: 1 pledge, 0 miles
SWRPA: 1 pledge, 2 miles
The Bananaland: 1 pledge, 0 miles
The Hartford: 1 pledge, 8.2 miles
The Language Exchange: 1 pledge, 5 miles
the lawn police: 1 pledge, 4 miles
Thomas Hooker Brewery: 1 pledge, 7 miles
Thomson Reuters: 1 pledge, 24 miles
Thrivent Finacil: 1 pledge, 2.5 miles
TO Design: 1 pledge, 4 miles
Tolland Middle School: 1 pledge, 15 miles
Tony's Bikes: 1 pledge, 13.5 miles
Town of West Hartford: 1 pledge, 1.5 miles
Town of Windsor: 2 pledges, 18 miles
Travelers: 16 pledges, 140.2 miles
Trident, an ITW Company: 1 pledge, 15.5 miles
Trinity College: 17 pledges, 82.8 miles
TTM Technology: 1 pledge, 2.5 miles
UBS: 1 pledge, 4 miles
UTC: 8 pledges, 126 miles
UnitedHealth Group: 4 pledges, 28 miles
University Of Hartford: 1 pledge, 1 mile
Urban Oaks Organic Farm: 1 pledge, 9 miles
UTRC: 1 pledge, 0 miles
Vliet & O'Neill: 1 pledge, 14 miles
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: 1 pledge, 1 mile
Weekday Cyclists: 1 pledge, 0 miles
Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC: 1 pledge, 20 miles
Wesleyan University: 3 pledges, 3 miles
West Hartford Public Library: 1 pledge, 2 miles
West Hartford Public Schools: 1 pledge, 2 miles
West Haven VA: 1 pledge, 3 miles
Westinghouse Electric Co.: 1 pledge, 3 miles
WFSB-TV3: 1 pledge, 5.5 miles
Whittlesey & Hadley PC: 1 pledge, 7 miles
Whole Foods Market: 1 pledge, 4 miles
Willis: 1 pledge, 4 miles
Windham Region Council of Governments: 1 pledge, 8 miles
Xhale Assurance, Inc: 1 pledge, 10 miles
Yale University: 15 pledges, 91.45 miles
YWCA Hartford Region: 1 pledge, 3 miles




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