BTW Pledge Update and Event News: Pledges Pass 500

With less than 48 hours until Bike to Work Day begins, Bike Walk Connecticut sees more clear skies and less hesitation as CT residents continue to take the pledge to ride to work on May 16th. 

The DCF is swiftly transforming into the iPhone of State Government organizations; having more pledges than all of the other Connecticut organizations combined. DEEP and Corrections hold their positions while the Department of Transportation is challenging the Department of Public Health for fourth place: it's the people who know how to stay healthy against the people who know how to stay in motion, so it'll be one tough battle. 

Private sector pledges, which are still being led by small businesses, have seen some big changes in the last 48 hours with Traveler's Insurances suddenly jumping into third place. However, they may not be able to stay under the umbrella of the bronze medal for long since Yale - completely missing only days ago - showed up with nine pledges with more on the way.  

West Hartford (which was recently designated a Bike Friendly Community) remains on top with 55 pledges while Waterbury and Hartford have 31 and 25 pledges, respectively. But momentum is building in the lower ranks: Stamford has suddenly found itself in the top ten with 13 pledges. But Manchester, Cheshire and Simsbury may not stand for that and are only a few pledges shy of collectively hurling 'The City that Works' into 'The City that Isn't In the Top Ten.'

In Other News:

• The Farmington Event is now being held on Monday, May 19th from 6:30a.m. to 9:00a.m. Hosted by UConn Health, the event will be held at 263 Farmington Avenue. Farmington bicycle commuters are still encouraged to take the pledge if they are riding to work on Bike to Work Day. The city and the bike advocates who live in Farmington also need to take a bow as their city was designated a Bike Friendly Community along with West Hartford. 
  

• Stamford's Downtown Special Services District has confirmed that the Bike to Work Day event on Friday, May 16th at Veterans Park will feature tents to shield guests from whatever WTNH's Gil Simmons says may come from the sky that day. 
  

• Rumors abound on events in cities like Bridgeport and elsewhere. Remember: if you are holding a Bike to Work Day event be sure to register the event with Bike Walk CT so we can give you some resources and update our event listing. And of course, if you live in Connecticut and want to participate in National Bike to Work Day, be sure to take the pledge and be counted, and if you already have taken the pledge, forward the link to somebody who hasn't!
  

STATE GOVERNMENT - TOP 3 PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS


1. Children & Families, Dept Of - 128
2. Energy and Environmental Protection, Dept Of - 33
3. Correction, Dept Of - 17

Public Health, Dept of - 11
Transportation, Dept Of - 9
Motor Vehicles Department - 6
Education, Dept Of - 5
OTHER STATE AGENCY - 4
Economic and Community Development, Dept Of - 4
Administrative Services, Dept Of - 3
Developmental Services, Dept Of - 2
Children, Commission On - 2
Revenue Services, Dept Of - 1
Higher Education, Office Of - 1
Connecticut Development Authority - 1
Child Advocate, Office of - 1


PRIVATE SECTOR - TOP 3 PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS (201 TOTAL AS OF 5/12 PM)

1. Trinity College - 17
2. Pratt & Whitney - 15
3. Travelers Insurance - 11

Yale University - 9
UConn Health - 6
Prudential Financial - 6
Aetna - 6
United Technologies Aerospace Systems - 4
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. - 3
Bike Walk CT - 3
UnitedHealth Group - 2
Town of Windsor - 2
retired - 2
Northeast Utilities -2
Horst Engineering - 2
General Electric -2
Fuss & O'Neill - 2
ESPN - 2
City of New Haven - 2
CIty of Hartford - 2
Cigna - 2
Bloomfield's High School Harris Ag Ctr - 2
Benidorm Bikes - 2
Bank of America - 2
3M - 2
Xhale Assurance, Inc - 1
Windham Region Council of Governments - 1
WHPS - 1
Whole Foods Market - 1
Westinghouse Electric Co. - 1
West Hartford Public Library - 1
Wesleyan University - 1
Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC - 1
Weekday Cyclists - 1
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art -1
Vliet & O'Neill - 1
UTC - 1
Urban Oaks Organic Farm - 1
University Of Hartford - 1
United Healthgroup - 2
Town of West Hartford - 1
Tony's Bikes - 1
Tolland Middle School - 1
Thomson Reuters - 1
Thomas Hooker Brewery - 1
the lawn police - 1
The Language Exchange - 1
The Hartford - 1
The Bananaland - 1
SWRPA - 1
Subase Fire Department - 1
Stop & Shop - 1
Stanadyne - 1
Stamford Insurance Group Inc - 1
Stamford Downtown Special Services District - 1
SMC Partners - 1
Simsbury Bicycle Ped. Advisory Committee - 1
SELF-EMPLOYED - 2
Scott Franklin & Associates - 1
Rosebud Development - 1
Ron Manizza Sales / Bianchi Bicycles - 1
Rogers Benefit Group - 1
REI - 1
Regional Plan Association - 1
Real Hartford, LLC - 1
PQ Controls - 1
Phoenix - 1
Peru Opportunity Fund - 1
PCX Aerostructures - 1
Orafol Americas Inc. - 1
Oracle Corporation - 1
Optum - 1
Norwich Community Development Corporation - 1
NINA - 1
Myst Wealth Advisors - 1
Mitchell Auto Group - 1
Milford, ECC /MBA&CJV/ Urban Roots Bridgeport - 1
mikro - 1
Michael J. Federico, CFP,EA - 1
MetLife - 1
McElroy Deutsch 1
Marion Manufacturing Company, Inc. - 1
Manchester BOE - 1
Legrand | Wiremold - 1
Karelia Health - 1
INNCOM by Honeywell - 1
ING - 1
Hartford Public Library 1
Hartford Hospital - 1
Habasit - 1
Greater Hartford Transit District - 1
Global-Spectrum CT - 1
Global Projects Consulting, LLC - 1
Gilead Sciences - 1
George Weiss Associates - 1
General Dynamics Electric Boat - 1
Gen Re NEAM - 1
Frog Hollow Consulting - 1
First Class Properties Group - 1
Finalsite - 1
Fairfield Ludlowe High School - 1
Fairfield Health Dept./Public Health Nursing - 1
Electric Boat - 1
EB - 1
DSSD - 1
DIYBIKING.COM - 1
DCF - 1
Daymon Worldwide - 1
Dassault Systems - 1
Darien Library - 1
Danny's Cycles 1
CyclingSavvy.org / Iamtraffic.org - 1
Cycling Sports Group - 2
CT Early Childhood Alliance - 1
CT Children's Medical Center - 1
Creative Change Inc. - 1
CRCOG - 1
Corporate Translation Inc. - 1
Consolidated School District of New Britain, SMS - 1
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo - 1
Connecticut Science Center - 1
Connecticut Judicial Branch/Client Security Fund - 1
Conair Corporation - 1
Coherent, Inc. - 1
City of Norwich - 1
Citibank - retired - 1
Child Care Services - 1
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital - 1
Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency - 1
CED Services - 1
Cd3 Inc,. - 1
CCMC - 1
Capitol Region Council of Governments - 1
Capital Region Education Council - 1
Canberra Industries Inc. - 1
BlackBerry - 1
Big Sky - 1
Berlin High School - 1
Bausch Abdurahman Thampan Medd, LLC - 1
Avon Middle School - 1
Alstom Power Inc. - 1
AAA Metals - 1


TOP 3 COMMUNITIES (by participants' town)

1. West Hartford - 55
2. Waterbury - 31
3. Hartford - 25

New Haven - 22
Glastonbury - 20
Wethersfield - 17
Middletown - 15
Stamford - 13
Manchester - 11
Cheshire - 10
Simsbury - 10
New Britain - 7
Milford - 7
Farmington - 7
East Hartford - 7
Canton - 7
South Windsor - 6
Newington - 6
Hamden - 6
Bloomfield - 6
Unionville - 5
Norwich - 5
New London - 5
n/a - 5
Danbury - 5
Windsor - 4
Torrington - 4
Mansfield - 4
Haddam - 4
Bristol - 4
Bolton - 4
Watertown - 3
Waterbury  - 3
Stratford - 3
Southington - 3
New Haven  - 3
Manchester - 3
Hebron - 3
Granby - 3
Enfield - 3
East Haven - 3
Avon - 3
Weatogue - 2
Waterford - 2
Torrington - 2
Tolland - 2
Suffield - 2
Storrs - 2
Rocky Hill - 2
Quaker Hill - 2
Prospect - 2
Portland - 2
Plainville - 2
Old Saybrook - 2
North Haven - 2
North Franklin - 2
Madison - 2
Guilford - 2
Groton - 2
Fairfield - 2
Ellington - 2
Cromwell - 2
Chester - 2
Burlington - 2
Beacon Falls - 2
Ashford - 2
Yantic - 1
Wolcott - 1
Winsted - 1
Windsor - 1
Windsor Locks - 1
Wilton - 1
Willington - 1
Willimantic - 1
Weston - 1
Westerly, RI - 1
Westbrook - 1
West Hartford - 1
Wallingford - 1
Vernon - 1
Stonington - 1
Stafford - 1
Oakville - 1
North Windham - 1
Niantic - 1
Newtown - 1
New Hartford - 1
New Fairfield - 1
Marion - 1
Madison - 1
Lyme - 1
Longmeadow, MA - 1
Litchfield - 1
Hastings-On-Hudson, NY - 1
Elmwood - 1
East Windsor - 1
East Windsor - 1
east lyme - 1
East Granby - 1
Coventry - 1
Columbia - 1
Chaplin - 1
Bronx, NY - 1
Branford - 1
Bethlehem - 1
Berlin - 1
Barkhamsted - 1
Andover - 1

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