BTW Pledge Update: More Small Towns and Small Businesses Taking Pledge

With Bike to Work Day 2014 arriving in a week's time, we see pledge momentum picking up - especially with small towns and small businesses all across the state. The top three in each group have kept their position, but not necessarily the momentum that got them there:

• Small businesses like creative agency The Bananaland in Bridgeport and Tony's Bikes in Milford have shown up in the fluid list this week. As it stands, Bike Walk Connecticut will easily surpass last year's tally of 176 employers represented. 
• The Department of Motor Vehicles may lose the motor as a total of five  employees - and counting - from the DMV have pledged to ride to work on May 16th, easily putting the DMV in the top five in our State Government list.
• Towns including Manchester, Middletown, East Hartford and Bloomfield have stayed in the top ten over the second half of this week without gaining new pledges. Meanwhile, other cities and towns are catching up. New Canaan may be a late pledger as no one is yet represented, and we expect workers from Darien and Greenwich to take the Bike to Work Day pledge once they remember how bad Rt. 1 is during rush hour this evening.

STATE GOVERNMENT - TOP 3 PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS

1. Children & Families, Dept Of - 112
2. Energy and Environmental Protection, Dept Of - 31
3. Correction, Dept Of - 16

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

PRIVATE SECTOR - TOP 3 PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS (173 TOTAL AS OF 5/9 AM)

1. Trinity College - 17
2. Pratt & Whitney - 10
3. UConn Health - 6

Travelers Insurance - 6
Prudential Financial - 5
Aetna - 5
United Technologies Aerospace Systems - 4
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. - 3
Bike Walk CT - 3
UnitedHealth Group - 2
Travelers - 2
Town of Windsor - 2
retired - 2
Horst Engineering - 2
General Electric - 2
ESPN - 2
Cycling Sports Group inc. - 2
City of New Haven - 2
Bloomfield's High School Harris Ag Ctr. - 2
Benidorm Bikes - 2
Windham Region Council of Governments - 1
Whole Foods Market - 1
West Hartford Public Library - 1
Wesleyan University - 1
Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC - 1
Weekday Cyclists - 1
UTC - 1
Urban Oaks Organic Farm - 1
University Of Hartford - 1
Town of West Hartford - 1
Tony's Bikes - 1
Tolland Middle School - 1
The Lawn Police - 1
The Hartford - 1
The Bananaland - 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 - 1
Scott Franklin & Associates - 1
Ron Manizza Sales / Bianchi Bicycles - 1
Rogers Benefit Group - 1
REI - 1
Real Hartford, LLC - 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
MetLife - 1
McElroy Deutsch - 1
Marion Manufacturing Company, Inc. - 1
Manchester BOE - 1
Karelia Health - 1
INNCOM by Honeywell - 1
ING - 1
Hartford Public Library - 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
Fairfield Ludlowe High School - 1
Electric Boat - 1
EB - 1
DSSD - 1
Dassault Systems - 1
Darien Library - 1
Danny's Cycles - 1
Cycling Sports Group - 1
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
Coherent, Inc. - 1
City of Norwich - 1
Cigna - 1
Child Care Services - 1
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital -1
CED Services - 1
Cd3 Inc. - 1
CCMC - 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
3M - 1

TOP 3 COMMUNITIES (by participants' town)

1. West Hartford - 43
2. Waterbury - 30
3. Hartford - 19

New Haven - 17
Wethersfield - 16
Glastonbury - 14
Cheshire - 9
Manchester - 8
Middletown - 7
Stamford - 6
Simsbury - 6
New Britain - 6
Farmington - 6
East Hartford - 6
Danbury - 6
Bloomfield - 6
South Windsor - 5
New London - 5
Milford - 5
Canton - 5
Torrington - 4
Norwich - 4
Newington - 4
Haddam - 4
Bolton - 4
Windsor - 3
Watertown - 3
Waterbury  - 3
Unionville - 3
Stratford - 3
New Haven - 3
Manchester - 3
Hamden - 3
Granby - 3
East Haven - 3
Avon - 3
West Simsbury - 2
Weatogue - 2
Waterford - 2
Tolland - 2
Storrs - 2
Quaker Hill - 2
Prospect - 2
Portland - 2
Plainville - 2
North Franklin - 2
Mansfield - 2
Madison - 2
Hebron - 2
Guilford - 2
Groton - 2
Enfield - 2
Cromwell - 2
Burlington - 2
Bristol - 2
Ashford - 2
Wolcott - 1
Winsted - 1
Windsor VT - 1
Windsor Locks - 1
Wilton - 1
Willington - 1
Willimantic - 1
Westerly, RI - 1
West Hartford  - 1
Wallingford - 1
Walking - 1
Vernon - 1
Unionville - 1
Torrington - 2
Suffield - 1
Stonington - 1
Stafford - 1
Southington - 1
South Glastonbury - 1
Rocky Hill - 1
Oakville - 1
North Windham 1
North Haven -1
Niantic - 1
Newtown - 1
New Hartford - 1
Marion - 1
Mansfield Center - 1
Longmeadow, MA - 1
Litchfield - 1
Hastings-On-Hudson, NY - 1
Glastonbury - 1
Fairfield - 1
Ellington - 1
East Windsor - 1
East Windsor - 1
East lyme - 1
East Granby - 1
Coventry - 1
Chester, CT - 1
Chester - 1
Chaplin - 1
Branford - 1
Bethlehem - 1
Berlin - 1
Beacon Falls - 1
Barkhamsted - 1
Andover - 1

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