2014 National Bike Challenge & Commuter Cup Awards

Check out the detailed spreadsheet for 2014 here.

Pueblo area community members, who participated in the 2014 National Bike Challenge, demonstrated for the 5^th year in a row that bicycling is becoming more popular year after year for transportation, fitness and recreation in our area.  The first 2 months of the challenge also measured results for Pueblo’s 5^th Commuter Cup Challenge – a friendly competition between worksites and teams in Pueblo based off of commuter miles ridden by bicycle.   The 5-month, free, online challenge, headed by the League of American Bicyclists, was designed to unite existing and new bicyclists nationwide to join together and pedal from May 1, 2014, to September 30, 2014.  This year, they tracked over 23million miles involving 47,000 people on bikes.   

The local Pueblo County challenge was coordinated again this year by P.A.C.E. (Pueblo Active Community Environments), a local bicycle/pedestrian advocacy organization.  This was the 5^th year P.A.C.E. has combined the challenge with the Commuter Cup – a bicycle worksite challenge to encourage people to ride for transportation, not just fun and fitness, as well as a more bicycle friendly city. 

Stephanie Chambers, the Bike and Pedestrian Coordinator for the City of Pueblo, said, “I was honored to lead this year’s challenge and Commuter Cup on behalf of the local P.A.C.E. group.  There is a lot of misinformation circulating about whether or not people actually ride their bicycles in Pueblo.  We are very pleased to announce had 235 riders who participated this year (more than double compared to last year), and greatly increased the number of miles pedaled at 102,474 miles compared to last year’s 58,511 miles.  And, that’s just for a 5 month period and for those who were in the challenge and tracked and submitted their miles”.   

The data collected in the challenge shows the Pueblo area came in 12^th in the Nation based on per capita riding which is used to validate riding habits when applying for grants to improve bicycle safety, education, or infrastructure and facilities.  Riders tracked miles, but also earned points for each mile and each day ridden during the challenge period.

Here are some interesting highlights about the Overall Challenge Results, as well as, the Commuter Cup Results (Further details may be found on this attachment below).

Top 10 Overall Individuals Points May – September based off Transport and Sport miles

2014 Commuter Cup Winners:  Local May and June points based off of Transport Miles

1^st Place Workplaces received a traveling trophy:

Large Workplaces: 

1^st: St. Mary Corwin – won for the 1^st Place for the 2^nd year in a row!

2^nd: City of Pueblo

3^rd: Parkview Medical Center

1st Place Commuter Cup Award for Large Companies = St. Mary Corwin 

Medium Workplaces:

1^st: CDOT

2^nd: Ingersoll Rand

3^rd: Pueblo City-County Health Department

1st Place Commuter Cup Award for Medium Company - CDOT!

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Small Workplaces:

1^st:  NorthStar Engineering and Surveying

2^nd: University of CO Health

3^rd:  Cycle of Life

Special Recognition Teams: 1^st Place

Large:  Team Northstar

Medium:  Team Wacueblo

Small:  City of Pueblo

12 years and under:

1^st:  Jordan Moran

2^nd:  Rowan Moran

3^rd:  Kassandra Cuppy

4^th:  William Cuppy

Top 10 Commuters Overall:     

Some of the Top 10 Commuters Overall

Top 10 Women Commuters Overall: