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 5th 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 5th 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 5th 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 12th 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
Name |
Distance/Miles |
Points |
|
1 |
Mike Archuleta - 2nd Year in a Row! |
5780 |
8840 |
2 |
Ronald Courtney |
4445 |
7365 |
3 |
Beatrice Salazar |
4369 |
7229 |
4 |
David Anderson |
3906 |
6546 |
5 |
Robert Bergles |
3628 |
6468 |
6 |
Barbara Hegarty |
3184 |
6104 |
7 |
Kristopher Black |
2732 |
5412 |
8 |
Don Fair |
2885 |
5385 |
9 |
Michael Worthington |
2376 |
5136 |
10 |
Charles Smith |
2438 |
5018 |
2014 Commuter Cup Winners: Local May and June points based off of Transport Miles
1st Place Workplaces received a traveling trophy:
Large Workplaces:
1st: St. Mary Corwin – won for the 1st Place for the 2nd year in a row!
2nd: City of Pueblo
3rd: Parkview Medical Center
1st Place Commuter Cup Award for Large Companies = St. Mary Corwin
Medium Workplaces:
1st: CDOT
2nd: Ingersoll Rand
3rd: Pueblo City-County Health Department
1st Place Commuter Cup Award for Medium Company - CDOT!
(Not Pictured):
Small Workplaces:
1st: NorthStar Engineering and Surveying
2nd: University of CO Health
3rd: Cycle of Life
Special Recognition Teams: 1st Place
Large: Team Northstar
Medium: Team Wacueblo
Small: City of Pueblo
12 years and under:
1st: Jordan Moran
2nd: Rowan Moran
3rd: Kassandra Cuppy
4th: William Cuppy
Top 10 Commuters Overall:
10 Commuters Overall - Individual |
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Name |
Distance |
Final Total |
Pick a Prize Ind and Men |
1 |
Mike Archuleta |
1684.90 |
1684.90 |
St. Mary Corwin Hospital |
2 |
Mike Cuppy |
1651.54 |
1651.54 |
NorthStar Engineering and Surveying Inc. |
3 |
Samuel Chambers |
1088.99 |
1088.99 |
AT & T |
4 |
Melissa Davis |
868.42 |
868.42 |
Top |
5 |
Ronald Courtney |
730.32 |
730.32 |
CMHIP |
6 |
Timothy McGhghy |
617.70 |
617.70 |
CDOT |
7 |
Kurt Vasquez |
512.19 |
512.19 |
St. Mary Corwin Hospital |
8 |
Charles Smith |
515.15 |
515.15 |
CDOT |
9 |
Don Fair |
564.90 |
564.90 |
Ingersoll Rand |
10 |
Stephanie Chambers |
438.51 |
438.51 |
City of Pueblo |
Some of the Top 10 Commuters Overall
Top 10 Women Commuters Overall:
Name | Distance | Points | |
1 | Melissa Davis | 868.42 | 1588.42 |
2 | Stephanie Chambers | 438.51 | 1138.51 |
3 | Sarah Joseph | 314.07 | 894.07 |
4 | Barbara Hegarty | 234.00 | 1014.00 |
5 | Kim Arline | 246.00 | 446.00 |
6 | Megan Tews | 216.00 | 756.00 |
7 | Amy Martin | 228.00 | 408.00 |
8 | Mary Davis | 133.26 | 373.26 |
9 | Meghan Arana | 95.00 | 495.00 |
10 | Kim Dodds | 119.00 | 179.00 |
Some of the Top 10 Women Commuters
Special thanks to every one of you who participated in this year's challenge and tracked your mileage! Every mile counts towards helping us collect data to quantify that people really do bicycle in Colorado which helps us when applying for grants to improve education and safety for cyclists, as well as, bicycle infrastructure, trails, connections and facilities. Keep Pedaling and see you again next year!
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NBC 2014 Web Final.xls | 152 KB |