Our Spring Bike to Work Week Results are in!

June 20, 2017

A Bike-in Movie Night, street-side celebrations and a sunny wrap-up BBQ helped to bring thounsands of people on bikes together during Bike to Work Week this spring!

Thank you to everyone who logged a trip last week during our spring Bike to Work Week.  With more than 84 celebration stations set-up across Metro Vancouver, registration remained steady with over 11,100 riders logging 470,926 km! Thank you to the sponsors, supporters, team leaders and volunteers who joined together to make this event a huge success.  See our BTWW photo gallery here and continue to support our community to get on their bikes! 

 

Bike to Work Week Statistics (May 29-June 4)

Registered Riders: 11,128

Number of Celebration Stations: 84

New to bike commuting: 1,730

Bike Trips Logged: 50,127

Total Kilometres biked: 470,926

Calories burned: 14,127,806

Kilograms of Greenhouse Gases Saved: 102,097

 

Spring 2017 Bike to Work Week Organizational Winners:

Based on number of trips logged

Best in School: Eric Hamber Secondary School

Best in Health: Provincial Health Services Authority

Best in Business: Arc’teryx Equipment Inc.

Best in Not-For-Profit: Vancouver Aquarium

Best in Higher Education: University of British Columbia

Best in Government: City of Vancouver

Best in Tech: EA Sports

Best Workplace (1-10 Employees): CPAWS-BC

Best Workplace (11-25 Employees): Pulse Energy 

Best Workplace (26-100 Employees): Zaber Technologies

Best Workplace (101-250 Employees): Relic Entertainment Inc.

Best Workplace (251-500 Employees): Arc’teryx Equipment Inc.

Best Workplace (501-1000 Employees): MDA

Best Workplace (1000+ Employees): University of British Columbia