Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin
P.O. Box 1224
Madison, WI 53701
Phone 608-251-4456
Email amanda.white@bfw.org
Fri, Sep 10, 2010
Coordination : Bike to Work Week



2010 Bike to Work Week Results


Please click here to see the winners of the 2010 Commuter Bike Challenge.

More than 2,275 people registered as participants in the Bike Fed's 2010 Bike to Work Week activities, June 6-11. They represented more than 275 workplaces across the state and reported commuting more than 100,000 miles by bike during Bike to Work Week.

By biking instead of driving to work, registered participants in Bike to Work Week:
  • burned 3,606,550 calories1
  • saved $56,703 in vehicle costs2
  • prevented 41 tons of carbon dioxide emissions3
  • prevented 5,129 pounds of carbon monoxide emissions4
  • saved 4,192 gallons of gasoline5


Click on the pictures below to browse our Flickr photo albums for Bike to Work Week 2010.

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1 Based on 36 calories burned per mile at 12 miles per hour (http://www.smarttrips.org/)
2 Based on AAA's 2009 estimate of operational and ownership costs of 56.6 cents per vehicle mile (http://www.autotropolis.com/automobile-news-columns/car-buying-review/aaa-data-shows-small-cars-40-less-expensive-per-mile.html)
3 According to EPA, the typical American automobile gets 23.9 miles (http://www.epa.gov/oms/climate/420f05003.htm) and emits 19.4 pounds of carbon dioxide per gallon (http://www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/420f05001.htm).
4 Based on 0.0512 pounds carbon monoxide emissions produced by private vehicle per mile (http://www.smarttrips.org/)
5 According to EPA, the typical American automobile gets 23.9 miles per gallon (http://www.epa.gov/oms/climate/420f05003.htm) .