The Merrimack Valley TMA and the Junction TMO participate in the 20th Annual MassCommute Bicycle Challenge

ANDOVER, Mass., May 29, 2014 – The Merrimack Valley Transportation Management Association (MVTMA) and the Junction Transportation Management Organization (JTMO) participated in the 20th Annual MassCommute Bicycle Challenge (MCBC) from May 10-18 as part of the national and statewide Bike to Work Week promotions. During the 9-day Challenge, 74 employees from MVTMA and the JTMO member companies road just under 2000 miles and logged bicycle trips equating to $334 saved in gas and 1,822 pounds of CO2 prevented from entering the atmosphere.

 The Bicycle Challenge itself set participation records worth noting.

A total of 3800 people registered for the Challenge (up from 2800 in 2013) and participants logged a total of 138,340 miles biked during the Challenge.

More than 190 people attended last night’s Bike Bash, which boasted 47 raffle prizes and awards valued at over $4000 – including a grand prize raffle of a bike donated by Cambridge Bicycle. Major sponsors of the Bike Bash included Harvard Commuter Choice, MIT Commuter Connections, Flat Top Johnny’s, Harpoon Brewery and Urban Adventours.

Sponsors of the MassCommute Bicycle Challenge included JTMO member Pfizer of Andover as well as Eastern Bank, State Street, Hobbs Brook Management and the American Diabetes Association to name a few. The MVTMA and the JTMO also partnered with the North Shore Tour de Cure and Emmaus Charity teams during the Challenge.

For a full list of MCBC sponsors and corporate, school and community winners, please visit http://masscommutebicyclechallenge.org/.