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MAY 2011
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Register for Bike to Work Day by Friday May 20, 2011 and be entered in our early bird draw for a chance to win a $100 bike shop gift card! |
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GET ACTIVE, SAVE MONEY AND PRODUCE ZERO EMISSIONS!!!
JOIN US AT OUR 4th ANNUAL BIKE TO WORK DAY EVENT MONDAY, MAY 30th 2011
 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE EVENT POSTCARD AND ROUTE MAP DATE: MONDAY, MAY 30th 2011 TIME: 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. LOCATION: - (Start) MMM Group: 100 Commerce Valley Drive West, Thornhill
- (Water break) HDR|iTRANS Consulting: 100 York Bloulevard, Richmond Hill
- (End) MMM Group: 100 Commerce Valley Drive West, Thornhill
Join Smart Commute Markham, Richmond Hill on our 4th Annual Bike To Work Day and discover how cycling to work - even occasionally - can improve traffic congestion, air quality and your overall health. This 6km ride around Highway 7 and Leslie corridor will have a York Region Police escort, and a refreshment and prize break part way through. You will receive: FREE continental breakfast FREE bike tune-ups (first come, first served) FREE giveaways PLUS a chance to WIN great prizes including a BRAND NEW BIKE!!! To register, email us at b2wd@smartcommutemrh.ca and be sure to provide your name, company name (if applicable), email address and telephone number. |
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Smart Commute Markham, Richmond Hill welcomes our new team members!
Dimitri Pagratis
Dimitri has joined Smart Commute Markham, Richmond Hill as our new Marketing, Communications Coordinator. Dimitri holds a Masters degree in Environmental Studies with a focus on Urban Planning, Transportation, Renewable Energy and Sustainability. He also has TDM experience, having interned with York Region's Infrastructure Planning Branch. Dimitri is also an avid cyclist (Hello Bike to Work Day!).
Nicole Beayni
Nicole is our new Administration & Outreach Summer Intern at Smart Commute Markham, Richmond Hill. She is completing a Graduate Certificate in Project Management at Centennial College School of Business. Nicole is passionate about sustainability and is looking forward to learning about TDM and meeting all of our partners!
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Smart Commute Markham, Richmond Hill sponsored two Eco Driver Lunch & Learns at MMM Group and at the recently opened Markham Convergence Center. Approximately fifty participants (including three Markham Councillors) attended the sessions.
Richard Cunningham (L), President & CEO of the Markham Board Of Trade; Flo McLellan (R2), Program Director of SCMRH; and Ron Groves, Windfall Ecology Center presented a $25 gift card to the lucky prize winner at the Markham Convergence Center's Eco Driver workshop.
Employees from GENIVAR and QUALCOMM took part in an interactive "Calculate Your Commute" where they learned about their average daily commute costs and alternate commuting options. This will help save them time and money, while also helping the environment.
  2 lucky GENIVAR and Qualcomm employees received an iPod shuffle! |
PHILIPS CANADA, winner of the 2010 Smart Commute MRH Employer of the Year, has shown an increase in employee demand for carpooling services. As a result of this increased demand, two new carpool parking spaces (now a total of four) have been added for employees who carpool to work.
Smart Commute MRH printed two new Carpool Parking signs for WORLEY PARSONS CANADA (Markham location) to encourage more of their employees to choose carpooling to work!!!
Flo McLellan (left), Program Director of SCMRH with Wincy Tsang (center) of SCMRH presented newly printed Smart Commute MRH carpool parking signs to Worley Parsons Economic Committee. |
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Metrolinx/ VIVA NEXT Cyclist advisory - Highway 7 East construction (Click Here) |
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What is Smart Commute Markham, Richmond Hill?
Smart Commute is a not-for-profit sustainability initiative of the municipalities of Markham and Richmond Hill, York Region and Metrolinx. We help local employers and commuters, like you, explore different commute choices like carpooling, cycling and transit. Our goal is to ease gridlock, improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions while making your commute less expensive and more enjoyable.
Your savings! In just five years, Carpool Zone users in the GTA have saved over ten million dollars and prevented 24,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions; the equivalent of about 9 million bricks!
www.smartcommutemrh.ca or call us at: 289-844-3031
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