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September 2012
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Take the Smart Commute Challenge
Breakfast of Champions
Calculate your commute
Welcome Nicholas
More news
Invisible bicycle helmet
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Take the Smart Commute Week Challenge and WIN! 

It's easy!
  1. Register or login to your existing Carpool Zone account   
  2. Smart commute to work between September 17 - 23    
  3. Log your commute using the Trip Diary 
Visit smartcommuteweek.ca for details.
 
PRIZES

VIA Rail trip for two to Montreal

2 - $100 value gift card packages
(Best Buy, Tim Horton`s, Starbucks, Bon Appetit)

Questions? Contact us at info@smartcommutemrh.ca 
 
*Only participants from Smart Commute Markham, Richmond Hill workplaces are eligible for the gift card package prizes. 
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Interested in sustainable transportation solutions for your business and employees? Already part of the Smart Commute program 
and want to kick it up a notch?
 
Join us for an engaging morning of networking, 
idea sharing and appreciation!


Wednesday, September 12, 2012
7:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel
Markham Room
600 Highway 7 East, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1B2


This FREE event includes:

* Hot breakfast
* Networking with Smart Commute workplace ambassadors and stakeholders
* Guest speakers sharing success stories, challenges and solutions
* Tips on saving money, increasing productivity and lowering pollutants
* How to engage employees in a sustainable commuting program

 

REGISTER by email to events@smartcommutemrh.ca
Have you tried calculating your commute?

Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce members took a minute to find out how much their daily drive to and from work adds up in distance, time, cost and pollutants per month. 

 

Left to right: Mark Smith (J.D. Smith Insurance, a Smart Commute member) and Rick Fearman (Schooley Mitchell) calculated their commute and won!

Welcome Nicholas!

 
Smart Commute Markham, Richmond Hill is pleased to introduce you to our newest intern: Nicholas Rendle.

 

He joins us from Centennial College's, School of Business, where he recently completed his studies in Project Management. Nicholas is also a graduate of the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor's degree in Environmental

Science/Ecology. He lives in Ajax, enjoys cycling, and likes watching NHL hockey.

 

You can reach Nicholas at nrendle@smartcommutemrh.ca 


More News

  • Read Flo McLellan's (SCMRH, Program Director) report for the Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce's 2012 Annual General Meeting. 
  • Major MacKenzie Dr. E is temporarily closed between Donald Cousens Parkway and Ninth Line in Markham until December 15, 2012 for bridge replacement. Details here.  

Sheraton Parkway North Toronto launches reserved carpool parking! 
(Left to right: Amelia, Elma, Carole-Anne, Saurabh)


Seneca students (Markham Campus) learn about how they 
can get to and from school sustainably.


Costas Menegakis (MP, Richmond Hill) with Flo McLellan (SCMRH 
Program Director) at the Village of Richmond Hill 5 Senses Festival.
 
Do bicycle helmets cramp your style
 or make you uncomfortable? 
 
Check out this innovative concept!

The Invisible Bicycle Helmet | Fredrik Gertten
The Invisible Bicycle Helmet | Fredrik Gertten

What is Smart Commute Markham, Richmond Hill?

 

Smart Commute is a not-for-profit sustainability program 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.