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 January 2013
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What would you do with 32 extra minutes?
Have your say on cycling in Ontario
YRT/Viva Updates
What is a Mobility Hub?
News & Interesting Reads
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Getting around the GTHA can be time consuming. 
But it doesn't have to be this way.
It can be so much better. 

What would you do with an extra 32 minutes a day? 

The Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance is generating a conversation about what a better transportation system means to us all. Visit your32.com and share what you would do with an extra 32 minutes each day. That's the average amount of time that residents will save on their daily commute once Metrolinx's regional transportation plan, The Big Move, is funded and built over the next 25 years, compared to no comprehensive system being built over the same time.

 

CivicAction's Regional Transportation Media Briefing (October 10, 2012)
CivicAction's Regional Transportation Media Briefing 

 

Have your say on cycling in Ontario!

The Ministry of Transportation's Cycling Strategy for Ontario has been publicly released and is available on the Environmental Bill     of Rights website for public comment until January 29th. Provide your feedback and help shape this
important strategy. Click to read and comment.   
  
Employees at the City of Markham participate in a 
Winter cycling clinic offered by Cycle Toronto 
in partnership with Smart Commute

York Region Transit/Viva Updates



Viva Diva (Dorota Simpson, left) and PRESTO Barbie (Lori Bowers, right) give Smart Commute MRH's Advisory Committee a fun update on service and program achievements made during 2012 and what to look out for in 2013. Stay turned to yrt.ca for everything you need to know about using YRT/Viva. 
 
What is a Mobility Hub?

Mobility hubs are places of connectivity betwee
regional and rapid transit services, where different 
modes of transportation come together seamlessly. They have, or are planned to have an attractive, intensive concentration of employment, living, shopping and enjoyment around a major transit station. 

Read about the following Mobility Hubs located in 
Markham and Richmond Hill
 
 
 News & Interesting Reads
  • View Smart Commute's July 1 - September 30, 2012 performance results. 
  • Stay in the know with GO Tracker, GO Transit's new web based application that allows you to view real time GO Train departure information on your computer or mobile device.

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.