logo

 February 2013
In this Issue
It's Carpool Week!
Employee Spotlight: Carpool success!
Join the conversation on the regional transportation plan
Out & About with Smart Commute MRH
News & Interesting Reads
Our Sponsors

 

 

MMM Group Limited

 

IBM Logo sml  

Our Partners

 

Town of Markham

TownRichmondHill NEW logo

MBT Logo 2011

Metrolinx Logo 2011

Connect with us!
Follow us on Twitter    Like us on Facebook    View our profile on LinkedIn

View our photos on flickr     View our videos on YouTube

Find a carpool match
 
Contact Us

 

289-844-3031

[email protected]

smartcommutemrh.ca

Reclaiming your time and money 
has never been easier! 
 
CARPOOL WEEK is Smart Commute's GTHA wide annual awareness campaign to promote carpooling and CarpoolZone.ca - the free 
and easy to use, online 
ride-matching service.

Participation is easy!
  1. Create a Carpool Zone account or sign in to your existing one between Jan. 28  and Feb. 10      
  2. Register under your company's dedicated user group, if applicable, by selecting it from the drop down menu    
  3. You will be entered into a draw for a chance to WIN prizes!
Grand prize:
Return trip for two people to Montreal (Business Class), courtesy of VIA Rail

Second prize:
Two night stay for two people in a Studio Suite, courtesy of One King West Hotel & Residence located in downtown Toronto

*Are you an employee of a Smart Commute workplace with a dedicated user group on CarpoolZone.caYou have the chance to win additional prizes, especially if you are already carpooling! Visit smartcommutemrh.ca for details

Smart Commute Employee Spotlight:
Small Changes, Big Savings 

Fatema absolutely loves her job, but the daily commute from her Brampton home to GENIVAR in Markham, which usually takes more than an hour, is often exhausting. Fatema tried using the 407 Express Toll Route (ETR), and while this did shorten her travel time, it also emptied $400 out of her wallet each month. 
 
After a few attempts at forming a carpool over the past couple of years, Fatema finally had success. Continue reading... 
 

Fatema's car parked in one of GENIVAR's dedicated carpool parking spaces, conveniently located near the main entrance, 
a benefit of being a carpooler. 
 
Big plans are underway for transportation
in our region. Join the conversation!

The Big Move is Metrolinx's plan to rebuild transportation in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area. A vital public conversation is underway about this plan as it will change how you get around your community.

Find out more and contribute to the discussion at this roundtable meeting hosted by Metrolinx. 
 
Smart Commute will see you there!

Richmond Hill Centre for Performing Arts (map)
February 19, 2013
6 - 8 p.m.


Out & About with
Smart Commute MRH
 

Lisa Mirabella (right), Smart Commute workplace ambassador for Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites, works with a colleague to complete the Smart Commute commuter follow-up survey to learn about the changes employees are making to their trip to and from work. 

Employees at new Smart Commute employer Compugen sign-up to Carpool Zone to find opportunities to share a ride 
for the trip to work. 

Costas Menegakis, Member of Parliament for Richmond Hill with Flo McLellan, Program Director for Smart Commute MRH, at a recent Connecting the Community event in Richmond Hill.

URS employee Suzanne Payne wins a bike repair kit by spinning the SCMRH prize wheel after signing up to Carpool Zone. 

 News & Interesting Reads
  • Interested in winter cycling? Follow news or register for the Winter Cycling Congress happening in Oulu, Finland from February 13 - 14, 2013.   

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.