March News - Announcing the Gold and Sliver Smart Commute MRH Workplaces for 2013!

March 2013

In this Issue

Gold and Silver Workplaces

Carpool Week Winners

GENIVAR honoured by Markham Council

New & Interesting Reads

Out and About with SCMRH

Smart Commute Survey Winners

Our Sponsors

Our Partners

Connect with us!

Find a carpool match

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GOLD and SILVER Smart Commute MRH Workplaces recognized for their efforts

The 2013 designations for the Smart Commute Workplace program have been announced.

Congratulations to the City of Markham and the Town of Richmond Hill for achieving a GOLD designation!

Our 2013 SILVER Workplaces are Cole Engineering, GENIVAR, HDR, MMM Group, Philips Electronics, and Seneca College.

The Smart Commute Workplace program recognizes the efforts of Smart Commute member employers in providing commuter options and activities for their employees. Read more.

Presenting the GOLD and SILVER 2013 Workplaces at SCMRH's latest Advisory Committee meeting

Carpool Week Winners!

Thank you to all who participated in Carpool Week!

We had a successful campaign with many new users joining CarpoolZone.ca and registering their active carpool groups.

There are now over 15, 000 users on Carpool Zone!

Laura Smith from the Town of Richmond Hill is the lucky winner of the sign in or sign up to Carpool Zone contest receiving a

$100 fuel card from the Town's Smart Commute

Workplace Ambassador Patrick Lui.

Carpool groups at GEVINAR receiving their

complimentary emergency car kits from Smart Commute for participating our Carpool Week group contest.

GENIVAR honoured at

City of Markham council meeting

In February, City of Markham's Mayor Frank Scarpitti and Council

recognized Smart Commute member employer GENIVAR for their win of the 2012 Smart Commute Markham, Richmond Hill Employer of the Year Award. More on the Smart Commute Awards and the recipients.

New & Interesting Reads

Are you or someone you know interested in a paid internship opportunity with the Smart Commute team at Metrolinx? View details of the position. Applications are due March 11, 2013.

Are you finding it tough to manage stress and exercise in your daily schedule? Sign up for a webinar happening Tuesday, March 19th from 10-11 a.m. for tips for living healthier.
Wish you could have attended the Winter Cycling Congress in Oulu, Finland in February? Presentations, videos,photos and blogs are now available here.

Out and About with Smart Commute MRH

Encouraging carpooling and promoting reserved

carpool parking spaces at Markham Stouffville Hospital.

Town of Richmond Hill employees looking at

the home location of coworkers who are interested in

finding others to carpool with.

Cole Engineering is not hung up on their commute!

A GENIVAR commuter takes a spin with our new prize wheel during a Carpool Week event at their office.

Commuters at York Region District School Board's Dr. Bette Stephenson Centre sign-up to CarpoolZone.ca to find others to share a ride with.

Over 110 members of the public came together in Richmond Hill this past month at one of Metrolinx's several round-table conversation sessions about the Big Move, their regional transportation plan.

For more information visit bigmove.ca

They took our commuter survey and won!

Congratulations to Winnie Li from Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites (left photo, centre) and Terry Maccagno (right photo, left) from Compugen for being the lucky winners out of those who took their workplace Smart Commute survey.

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.