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             March 2014
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Carpool Week Contest Winners
Social Media Contest Highlights
SCMRH Gold & Silver Workplaces
Out & About with SCMRH
News & Interesting Reads
Laughs for the Road
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Carpool Week 2014 Contest Winners!

 

Carpool Zone Sign up & Sign in Contest Winner 

Fanny Lee (left) from Qualcomm is the winner of our 

sign-up and sign-in contest!

 

Carpool Group Contest Winners

Our carpool group contest winners from URS! From left to right we have Rebecca Gray, Charlton Carscallen and Glenn Kearsley .

Ambassador Contest Winners
  Our two ambassador winners! From left to right we have Basil (SCMRH), Megan Lui (Richmond Hill), Lindsay (SCMRH) 
and Tracy O'Neil (Qualcomm)

Social Media Contest Winners

Sherri Parkins (Seneca), Cheryl Clifford (Town of Richmond Hill) and Richard Parkins (MMM Group)

Billboard Contest Winner

Matt Yu (second from right) from AMD was able to spot the billboard on Alden Rd. and Fourteenth Ave. Way to go Matt!

Carpool Week Social Media Contest Highlights

 

Josh Raubvogel and Zach Frankel try carpooling for the first time!

 

Cheryl Clifford (Richmond Hill), Richard Parkins (MMM Group) 

and Sherri Parkins (Seneca- Markham Campus) are carpooling professionals! They work in three different locations but still 

make it work between them.

 

Bruce Lockhart and Derek Blakemore from AECOM

are serious about carpooling. 

 

       Tim Klinker and Richard Conohan from AMD are all 

smiles on their morning commute!

 

     Lucy Zhu (AMD) and Wilson Zhao (Qualcomm) pose 

in their new carpool t-shirts.

 

     

Rashmi Patel, Ashwin Iyer and Aadvivian Singh from AMD 

pose for their group picture on a snowy day 

SCMRH 2014 Gold Workplaces

(Alphabetical Order)

 

City of Markham

   Picture 1 Left to Right: Flo (SCMRH), Fion Ho and Brian Lee

Picture 2 Left to Right: Alan Ho and Gord Landon

  

Cole Engineering

 Left to Right: Wincy (SCMRH), Janice Keller and Irem Khan 

 

Qualcomm

Left to Right: Tracy O'Neil, Jennifer Li, 
Kanta Ramautar and Fanny Lee

 

Town of Richmond Hill

 

Left to Right: George Flint, Sundeep Virdi, Megan Lui & Terry Ricketts

Out & About during Carpool Week
 
Town of Richmond Hill

Employees at the municipal office listened to some carpool tunes 
and signed up/in to win a Tablet! 

Brookfield Johnson Controls Ltd.

Brookfield Johnson Controls employees are 
smart cookies because they carpool!

City of Markham
City of Markham receiving their fresh 2014 carpool passes
 
Qualcomm
Qualcomm employees logging onto their carpool accounts 
to find their matches!
 
Scholastic
 
Scholastic employees registering their carpool groups to win Emergency Car Kits. 
 
Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel
 Sheraton Parkway employees chatting 
about their carpool experiences.
 
York Region
Lindsay chatting with York Region paramedics about the possibility of an ambulance-pool! 
News & Interesting Reads 
  • Bicycling is a form of preventative health care Read  
  • Finding the most efficient way from point A to B Read
  • A carpooling story about two of our friends at Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel Read
  • A great carpooling story from our Richmond Hill ambassador Read
Bad morning?
Bad morning?

Laughs for the Road!

 

Lighten your traffic conversation by checking out the

Smart Commute MRH weekly commuter comics. 

 

Make sure to check our Facebook page each Thursday for a new Commuter Comic! 

What is Smart Commute Markham, Richmond Hill?

 

Smart Commute is a sustainable transportation 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.