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Smart Commute 404-7 Services & Results
SERVICES
PROVIDED
Car-pool site (www.carpoolzone.ca)
facilitates ride matching with other commuters - eligible to use High Occupancy
Vehicle Lanes (HOV)
Transit promotions
Employee commuter surveys
Employer shuttles
Telework policies
Flexible Work/Compressed Work Week policies
Parking management solutions
Preferred car-pool parking - shows leadership
Cycling/walking events/facilities
Facilitating on-site facilities - showers, lockers, bike racks i.e.showers/lockers
On site lunch & learns
ACHIEVEMENTS & SUCCESSES
Directly marketed to 1,800 Markham Board of Trade & Richmond Hill Chamber
of Commerce businesses
representing approx. 42,000 employees
100 businesses now engaged in the program
(i.e.: IBM, CAA, HSBC, Markham Stouffville Hospital, AMD, TD
Commercial Banking, BMO Bank of Montreal, Staples Business Depot,
Signature Aluminum
Canada)
Representing 25,000 employees.
20 company employee commuter habits surveys completed (2000
employees) - requiring compilation and summarization of surveys,
using staff resources.
Many more companies are preparing to
implement the survey.
Working with York Region Transit (YRT) to promote a 15% discount for
businesses
Developing a shuttle bus program with York Catholic District School
Board
Attended over 300 events to promote and raise awareness
www.smartcommute404-7.ca averaging approx. 45,000 web hits per month
Good media coverage i.e.: York Region Online, Globe & Mail & Toronto Star ("Who is Smart Commute 404-7"
and "What can SC 404-7 do?")
| CAA is proud to support and
partner with SC 404-7 . We share its objectives and vision.
Our members want solutions to gridlock that will improve
their quality of life by reducing their commute times and
transportation costs and that support the environment by
reducing the emissions that harm the quality of the air we
breathe. Kris
Barnier, Provincial Relations Specialist, CAA Ontario |
RESULTS
97 businesses now active, engaged or supporting SC 404-7
Representing 25,000 employees
Smart Commute 404-7 Carpool program site - as featured on www.carpoolzone.ca
758 registered users in 404-7 Markham, Richmond Hill area
- 4,491 GTA wide
Historically 20,273 registered users in the GTA
100 new users register per week
1 new carpool formed every day
Carpool Zone Statistics
Since 2005, carpools have saved 10 million dollars!
Carpools
New
183
New Users 1,296
Current Total
4,491
(Carpools 703)
Historical Total 20,273
(Carpools 2,362)
Since Nov 2005
Commuter savings in GTA
$10 million (Apr 19 - Aug 18, 2009 $1.8 million)
SOV (single occupant vehicle)
trips reduced
308,057 (Apr 19 - Aug 18, 2009 54,894)
Emissions
reduced
3,830 tonnes (Apr 19 - Aug 18, 2009 850 tonnes)
VKT (vehicle kilometre trips)
reduced
17.8 million km (Apr 19 - Aug 18, 2009 3.6 million km)
SC 404-7
Bike to Work Day Business Park Challenge - May 25, 2009
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partnered with MMM Group, iTRANS Consulting Inc. and York Region
Police
20 companies and 85 employees participated
Clean Air Commute week in June - SC 404-7 partnered with Pollution
Probe and Metrolinx
15 employers & over 450 participants in Markham & Richmond Hill
Sept. 22, 2009 - 56 drivers switched to public transit and participated
in SC 404-7 Car Free Day promotion.
17.8 million Vehicle Kilometers Travel reduced
in GTA
Approximately 3,830 tonnes of GHG emissions reduced
Approximately 308,057 SOV trips reduced
Smart Commute 404-7 reached over 6,000 commuters through direct contact Jan
Jun 2009
Direct marketing to 1,800 MBT & RHCOC businesses
- representing approx. 42,000 employees
Smart Commute 404-7 continues to build on its record of Successes & Achievements. If you or your colleagues, friends
or acquaintances have had a beneficial experience from
Smart Commuting, let us know. With your help, we can make our
environment one that our families can live in and love.
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