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*Jessie Klassen* | Workplace Commuter Options

http://greenactioncentre.ca/Green Action Centrehttp://www.greenactioncentre.ca

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=4414f5a9df&e=de22513a51 Looking to improve commuter options at your workplace?

Request resourceshttp://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=45b75dae90&e=de22513a51 on cycling or carpooling tips, surveys, awards, secure bike parking, and more.

Book a presentationhttp://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=cb373dfc4b&e=de22513a51 on living greener at the workplace, school or at home.

Attend a Creative Commuting Ambassadorhttp://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=577cbfa0db&e=de22513a51 workshop. It’s free!

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Upcoming Events

*Lindsay Gauld's One Millionth KM at The Forks*http://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=fb16282661&e=de22513a51 February 2, 2013

*BTTF Fundraiser Concert*http://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=0e0a38121a&e=de22513a51 February 2, 2013

*Jack Frost Challenge*http://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=0c632be940&e=de22513a51 February 9-15, 2013

*Snow Trek*http://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=072b0eb281&e=de22513a51 Sunday, Feb. 10

*Creative Commuting Ambassador Training*http://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=b98db593c6&e=de22513a51 Thursday, Feb. 14

*Winter Bike to Work Day*http://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=b654f96e7f&e=de22513a51 Friday, Feb. 15, Winnipeg

*Ice** It To Work Day*http://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=b88d70855d&e=de22513a51 Friday, Feb. 15

*Actif Epica*http://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=c79bffed1a&e=de22513a51 Saturday, Feb. 16

*Snow Trek*http://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=f1d094ea58&e=de22513a51 Sunday, Feb. 24

*Commuter Challenge*http://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=baf268c1d6&e=de22513a51 June 2-8, 2013 ------------------------------

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*Call for Nominations: 2013 Commuter Friendly Workplace Awards * Does your workplace make it easy, convenient and affordable to bus, carpool, bike, walk or telecommute? Have improvements been introduced that merit recognition? If so, consider applying for the 2013 Commuter Friendly Workplace Awardhttp://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=f9b084e9e7&e=de22513a51. The application form also acts as a handy idea list for possible projects to improve commuting options at your workplace. Check out what Assiniboine Credit Union, last year's winner, accomplished herehttp://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=8076c596ef&e=de22513a51.

Sign up your team for The Jack Frost Challenge!

Winter offers a whole new array of active ways to get around (besides our favourites of walking and cycling) – snowshoeing, skating, x-country skiing. Try 'em all during The Jack Frost Challengehttp://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=2509c24e23&e=de22513a51, Feb. 9-15, 2013. Sign up your team of 1-5 participants with the goal of logging 130 km that week. Last yearhttp://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=855b9ea650&e=de22513a51, 10,372 total km were completed by 67 teams, such as the Three Abominable Snowmen, The Fast and Flurriest, and the West End Winter Woolies to name a few. Sign up co-workers, classmates, friends or family. Prizes and bragging rights are up for grabs!

Become a Creative Commuting Ambassador

You are invited to a FREE, half-day interactive workshop on becoming a Creative Commuting Ambassador at your workplace! Get the tools and guidance to help improve commuter options on-site and support your coworkers to get the most out of their commutes. Receive training in bike route planning, Winnipeg Transit Tools, evaluating your workplace, and planning your own simple project. Thurs, February 14, 2013, from 12:45-4:00 p.m. Sign up herehttp://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=b3c985b25c&e=de22513a51

Cycling in Winterpeg

Ever been to Oulu, Finlandhttp://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=0dc796da1e&e=de22513a51? Probably not. Neither has Anders Swanson but that will change when he attends the first international Winter Cycling Congresshttp://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=8405f86c6f&e=de22513a51taking place on Feb 13 & 14, 2013. It’s certainly a fitting location given that cycling accounts for 12% of all trips made in winter in Oulu (23% in summer). Anders will be presenting Winnipeg as a city where winter cycling is or can be "for everyone". Afterward, he will return to Winnipeg to share empirical, anecdotal and visual proof that this is, in fact, the case! Learn more herehttp://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=6044dbf599&e=de22513a51. On a related note, a group of Manitoba Hydro employees prove that 360 Portage Avenue is the place to ridehttp://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=35c2e98db6&e=de22513a51, even in winter.

Walkable Communities

If you're interested in living in a more walkable community (and who isn't?), search the new online guide from America Walks and Sam Schwartz: Steps to a Walkable Communityhttp://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=1cb20aecd6&e=de22513a51. The guide has case studies from across North America, and is organized in categories such as advocacy, policy, land use, and encouragement & education.

New Technologies: Heated Roads and Smart Cards

The Dutch, once again, are leading the way in terms of new technology for cycle commuting. To improve biking in winter, they are using reflective crystals to increase the visibility of lane markings and underground heating on some roads. See the BBC video reporthttp://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=f71b399118&e=de22513a51 .

Here in Winnipeg, Transit will begin updating its fare collection systemhttp://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=aa04e4baf8&e=de22513a51in February 2013. The spiffy new fareboxes will have an electronic display and automatic coin counter. They will also print a coded transfer slip that will be electronically read when you get back on the bus. Later in the year, transit will introduce a Smart Cardhttp://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=1182d20487&e=de22513a51to replace its paper tickets and passes. Riders will be able to preload cash or a variety of passes onto their card, and the scanner on the farebox will deduct the correct amount just by tapping the card to the box. Sweet!

Saving Money and Making Friends: Ridesharing

Imagine saving $100,000 pounds (that's $158,000 to us Canadians) by sharing your commute with friends. That's why this story caught our eye. Five fellows in the UK http://greenactioncentre.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=af15a2f9f91ef9a183a3f55cc&id=f4783a6ef8&e=de22513a51have shared their daily commute for over 20 years and become fast friends. In addition to saving a ton of money, they slashed their individual commuting emissions and found a way to take turns snoozing on the ride home to boot.

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