| Employer Commuter Options Training |
Sunday Nov 25
9:00am to 12:00pm |
$50 |
| The Transport Canada “Commuter
Options: The Complete Guide for Canadian Employers” (hotlink to
www.tc.gc.ca/commuter ) is a practical and comprehensive guide
for employers looking to improve commuter options for their
employees. Based on years of international experience but with a
focus on Canadian examples and resources, this guide covers the
full range of ways that commuting can be made easier, healthier
and less expensive by improving the alternatives to driving
alone. In an abridged day workshop learn the basics of commuter
options, how to promote sustainable travel at your own
organization and throughout your community. |
| Active Transportation Workshop |
Sunday Nov 25
9:00am to
12:00pm |
$50 |
| Before a community can improve
its Active Transportation infrastructure, it needs to have an
idea about its current AT conditions. Go for Green's Active
Transportation Quotient (ATQ) provides a framework for accessing
a community's walkability and bikeability and focusing
discussion on the elements that make a community more AT
friendly. Learn how to incorporate AT strategies into your
transportation demand management plans. Understand how AT is a
national issue that has to be solved at the local level. Success
stories, innovative ideas and new policy frameworks will be
presented that can help you in your organization or community. |
| Marketing Success Strategies |
Sunday Nov 25
9:00am to 12:00pm |
$50 |
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This session is for those organizations or communities offering
commuter options programs and want to learn from marketing experts
on how to encourage, support and facilitate the use of sustainable
travel options. Learn from a qualified expert on how to improve your
outreach initiatives, what works, what can be done with limited
budgets, positioning and support strategies. Come away with renewed
and invigorating ideas to make your program more successful.
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| Facilitated Open Forum Discussions |
Sunday Nov 25
1:00pm to 4:00pm |
Free |
Will you be arriving early on
Sunday and want to meet your colleagues in an informal,
facilitated discussion group? We’ve organized a few sessions
where people are invited to drop in to meet other delegates with
similar interests, to network and to discuss common
opportunities and challenges. These sessions will be fun,
interactive, informal and informative. The facilitated drop in
sessions currently available are:
- Employer (for those representing or working with employers)
- TDM in the municipal setting (for those responsible for municipal based TDM
programs)
- TDM policy (for those interested in discussing the broader TDM policies
- Parking and TDM (for those interested in how parking strategies can affect
the success of TDM
- Other (suggest another topic & we’ll try to find a facilitator)
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