Cape Cod Smart Transportation Week
Sunday June 22 - Saturday June 28, 2008
www.gocapecod.org/gosmart
... and, Cape Cod Smart Transportation Day:
Wednesday June 25, 2007
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Alternative Transportation is SMART Transportation
Welcome to your Cape Cod Smart Transportation Week information source. Smart Transportation Week is an annual event, intended to promote smart transportation choices such as public transit, ridesharing, walking, and bicycling, and other alternatives to single-occupant driving on Cape Cod through education and events to kick-off the summer season. Check back for updates.
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Promote your 2009 Smart Choice! Email to trans@capecodcommission.org or fax to CCC Transportation Staff: (508) 362-3136.
Recap of 2008 EVENTS:
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| Monday 6/23 |
Tuesday 6/24 |
Wednesday 6/25 |
Thursday 6/26 |
Friday 6/27 |
Walk...Roll...Ride...
Travelin' Smarter...
Take it in stride...
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Traveling Smart is FAST and COOL
SmartGuide.org
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Cape Cod Smart Transportation Day!
If you had just one day to try getting around without your car (or sharing the ride) this was the day to Travel SMARTER
Commuter Rally
12 p.m. Noon - 1 p.m. Barnstable County Complex Parking Lot
Barnstable Village
Catherine King, representing MassRides, a non-profit agency that provides commuter assistance throughout Massachusetts, handed out promotional materials to encourage participants to Commute Creatively during (and after) the week. Village employees (and others) were able to sign up for MassRides' services and received other information on commuting options. Paula George, Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority representative, was available to answer questions and pass out schedules, route maps, and free bus tokens! Ashley Look, Americorps, surveyed participants for suggestions on improving transit service to Barnstable Village. Margaret Song from Cape Light Compact was ready with tips to help you save energy.
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Try one of the latest new bus services - like The Flex.See Cape Cod RTA NEWS!
Taking a short trip? Drive your bike!
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Taking a shorter trip?How about walking!Get Smarter ... Go SMART!...
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| See what MassBike is up to...
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SmartGuide available online - providing information on car-free ways around Cape Cod & the Islands.
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| Photos from previous Cape Cod "Smart" & "Alternative" Transportation Weeks |
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2008 Photo: Commuter Rally
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2008 Photo: Commuter Rally
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2007 Photo: Announcing Smart Transportation Week at the Barnstable Fire Department
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2007 Photo: Commuter Rally in Barnstable Village
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2006 Photo: MassRides & Cape Cod RTA staff at the Barnstable Village Commuter Rally.
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2006 Photo: Barnstable County Commissioner Bill Doherty with the Smart Transportation Week T-Shirt
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2005 Photo: County employees depart from work on tandem bicycle during Smart Transportation Week.
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2005 Photo: All-Electric EV-1, MassRides, and Cape Cod RTA are featured at the Barnstable Village Commuter Rally
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2004 Photo: Commuter Rally in Barnstable Village featuring zero-emission vehicle EV-1 on loan from Town of Barnstable.
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2004 Photo: County employees arrive at work on tandem bicycle during Alternative/SMART Transportation Week
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2003 Photo: Senator Robert O'Leary prepares to load his bike on The Breeze Shuttle at the Commuter Rally in Barnstable Village.
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2003 Photo: Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Daniel Grabauskas addresses the audience at A Car-free Celebration at the Hyannis Transportation Center
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2002 Photo: CARAVAN provides commuting information to County employees
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2002 Photo: The Cape Cod RTA provides transit information
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2002 Photo: Cape Cod Central Railroad Special Train arrives in Barnstable Village
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2002 Photo: County employees prepare to board Cape Cod Central Railroad's Special Train in Barnstable Village
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2001 Photo: Barnstable County Employees disembark Cape Cod Central Railroad's Special Train in Barnstable Village |
2001 Photo: Barnstable County Employees arrive by tandem bicycle
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2001 Photo: One of Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority's Trolleys in Barnstable Village |
2000 Photo: Cape Cod Commission staff arrive at the office during Cape Cod Alternative Transportation Week sans cars.
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2000 Photo: "Commuter Rail" passengers disembark at Barnstable Village |
2000 Photo: The "Boat-Pool" departs Barnstable Harbor enroute to Rock Harbor
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Excerpt from the Proposed Proclamation to be signed by the Barnstable County Commissioners:
Whereas: Many commuters who travel by alternative transportation employ a clean, quiet, and efficient mode of transportation while saving on the costs of fuel, automotive maintenance, and parking; and
Whereas: Bicycling and walking to work incorporates a healthy form of exercise into an individual's daily routine; and
Whereas: Those who bicycle, walk, or ride transit to work never experience parking shortages and do not contribute to traffic jams; and
Whereas: The Cape Cod economy is enhanced by pedestrian and bicycle tourism and services; and
Whereas: Walking and bicycling can replace automobiles for short, high-emission trips, helping Cape Cod meet the requirements of the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; and
Whereas: Safe bicycle and pedestrian facilities, both on and off the road, benefit all travelers; and
Whereas: Barnstable County promotes bicycling, walking, ridesharing, and transit as viable means of transportation by building pedestrian and bicycle facilities and accommodating bicycles and pedestrians in transportation projects when feasible, and through programs to increase ridesharing and transit use,
Now, therefore, we, the Barnstable County Commissioners, do hereby proclaim the week of June 24 - 30 as
Cape Cod Smart Transportation Week
and Wednesday, June 27, as
Cape Cod Smart Transportation Day
and urge all the citizens of Barnstable County to take cognizance of this event and participate fittingly in its observance.
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