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Welcome to Smart Commute Toronto

Smart Commute works with businesses and organizations across the Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area region to help their employees commute to work in sustainable ways. Together, we can reduce congestion, improve air quality, reduce climate change emissions, and improve our daily commutes.

Programs and Services

Smart Commute offers customized programming to encourage employees to make the switch from driving alone to more sustainable forms of transportation such as biking, walking, carpooling, and taking transit.

As a Smart Commute partner, you can take advantage of:

  • Dedicated Smart Commute staff who will work with you to bring Smart Commute programs and services to your workplace
  • Annual campaigns to encourage your employees to explore their commuting options
  • Support for telework and work from home programs
  • On-site event and workshops for your employees
  • Emergency Ride Home - Employees at Smart Commute workplaces who commute sustainably and have an unforeseen emergency, can be reimbursed up to $75 for emergency transportation costs.

SmartTripsON

SmartTrips ON is a new Smart Commute tool that can help everyone explore their travel options, connect with others, find cycling and transit mentors, and arrange carpools.

Key features include:

Carpool

Match with other users who are part of the same organization or have the same destination.

Walking Buddies

Match with other users who are looking to walk to complete their logged trips by foot.

Bike Buddies

Match with other users who are looking for a partner to cycle with.

Transit Buddies

Match with other users who are looking for a partner to take transit with.

Single-Trip

Find a one-off carpool to get home on weekends, attend events, or to work around an irregular schedule.

More City of Toronto programs

ActiveTO

ActiveTO is a City program that helps to ensure people have space to get around while respecting physical distancing. ActiveTO takes a data driven approach to support essential trips, front-line workers, and vulnerable road users. ActiveTO locations are based on a number of factors including population density, equity, access to greenspace, and traffic volumes.

For more information on ActiveTO click here.

Cycling in Toronto

Cycling is one of the fastest growing transportation modes in Toronto. The City is working to make travel by bike safer and more inviting. Making it easier for people to choose to cycle helps to ease congestion on our streets and on transit, creates a cleaner environment, and promotes health. Learn more about Toronto’s cycling infrastructure, events, and plans here: www.toronto.ca/cycling

Bike Share Toronto

Bike Share Toronto offers 24/7 convenient access to 6,850 bikes and 625 stations across 200 square kilometres of the city. Whether you're commuting or exploring the city with friends and family, bike share is a fun, flexible and cost-effective way to navigate Toronto. Enjoy unlimited 30-minute, station-to-station trips while your pass is active. Learn more about the system and membership options at https://bikesharetoronto.com/.

Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)

With four subway lines, 11 streetcar routes, and more than 140 bus routes the TTC moves thousands of people throughout the Greater Toronto Area every day. For more information and to plan a trip visit: www.ttc.ca.

GO Transit

As the regional public transit service for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, GO Transit provides service to downtown Toronto and other nearby urban areas, carrying over 70 million passengers a year. For more information and to plan a trip visit https://www.gotransit.com/.

Walking in Toronto

From making streets more accessible to simply navigating using the Toronto TO360 Wayfinding application there are a number of resources to assist you moving around Toronto.

Get in touch

If you’re an employer or property manager interested in becoming a Smart Commute client, give us a call at 416-397-5746 or email us at scommute@toronto.ca.

We’d be happy to connect with your team to provide more details and discuss how we could best support your organization.