JANUARY
Jan. 11 — Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT) general membership meeting, Gordon Hoyt Conference Center, Anaheim,
act-southernca.org
Jan. 22-26 —Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting, Washington DC, reviewing trends in transportation, 202.334.2934, trb.org

FEBRUARY
Feb.1—Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Guaranteed Ride Home Workshop; jleon@octa.net
Feb. 26-March 3—Telecommuter Appreciation Week, sponsored by the American Telecommuting Association, 1.800.ATA4YOU, yourata.com

MARCH
March 7—Inland Empire Commuter Services (IECS) rideshare marketing certificate class, 1.866.IECS4HELP
March 29—OCTA marketing workshop to prepare employers for the upcoming Bike to Work Day and Dump the Pump Day, contact jleon@octa.net

APRIL
Earthquake Preparedness Month, get your employees ready for commuting in crisis conditions; contact oes.ca.gov or your local Red Cross office
April 2-3—ACT Southern California Regional Conference and bike event, act-southernca.org
April 22—Earth Day, earthday.org
April 24—Metro rideshare marketing certificate workshop; contact garciama@metro.net
April 25—Administrative Professionals’ Day, give a coworker a ride to work, iaap-hq.org

MAY
Clean Air Month, sponsored by the American Lung Association, 1.800.LUNG.USA, californialung.org
National Employee Health and Fitness Day is now the entire month of May, and a great time to extol the benefits of biking or walking to work or a nearby transit stop, physicalfitness.org
May 14-20—National Transportation Week, celebrating careers in transportation, 703.235.0519, ntweek.org

JUNE
June 21—Dump the Pump Day, sponsored by American Public Transportation Association, get free marketing materials at apta.com; in Orange County, ridesharethursday.com; in Ventura County, goventura.org
June 21—ACT Southern California chapter professional development meeting, act-southernca.org
June 21: IECS rideshare marketing certificate class, 1.866.IECS4HELP

JULY
July 28-Aug. 1—ACT International Conference in Savannah, GA, actweb.org

AUGUST
Aug. 14—Metro rideshare workshop and Rideshare Week kickoff (no certificate), contact garciama@metro.net
Aug. 21—ACT Swap & Share and Rideshare Week kickoff, exchange ideas with your fellow rideshare pros, act-southernca.org
Also in August: OCTA Rideshare Week kickoff and marketing certificate workshop, contact jleon@octa.net

SEPTEMBER
Sept. 13—ACT professional development (marketing) meeting, act-southernca.org
Sept. 21—PARK(ing) Day, transform land for autos into a place for people for a day, http://parkingday.org
Also in September: IECS rideshare marketing workshop and Rideshare Week kickoff, 1.866.IECS4HELP

OCTOBER
Oct. 1-5—California Rideshare Week, a statewide campaign that promotes alternatives to driving alone; contact your local rideshare agency or stay tuned to future issues of CommuteSmart News
Also in October: Metro rideshare marketing certificate workshop, contact garciama@metro.net

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER
Nov. 8—ACT public policy meeting, act-southernca.org
Toy and canned food "drives" roll into gear, including:
• Metrolink Toy Express, 1.800.371.LINK, metrolinktrains.com
• Spark of Love Toy Drive, omnitrans.org, octa.net, abc7.com