Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease Reports on BIXI bike share program official kick off this morning
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – (May 3, 2011) Clearlease Reports BIXI Toronto, the bike share program, officially kicked off this morning. Torontonians will have 24/7, year-round access to 1,000 bikes located at 80 stations in the downtown core.
“It is my pleasure to welcome BIXI to the City of Toronto’s transportation network,” said Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong, (Ward 34 Don Valley East) chair of the city’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee. “BIXI is an important part of the city’s efforts to encourage cycling. We are confident that this public-private partnership will dramatically increase bicycle trips in the downtown core.”
“The purpose of the program is to provide everyone immediate access to public bikes as an alternative mode of transportation,” said Gian-Carlo Crivello, director of business development for the Public Bike System Company. “The BIXI bikes are designed to complement public transit, such that they are intended for one-way trips of less than 30 minutes. At the end of the trip, the bike can be dropped off at any of the 80 downtown docking stations. Thanks to the support of our enthusiastic founding members, we’re convinced that Torontonians will quickly embrace BIXI.”
Regular users can purchase a subscription for one month ($40 + tax) or one year ($95 + tax) which entitles them to a BIXI-key. Members then use their BIXI-key to take out a bike at any station in the network. Non-members can purchase a 24-hour pass ($5 + tax) or a 72-hour pass ($12 + tax) directly at the station. Provided that the bicycle is returned to a station within allotted 30-minute trip, no additional trip fee is incurred. General information and subscription details can be found on the BIXI Toronto website, www.toronto.bixi.com.
Partnership
Mr. Minnan-Wong and Mr. Crivello also presented BIXI’s Toronto partners. Anne-Marie LaBerge, vice-president of Marketing Communications for TELUS and Tom Little, managing director, Investment Banking with Desjardins Securities, were present.
“Welcome to TELUS, as major sponsor in Toronto, and to Desjardins, associate partner of the program. Through this partnership, they show a real interest in the quality of life in our city,” said Councillor Minnan-Wong.
“It is in large part due to the contributions of these partners that BIXI Toronto is a reality today,” said Crivello. “Each has come on board as a national sponsor and will support future growth of the system in other key metropolitan areas within Canada in 2011,” he added.
TELUS and Desjardins committed to BIXI’s future
“TELUS is thrilled to help bring easy, accessible bike sharing to Torontonians with BIXI, on behalf of our more than 5,000 Toronto-based team members,” said Anne-Marie LaBerge, vice-president of Consumer Marketing Communications at TELUS. “Support for healthier cities is part of our DNA at TELUS, and initiatives like BIXI allow all of us to help safeguard the environment while staying active in our day to day lives–and beating the traffic!”
“For Desjardins, this is more than a mere sponsorship opportunity. We strongly believe in sustainable development and contributing to the wellbeing of our neighbours and communities. Not only are the BIXI bikes an economical way to get around town, they also promote a healthy lifestyle and a cleaner environment,” said Tom Little, managing director, Investment Banking with Desjardins Securities.
About BIXI and the Public Bike System Company
Public Bike System Company (PBSC) is the organization behind the concept, development and operation of the first large-scale bike sharing system in North America, BIXI. Destined to become a complementary means of public transportation, this service allows citizens to borrow a bike from a given station, carry out trips and return the bike to any station in the network.
PBSC offers a highly advanced bike sharing system on three continents, to private campuses and cities, such as London (UK), Melbourne (Australia), Minneapolis, Washington and Arlington (USA). PBSC also offers realistic solutions as to alternative transportation and consultant services, both technical and operational.
About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $9.8 billion of annual revenue and 12.3 million customer connections including 7 million wireless subscribers, 3.7 million wireline network access lines and 1.2 million Internet subscribers and more than 300,000 TELUS TV customers. Led since 2000 by President and CEO, Darren Entwistle, TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services including data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, entertainment and video.
In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees will, by year-end 2011, have contributed $245 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered 4.1 million hours of service to local communities since 2000. Ten TELUS Community Boards across Canada lead TELUS’ local philanthropic initiatives. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition.
For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com. To learn more about TELUS’ commitment to the community, please visit our Corporate Social Responsibility report at www.TELUS.com/csr.
About Desjardins Group
Awarded the coveted title “Bank of the Year 2010 – Canada” by the UK magazine The Banker, Desjardins Group is the leading cooperative financial group in Canada and the sixth largest in the world, with assets of over $172 billion. Drawing on the strength of its caisse network in Québec and Ontario, and its subsidiaries across Canada, it offers a full range of financial products and services to its 5.8 million members and clients. Desjardins specializes in Wealth Management and Life and Health Insurance, in Property and Casualty Insurance, in Personal Services, in Business and Institutional Services. As one of the largest employers in the country and one of Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures™ of 2010, Desjardins is supported by the skills of its 42,500 employees and the commitment of nearly 6,000 elected officers. For more information, visit www.desjardins.com.
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For more information please visit us at: http://www.clearlease.com/Career-Opportunities.html
About Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease Commercial (DLC Clearlease/Clearlease.com) is a fully diversified Lease Finance Mortgage Banking Brokerage Company specializing in Equipment Leasing, Automobile Leasing, Residential, Commercial Lending/Mortgage Financing. DLC Clearlease possesses the capability to accommodate financing needs ranging from a small second Home Mortgage to a Multi-Million Dollar Commercial Projects. No mortgage is too small or too large for this integrated Company.
Equipment Lease Financing in Vancouver, Surrey, Delta, Richmond, Langley, New Westminster, North Vancouer, West Vancouver, B.C. Also offering Automobile Lease Financing and Mortgage information. Founded by the Pidgeon brothers.
You may have recently seen a Dominion Lending advertisement on such media outlets as: Global News, CTV News, CBC Television, Rogers Sportsnet or possibly heard the great Don Cherry, a Canadian Sports legend, discuss Dominion Lending Centres.
Contact DLC Clearlease.com:
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
HEAD OFFICE, Bentall Two, Suite 900, 555 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V7X 1M8, CANADA.
Mr. Alexander Pidgeon, Editor in Chief
Tel: (604) 696-1221 ext. 199
eMail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.clearlease.com
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – (May 3, 2011) Clearlease Reports BIXI Toronto, the bike share program, officially kicked off this morning. Torontonians will have 24/7, year-round access to 1,000 bikes located at 80 stations in the downtown core.
“It is my pleasure to welcome BIXI to the City of Toronto’s transportation network,” said Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong, (Ward 34 Don Valley East) chair of the city’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee. “BIXI is an important part of the city’s efforts to encourage cycling. We are confident that this public-private partnership will dramatically increase bicycle trips in the downtown core.”
“The purpose of the program is to provide everyone immediate access to public bikes as an alternative mode of transportation,” said Gian-Carlo Crivello, director of business development for the Public Bike System Company. “The BIXI bikes are designed to complement public transit, such that they are intended for one-way trips of less than 30 minutes. At the end of the trip, the bike can be dropped off at any of the 80 downtown docking stations. Thanks to the support of our enthusiastic founding members, we’re convinced that Torontonians will quickly embrace BIXI.”
Regular users can purchase a subscription for one month ($40 + tax) or one year ($95 + tax) which entitles them to a BIXI-key. Members then use their BIXI-key to take out a bike at any station in the network. Non-members can purchase a 24-hour pass ($5 + tax) or a 72-hour pass ($12 + tax) directly at the station. Provided that the bicycle is returned to a station within allotted 30-minute trip, no additional trip fee is incurred. General information and subscription details can be found on the BIXI Toronto website, www.toronto.bixi.com.
Partnership
Mr. Minnan-Wong and Mr. Crivello also presented BIXI’s Toronto partners. Anne-Marie LaBerge, vice-president of Marketing Communications for TELUS and Tom Little, managing director, Investment Banking with Desjardins Securities, were present.
“Welcome to TELUS, as major sponsor in Toronto, and to Desjardins, associate partner of the program. Through this partnership, they show a real interest in the quality of life in our city,” said Councillor Minnan-Wong.
“It is in large part due to the contributions of these partners that BIXI Toronto is a reality today,” said Crivello. “Each has come on board as a national sponsor and will support future growth of the system in other key metropolitan areas within Canada in 2011,” he added.
TELUS and Desjardins committed to BIXI’s future
“TELUS is thrilled to help bring easy, accessible bike sharing to Torontonians with BIXI, on behalf of our more than 5,000 Toronto-based team members,” said Anne-Marie LaBerge, vice-president of Consumer Marketing Communications at TELUS. “Support for healthier cities is part of our DNA at TELUS, and initiatives like BIXI allow all of us to help safeguard the environment while staying active in our day to day lives–and beating the traffic!”
“For Desjardins, this is more than a mere sponsorship opportunity. We strongly believe in sustainable development and contributing to the wellbeing of our neighbours and communities. Not only are the BIXI bikes an economical way to get around town, they also promote a healthy lifestyle and a cleaner environment,” said Tom Little, managing director, Investment Banking with Desjardins Securities.
About BIXI and the Public Bike System Company
Public Bike System Company (PBSC) is the organization behind the concept, development and operation of the first large-scale bike sharing system in North America, BIXI. Destined to become a complementary means of public transportation, this service allows citizens to borrow a bike from a given station, carry out trips and return the bike to any station in the network.
PBSC offers a highly advanced bike sharing system on three continents, to private campuses and cities, such as London (UK), Melbourne (Australia), Minneapolis, Washington and Arlington (USA). PBSC also offers realistic solutions as to alternative transportation and consultant services, both technical and operational.
About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $9.8 billion of annual revenue and 12.3 million customer connections including 7 million wireless subscribers, 3.7 million wireline network access lines and 1.2 million Internet subscribers and more than 300,000 TELUS TV customers. Led since 2000 by President and CEO, Darren Entwistle, TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services including data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, entertainment and video.
In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees will, by year-end 2011, have contributed $245 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered 4.1 million hours of service to local communities since 2000. Ten TELUS Community Boards across Canada lead TELUS’ local philanthropic initiatives. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition.
For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com. To learn more about TELUS’ commitment to the community, please visit our Corporate Social Responsibility report at www.TELUS.com/csr.
About Desjardins Group
Awarded the coveted title “Bank of the Year 2010 – Canada” by the UK magazine The Banker, Desjardins Group is the leading cooperative financial group in Canada and the sixth largest in the world, with assets of over $172 billion. Drawing on the strength of its caisse network in Québec and Ontario, and its subsidiaries across Canada, it offers a full range of financial products and services to its 5.8 million members and clients. Desjardins specializes in Wealth Management and Life and Health Insurance, in Property and Casualty Insurance, in Personal Services, in Business and Institutional Services. As one of the largest employers in the country and one of Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures™ of 2010, Desjardins is supported by the skills of its 42,500 employees and the commitment of nearly 6,000 elected officers. For more information, visit www.desjardins.com.
Video Link: http://youtu.be/f_kk7WJa7Uk
For more information please visit us at: http://www.clearlease.com/Career-Opportunities.html
About Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease Commercial (DLC Clearlease/Clearlease.com) is a fully diversified Lease Finance Mortgage Banking Brokerage Company specializing in Equipment Leasing, Automobile Leasing, Residential, Commercial Lending/Mortgage Financing. DLC Clearlease possesses the capability to accommodate financing needs ranging from a small second Home Mortgage to a Multi-Million Dollar Commercial Projects. No mortgage is too small or too large for this integrated Company.
Equipment Lease Financing in Vancouver, Surrey, Delta, Richmond, Langley, New Westminster, North Vancouer, West Vancouver, B.C. Also offering Automobile Lease Financing and Mortgage information. Founded by the Pidgeon brothers.
You may have recently seen a Dominion Lending advertisement on such media outlets as: Global News, CTV News, CBC Television, Rogers Sportsnet or possibly heard the great Don Cherry, a Canadian Sports legend, discuss Dominion Lending Centres.
Contact DLC Clearlease.com:
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
HEAD OFFICE, Bentall Two, Suite 900, 555 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V7X 1M8, CANADA.
Mr. Alexander Pidgeon, Editor in Chief
Tel: (604) 696-1221 ext. 199
eMail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.clearlease.com
News: http://clearlease.com/category/equipment-lease-blog/feed/rss
Twitter: @clearlease
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Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease Reports on BIXI bike share program official kick off this morning
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – (May 3, 2011) Clearlease Reports BIXI Toronto, the bike share program, officially kicked off this morning. Torontonians will have 24/7, year-round access to 1,000 bikes located at 80 stations in the downtown core.
“It is my pleasure to welcome BIXI to the City of Toronto’s transportation network,” said Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong, (Ward 34 Don Valley East) chair of the city’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee. “BIXI is an important part of the city’s efforts to encourage cycling. We are confident that this public-private partnership will dramatically increase bicycle trips in the downtown core.”
“The purpose of the program is to provide everyone immediate access to public bikes as an alternative mode of transportation,” said Gian-Carlo Crivello, director of business development for the Public Bike System Company. “The BIXI bikes are designed to complement public transit, such that they are intended for one-way trips of less than 30 minutes. At the end of the trip, the bike can be dropped off at any of the 80 downtown docking stations. Thanks to the support of our enthusiastic founding members, we’re convinced that Torontonians will quickly embrace BIXI.”
Regular users can purchase a subscription for one month ($40 + tax) or one year ($95 + tax) which entitles them to a BIXI-key. Members then use their BIXI-key to take out a bike at any station in the network. Non-members can purchase a 24-hour pass ($5 + tax) or a 72-hour pass ($12 + tax) directly at the station. Provided that the bicycle is returned to a station within allotted 30-minute trip, no additional trip fee is incurred. General information and subscription details can be found on the BIXI Toronto website, www.toronto.bixi.com.
Partnership
Mr. Minnan-Wong and Mr. Crivello also presented BIXI’s Toronto partners. Anne-Marie LaBerge, vice-president of Marketing Communications for TELUS and Tom Little, managing director, Investment Banking with Desjardins Securities, were present.
“Welcome to TELUS, as major sponsor in Toronto, and to Desjardins, associate partner of the program. Through this partnership, they show a real interest in the quality of life in our city,” said Councillor Minnan-Wong.
“It is in large part due to the contributions of these partners that BIXI Toronto is a reality today,” said Crivello. “Each has come on board as a national sponsor and will support future growth of the system in other key metropolitan areas within Canada in 2011,” he added.
TELUS and Desjardins committed to BIXI’s future
“TELUS is thrilled to help bring easy, accessible bike sharing to Torontonians with BIXI, on behalf of our more than 5,000 Toronto-based team members,” said Anne-Marie LaBerge, vice-president of Consumer Marketing Communications at TELUS. “Support for healthier cities is part of our DNA at TELUS, and initiatives like BIXI allow all of us to help safeguard the environment while staying active in our day to day lives–and beating the traffic!”
“For Desjardins, this is more than a mere sponsorship opportunity. We strongly believe in sustainable development and contributing to the wellbeing of our neighbours and communities. Not only are the BIXI bikes an economical way to get around town, they also promote a healthy lifestyle and a cleaner environment,” said Tom Little, managing director, Investment Banking with Desjardins Securities.
About BIXI and the Public Bike System Company
Public Bike System Company (PBSC) is the organization behind the concept, development and operation of the first large-scale bike sharing system in North America, BIXI. Destined to become a complementary means of public transportation, this service allows citizens to borrow a bike from a given station, carry out trips and return the bike to any station in the network.
PBSC offers a highly advanced bike sharing system on three continents, to private campuses and cities, such as London (UK), Melbourne (Australia), Minneapolis, Washington and Arlington (USA). PBSC also offers realistic solutions as to alternative transportation and consultant services, both technical and operational.
About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $9.8 billion of annual revenue and 12.3 million customer connections including 7 million wireless subscribers, 3.7 million wireline network access lines and 1.2 million Internet subscribers and more than 300,000 TELUS TV customers. Led since 2000 by President and CEO, Darren Entwistle, TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services including data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, entertainment and video.
In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees will, by year-end 2011, have contributed $245 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered 4.1 million hours of service to local communities since 2000. Ten TELUS Community Boards across Canada lead TELUS’ local philanthropic initiatives. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition.
For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com. To learn more about TELUS’ commitment to the community, please visit our Corporate Social Responsibility report at www.TELUS.com/csr.
About Desjardins Group
Awarded the coveted title “Bank of the Year 2010 – Canada” by the UK magazine The Banker, Desjardins Group is the leading cooperative financial group in Canada and the sixth largest in the world, with assets of over $172 billion. Drawing on the strength of its caisse network in Québec and Ontario, and its subsidiaries across Canada, it offers a full range of financial products and services to its 5.8 million members and clients. Desjardins specializes in Wealth Management and Life and Health Insurance, in Property and Casualty Insurance, in Personal Services, in Business and Institutional Services. As one of the largest employers in the country and one of Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures™ of 2010, Desjardins is supported by the skills of its 42,500 employees and the commitment of nearly 6,000 elected officers. For more information, visit www.desjardins.com.
Video Link: http://youtu.be/f_kk7WJa7Uk
For more information please visit us at: http://www.clearlease.com/Career-Opportunities.html
About Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease Commercial (DLC Clearlease/Clearlease.com) is a fully diversified Lease Finance Mortgage Banking Brokerage Company specializing in Equipment Leasing, Automobile Leasing, Residential, Commercial Lending/Mortgage Financing. DLC Clearlease possesses the capability to accommodate financing needs ranging from a small second Home Mortgage to a Multi-Million Dollar Commercial Projects. No mortgage is too small or too large for this integrated Company.
Equipment Lease Financing in Vancouver, Surrey, Delta, Richmond, Langley, New Westminster, North Vancouer, West Vancouver, B.C. Also offering Automobile Lease Financing and Mortgage information. Founded by the Pidgeon brothers.
You may have recently seen a Dominion Lending advertisement on such media outlets as: Global News, CTV News, CBC Television, Rogers Sportsnet or possibly heard the great Don Cherry, a Canadian Sports legend, discuss Dominion Lending Centres.
Contact DLC Clearlease.com:
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
HEAD OFFICE, Bentall Two, Suite 900, 555 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V7X 1M8, CANADA.
Mr. Alexander Pidgeon, Editor in Chief
Tel: (604) 696-1221 ext. 199
eMail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.clearlease.com
News: http://clearlease.com/category/equipment-lease-blog/feed/rss
Twitter: @clearlease
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Video Link: http://youtu.be/f_kk7WJa7Uk