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S U M M E R 2012 . . VOLUME 38 NUM BER 2 Westworld ANNE ROSE EDITOR CREATIVE DIRECTOR RICHARD THIBERT ROB HOWATSON CONTRIBUTING EDITOR ART DIRECTOR GAYLEEN WHITING SUZY WILLIAMSON PRODUCTION MANAGER STUDIO MANAGER KRISTINA BORYS MANDY LAU ASSISTANT STUDIO MANAGER LANDON SPENRATH PRODUCTION COORDINATOR PRODUCTION SYSTEMS MANAGER KIM MCLANE ADVERTISING PRODUCTION ALLISON GRIFFIOEN, MANDY LAU, CHRIS SHERWOOD INA BOWERBANK ELECTRONIC PRODUCTION DEBBIE LYNN CRAIG SENIOR IMAGING TECHNICIAN ELECTRONIC IMAGING BERNHARD HOLZMANN, LAURA MICHAELS ADVERTISING GENERAL SALES MANAGER GILLIAN 604-299-7311 FAX TRAINOR 604-299-9188 BRITISH COLUMBIA, ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN, MANITOBA, ONTARIO, QUEBEC, MARITIMES & WEST COAST U.S.A . ANNA LEE, MICHAEL ROCHFORT, GILLIAN TRAINOR MANITOBA ROBERT ZYLUK 204-255-3409 MIDWEST U.S.A. 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VICE PRESIDENT DIRECTOR/MARKETING Fresh Trax How to take way better travel pics, create more park space and learn to wakeboard. 49 DIRECTOR/SALES OPERATIONS JOANNE DA SILVA & EVENTS MANAGER TAMARA JOHNSTON (on leave) MARKETING COORDINATOR MARKETING Hot Topics by Ian MacNeill INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION SUPPORT ANALYST EILEEN GAJOWSKI TRACY MCRITCHIE ASHLEY CLEGGETT, MILLIE COSKUN, GINGER JESSAMINE, KELLY KALIRAI, RUTH PISKO, ISABELLE RINGHAM, ANNY YU EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS RECEPTION HEIDI CHRISTIE, JACKIE LEE MARIA VLASENKO ADVERTISING IN WESTWORLD MAGAZINE DOES NOT INDICATE AN ENDORSEMENT BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION. ® CAA, CAA Plus, Away From Home, CAA Plus RV and Approved Auto Repair Services are trademarks owned by, and their use granted by, the Canadian Automobile Association. ® AAA, CampBook, Show Your Card & Save, TourBook and TripTik are trademarks owned by, and their use granted by, the American Automobile Association. 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ISSN 0316-0315. • PL Toolkit Today's auto recyclers: not your grandpa's scrapyard. p02-05_Cont_Mast.indd 4 CRAIG KITIGAWA RITA FRENCH, EILEEN GAJOWSKI, JOY GINETE-COCKLE, TERRI MASON, SONIA ROXBURGH, JOCELYN SNELLING ACCOUNTING Hot cars and even hotter flash 'n' save deals. 54 57 4 WESTWORLD NATASHA GOWDA & MEDIA STRATEGIST CASEY CRAWFORD CIRCULATION Traffic roundabouts dot the European streetscape and are gaining ground in North America. So why do circles beat the square? 58 MIKE ROBERTS PIUSHI ARIYAWANSA, YAU BING CHONG, KRISTEN HILDERMAN, ELAINE LINSAO, JAMES MARSHALL, LISA MANFIELD, HUONG NGUYEN, MICHAEL SMALL, CANDICE UI, ALONSO YSA CIRCULATION MANAGER 51 RHEA ATTAR SHANNON EMMERSON DIGITAL MEDIA When apps ride shotgun, trips go smoother. by Lisa Ricciotti HOLLY PATEMAN EDITORIAL OPERATIONS MANAGER SENIOR MARKETING Drive Smart (on leave) SCOTT WHEATLEY DIRECTOR/BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MARKETING MANAGER 49 FARNAZ RIAHI, CA REBECCA LEGGE DIRECTOR/CIRCULATION 14 CORINNE SMITH SAMANTHA LEGGE, MBA 556,515 litres of wastewater flow saved 7,147.83 kg solid waste not generated 27,218.27 kg greenhouse gases prevented 203 million BTUs energy not consumed Printed with vegetable-based ink Photo Credit 4/26/12 11:14:23 AM