Make your Own Emergency Air Quality Plan

Everyday Actions to Improve Air Quality

• See our drive smarter resource page for ideas.
  
  
• Participate in the Care to Clear the Air initiative and learn strategies to reduce driving and improve our air.
  
  
• Whenever possible, walk, bike, use mass transit, carpool or telecommute. Stop idling your engine.
  

• Don't idle if you will be stopped for more than 10 seconds.  Don't idle your engine to warm it up (it isn't necessary). Read about idling myths.  For more information, visit Idle-Free Utah for more information.
  

• Combine errands for the week into one, big trip. Trip chaining reduces mileage and, thus, pollution.

• Telecommute to work, even one day a week

• Mass transit

• • UTA schedule
  • Park City
  • Logan/Cache Valley
  • St. George
    
    
• Shop near home
  
  
• Avoid major routes during peak driving hours
  
  
• Postpone errands on high pollution days
  
  
• U Car Share
  
  
• Carpool/rideshare
  
  
• Consider alternative ways to get your kids to school
• • Walking school bus
  • Carpooling (visit Divide the Ride for programs)
  • Biking
    
    
• Ask your employer about working a compressed work week
  
  
• Drive your newest car

• Maintain your vehicle.  Check out the Clean Air Vehicle Checklist

• Participate in the Clear the Air Challenge.

• Use TravelWise strategies to get where you are going

To Reduce Energy Consumption (and the burning of coal) consider:

• Purchase green-e certified credits/offsets through the University of Utah's Renewable Energy Campaign
  
  
• Enroll in Blue Sky to purchase renewable energy credits
  
  
• Check out Rocky Mountain Power's Efficiency Progam and Incentives page
  
  
• Learn about clean energy at Utah Clean Energy