Make your Own Emergency Air Quality Plan

Everyday Actions to Improve Air Quality

• 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).
  
• • Visit Idle-Free Utah for more information.
  • Read about idling myths.
    
    
• 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