Clear The Air Challenge » Utah’s Clear the Air Challenge – Reduce Air Pollution in Utah http://cleartheairchallenge.org/blog Reduce congestion, save energy & improve Utah's air quality. Register & track car trips saved, share stories, videos & photos. Starts Monday, June 13, 2011. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 New Year’s Resolutions to Clear The Air: http://cleartheairchallenge.org/blog/2010/03/years-resolutions-clear-air-7/ http://cleartheairchallenge.org/blog/2010/03/years-resolutions-clear-air-7/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:18:28 +0000 cleartheair http://cleartheairchallenge.org/blog/?p=212 Abbie Vianes
combine errands even more tightly or not go.
walk to church every Sunday and for other meetings when possible.
talk about idling.

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combine errands even more tightly or not go.
walk to church every Sunday and for other meetings when possible.
talk about idling.

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• Plan and Work to Implement at 20% per Year to 2020.
• More serious consideration of alternative transportation on “Red Days”.
• Have fun … But not too much fun.
• Encourage others (personally and professionally) to understand that the same Behavior Change (of reduced driving) will result in benefits in four areas:
o Personal Finance — Save money.
o Improve Public Health in Salt Lake Valley — Many individuals are suffering from high levels of air pollution related to motor vehicle use.
o Improve Political and Economic stability — Fossil fuels are a finite resource, as supplies run out and become more expensive social organizations will be stressed.
o Improve Global Air Quality — Burning fossil fuels is likely to very disruptive to humanity.
• Encourage others to maintain a positive attitude.(Have Fun… But not too much Fun)

Kathy Van Dame (Wasatch Clean Air Coalition)
• I will follow air quality predictions and have available alternate plans for transportation when I need to travel during ‘Air Action’ and ‘Unhealthy’ days.
• I will discuss my choices with others when appropriate.

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• Every day
o Leave the car at home one day a week, especially on days the inversion is coming into the valley.
o Be idle-free.
o Teleconference more, drive to meetings less.
o Trip chain
• On yellow and red alert days
o Avoid running errands and extra car trips

Sandy Underwood
• My son and I will walk to school everyday
• We will take TRAX or the bus when possible.
• Let’s keep our kids’ health and let them have clean air to breathe

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• Carpool
• Work from home, on days when I can get away with it
• I will continue to not idle!
• Combine trips and run errands all at once
• Use city CNG vehicle for all city business that requires travel
• Use “peer pressure” to convince people not to idle
• Talk to my friends and family about the importance of reducing vehicle emissions

Debbie Sigman
• I resolve to offer/ask for carpools with friends and neighbors.
• I will offer to pick up groceries if it saves someone a trip.
• I will email my neighborhood list about this campaign.

LeeAnn Spencer
• Drive less and take advantage of public transportation
• Have my friends and family take it with me

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• I will bundle all my errands, in perfect geographic order, on my two work days, so that the car gets out of the garage only two days a week and not a mile is wasted.
• In spring, I will ride my bike on many errands again.

Mabel R. Romo
• I will commit to using the county van for all business appointments.
• On a personal level, I commit to do my grocery shopping on my route home.
• I will ask others to carpool with me when I have county events to attend.
• On a personal level, I will try to schedule all traveling chores to stores, etc in one car trip.

Becka Roolf (SLC Bike Coordinator)
• Ride my bike to work unless it is a Red Air Day.
• Ride the bus to work when it is a Red Air Day.
• Try to find some cross-country ski buddies, so I can carpool.
• Encourage other City employees to bike to work even in the winter.
• Host a lunch-time workshop for other City employees on winter biking to work.
• Try to get TUNA to create a carpool ride-share board.
• Look into creating a Winter Bike to Work Day (probably for January 2011).
• Look into how N95 respirator masks work for biking to work.

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• I will do walk-in rather than drive-ups (banks, drive-up windows). Seeing the drive-up window line 30 cars deep at the new In-n-Out burger in Sandy, all idling on a red air day, was enough to make me easily make this pledge to myself. Spent the summer in a small CA town where they got rid of all drive-up windows (yes, even McDonalds). What a great idea and even a greater idea to shut down these windows in the valley on red air days!
• I will spread the word!

Kathy Pope
• Use the UTA ski busses to get up to Alta, and catch them close to home rather than close to the mouth of the canyon.
• Ride the bus to work more often.
• Look for opportunities to car pool, such as getting from work to class 2 days a week.
• My partner Greg shares the car and insists on taking me to work and picking me up, rather than have me catch a bus with one transfer. I need to convince him he doesn’t have to do this, and that he can ride the Trax to get to his gym, versus driving up and down 400 South.

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• I will TravelWise more than in 2009
o By teleworking as much as possible.
o By taking TRAX downtown as much as possible.
o By carpooling to kids soccer, basketball, gymnastics, etc.
o By combining trips always.
• I will strongly encourage and promote carpooling with indoor soccer, basketball, and gymnastic parents.
• I will do my job, with focus on educating and promoting this message; Everyone has a role and responsibility in “clearing our air”.

Alexandra Parvas
• Although I don’t have a car and usually take either public transit or bike for most of my transportation needs, I will commit myself to ride my bike and take transit more often than I normally do.
• I also, weather permitting, propose to reduce my dependence overall on fossil-fuel powered vehicles.
• Spread the word, make a party out of it, and provide incentives like cake. I already have a keen posse of bike friends, I would like to meet more of them and create a keen union

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• Car pool with my wife who works at the Government Center
• Reduce number of lunches at driving-distant restaurants
• Do not idle my car for more than 30 seconds
• Push my ‘Green IT’ agenda to reduce computer-generated power consumption and e-waste

Nancy Mitchell
• I will combine trips and try to take the bus occasionally. I am always on such a tight time schedule it is hard to get ready early enough to take it. I will have to try! I do love riding the bus.
• Tell friends and family to stop idling.
• I have already combined two meetings of an organization of which I am president, so we only have two meetings a month and not three!

Anthony Najera
• I will car pool 3 times a week or take TRAX as much as possible.
• I will promote car pooling or TRAX among my friends and family.

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• I will look into converting our 1991 Mazda 626 to be an electric vehicle.
• I will work from home whenever possible.
• I will write the first draft of a book on reducing our impact on the natural environment by 80% by maximizing biological processes, minimizing use of technology, creating durable technology with recyclable components, including a chapter on planning walkable, bikeable communities and another on transportation efficiencies.
• I will join with others in causing the conversation for an 80% reduction in the burning of fossil fuels by year 2020 to be generated, continue to deepen and become grounded in reality.

Erin Mendenhall
• I will reschedule all reschedule-able appointments on red air quality days and do better at trip-chaining.
• I will let those whom I cancel appointments with know why I’m canceling and that each trip makes a difference.

Michelle Middleton
• Carpool with other parents
• Not leave car idling when waiting to pick up my kids
• Not warming up my car before driving
• Trying not to drive much on bad air days
• Combining tasks and errands into one trip, instead of multiple car trips
• Keep car maintained
• Continue to drive smoothly and smartly, with no quick stops & starts.
• Pass the word on to friends and family.

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