What You Can do to Reduce Air Pollution
What you can do when planning your day:
Limit driving, rideshare, walk, bike, or take public transit
- Pace Rideshare
- NWI Transit to and from Downtown Chicago
- Local Routed Transit Systems
Telecommuting and Trip Chaining
Refuel When It’s Cool
What you can do in your car:
- Car Care 101
- Avoid excessive idling and abrupt starts on air quality action days
- When to drive
- Use E85 in your Flex Fuel vehicle
What you can do at home:
- Use a charcoal chimney or electric starter for your grill instead of lighter fluid on air quality action days
- Limit use of household products that cause fumes
- Conserve energy at home to reduce demands on power plants
- Avoid using lawnmowers and other gasoline powered-equipment and motors on air quality action days