The unrelenting heat is causing ozone levels to soar.
Tomorrow is another voluntary "No Drive" day when the D-E-Q asks us to spare the air, and reduce emissions from our cars and trucks.
It will be the 8th "No Drive" day of the year, and the forth in a row.
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With eight "No Drive" days already, we're on pace to pass the record of 14 set in 1998.
Cheryl Heying/Utah Division of Air Quality: I THINK IF PEOPLE WERE REALLY AWARE OF WHAT THEIR CARS WERE DOING AND WHAT ACTIONS THEY COULD DO DURING THE DAY, THEY COULD CHOOSE TO DO THINGS THAT ARE BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
In recent years, the Division of Air Quality has urged people to get out of their cars..
This year, it hopes everyone will choose clean air in a variety of ways...especially if they must drive.
Here's what the Utah Department of Transportation numbers show for the summer of 2001.
On a normal day last summer...125-thousand cars cruised I-15.
On No Drive days UDOT counted 1500 to six thousand FEWER cars.
That's a one-and-a-half to five percent reduction.
When there are consecutive no drive days...more motorists leave their cars at home as the streak grows...
Trax trains carry 28-thousand passengers each day...people who otherwise might drive.
We'll have plenty of days left this summer to make adjustments.
Cheryl Heying/Utah Division of Air Quality: I'M PREDICTING WE'LL CALL A COUPLE MORE OZONE NO DRIVE DAYS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HOPEFULLY BY MONDAY, WE'LL GET A BREAK AND GET A LITTLE BREATHER HERE.
For more tips on how you can "Spare the Air", Click Here.
July 11, 2002
