Spare The Air Tomorrow, Thursday August 30

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Tomorrow, Thursday, August 30, is a Spare the Air Day in the San Francisco Bay Area. Concentrations of ground-level ozone pollution are forecast to be unhealthy.

Your morning commute is free on BART, CalTrain, ACE Train and all Bay Area Ferries until 1:00 pm. Bay Area bus systems are offering free rides all day. This is the 2nd of four free commute days on non-holiday weekday Spare the Air days this summer. To find out more, and to view a list of participating transit agencies, see 511.org.

To help prevent smog tomorrow, please:

• Take public transit, walk or bike
• visit 511.org for transit info
• Carpool or vanpool with friends or co-workers
• Refuel on the way home in the evening and don't top off
• Link necessary trips and postpone errands if possible
• Avoid polluting products like aerosol cleaners, paint and hair spray
• Use a hand-pushed or electric lawn mower

To monitor current air quality conditions, visit http://www.sparetheair.org

AirAlerts are provided by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Thank you for doing your part to Spare the Air!