Spare the Air Day, August 29 & 30
Press Releases
08/28/2007
AC Transit will offer FREE commutes all day, August 29 and August 30, to Spare the Air.” AC Transit, along with other Bay Area transit agencies in partnership with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, participates in the Spare the Air program each year.
- For details, go to http://www.511.org. To help prevent smog tomorrow, please:
- Drive less, bike or walk
- Take public transit – visit 511.org to plan your trip!
- Carpool or vanpool
To monitor current air quality conditions, visit http://www.sparetheair.org. You may also register there to win a trip to Costa Rica! Thank you for doing your part to Spare the Air! Please contact Cynthia Dorsey at 510.891.4882, if you have any questions.
The following Bay Area transit partners are participating in the Spare the Air/Free Fare initiative:
- Alameda-Oakland Ferry
- Alameda-Harbor Bay Ferry
- BART
- Benicia Breeze
- Caltrain
- County Connection
- Dumbarton Express
- Fairfield/Suisun Transit
- Golden Gate Transit and Ferries
- Livermore-Amador Valley Transit Authority (WHEELS)
- Petaluma Transit
- Rio Vista Breeze
- SamTrans
- Santa Rosa CityBus
- Sonoma County Transit
- Tri Delta Transit
- Union City Transit
- Vacaville City Coach
- Napa VINE
- VTA
- WestCat
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (www.baaqmd.gov) is the regional agency chartered with protecting air quality in the Bay Area.
MTC (www.mtc.ca.gov) is the transportation planning, coordinating and financing agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.