Spare the Air: Yolobus is Free Today

Yolobus is free today, so feel free to leave your car at home. 

The Sacramento region’s air quality districts have declared today Spare the Air day in hopes of reducing auto emissions, which, when combined with high temperatures, make for poor and unhealthy air quality. 

Wednesday’s Air Quality Index forecast is 151, which is exactly the minimum reading (of ground-level ozone) defined as “unhealthy for everyone.” Tuesday’s reading was 106. 

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Here are more details about the advistory, from the UC Davis news site: 

Wednesday's Spare the Air is the second such declaration since Saturday (Sept. 3). Officials forecast an AQI of 154 that day; the actual reading turned out to be 147, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

The only other Spare the Air day this season was July 5. Officials forecast an AQI of 161 that day, and it turned out to be 132.

Under a Spare the Air declaration, officials ask people to reduce their driving or take public transit, with the incentive of free rides on Unitrans, Yolo Bus and the North Natomas Transportation Management Agency Shuttle, as well as Auburn Transit, Lincoln Transit, Placer County Transit and Roseville Transit.

People who run errands in their cars are asked to do so in the morning hours when pollution levels are low. Similarly, if you are biking or walking, you should do so in the morning hours.