Tips for Knozone Air Quality Action Days
Sign up for Knozone Air Quality Action Day e-mail alerts at www.knozone.com.
While there, check out the most recent air quality reading. You
can also call the Air Quality phone line at (317) 327-4AIR (4247)
for up-to-date air quality readings and tips to help clean the
air.
Carpooling or vanpooling is a great alternative to commuting to
work, school or play alone each day. Not only are you helping
reduce air pollution, you can also save money. Click here for
a Commuter Cost Calculator.
In the nine county central Indiana region, Central Indiana Commuter
Services provides mobility solutions and commute options free
of charge. Please call (317) 327-RIDE or visit www.327RIDE.net
for more information.
Take the bus to work, school or to run a few small errands. In
Marion County, IndyGo is the public transportation service provider.
If you want to plan a trip using IndyGo, call (317) 635-3344.
IndyGo customer service representatives are available six days
a week to answer questions and help you plan your next trip. You
can also visit www.IndyGo.net
for more information.
Riding a bike or walking short distances is one of the best ways
to help clean the air and also helps improve your physical health.
Remember, try to perform outdoor activities in the morning or
evening when air pollution levels are lower.
By the way, Marion County has a celebrated system of greenways
throughout the community, which includes inter-connected bicycle
paths. Visit the IndyParks Greenways home page at www.indygreenways.com
for more information.
Exhaust from small engines, like lawnmowers, contribute to ground-level
ozone and fine particle pollution. In fact, industry experts say
that a typical 3.5 horsepower gas mower engine can emit the same
amount of volatile organic compounds – key precursors to
smog – in an hour as a new car driven 340 miles.
Lawn and garden equipment users inadvertently add to the problem
by spilling 17 million gallons of fuel each year while refilling
their outdoor power equipment. That's more petroleum spilled than
the Exxon Valdez in the Gulf of Alaska.
If you need to purchase a new lawnmower, consider buying an
electric-powered or reel mower. Both are environmentally friendly
and cut down on noise pollution.
In Marion County only dried twigs, limbs and branches originating
on the property can be legally burned between the hours of 10:00
a.m. to 3:00 p.m., additional restrictions do apply. There are
no additional restrictions on a Knozone Air Quality Action Day.
The City asks however, that no open burning take place on Knozone
Air Quality Action Days.
Rather than burning materials that release fine particles into
the air, consider mulching your yard debris and using it around
trees and plants. The Indianapolis Department of Public Works
does provide twig, limbs, and branch removal. For more information,
please visit the DPW
website.
