Your actions make a difference…What is the city doing to help reduce pollution?

The city encourages its employees to use the bus by:

• Sharing the cost of bus passes and bus tickets
• Providing a guaranteed ride (taxi) home for emergencies or unexpected overtime
• Providing benefits for carpoolers and those using other modes of travel than driving alone

The city offers several drive-less programs to the public:

• Commuter Cash – Participants earn cash for saved drive-alone trips
• One Less Car – All kinds of benefits are available if you go without a car for a month, or sell a car
• Cut a Couple Car Trips - You can reduce your driving by two trips per week, right? When we all do our part, we make a big difference. Report your saved car trips and you could win some great prizes!

The city reduces pollution by managing traffic such as:

• Synchronizing traffic signals to keep vehicles moving steadily to reduce idling
• Installing signs asking motorist to turn off their engines while waiting during bridge openings
• Implementing “Complete Streets”, which considers the needs of all modes of travel when designing streets and repaving
• Implementing actions in the Bicycle Master Plan
• Implementing the Seattle Connections Transit Master Plan
• Drafting a Pedestrian Master Plan

The city is turning their vehicle fleet green:

We are working toward a fleet that is 100 percent clean and green. Already we have:

• 524 advanced technology (hybrid - 384 vehicles and 140 alternative fuel/ compressed natural gas) vehicles
• 47 electric off-road vehicles (22 scooters, 27 Segways, three bicycles, four electric bicycles and one electric vehicle)
• 699 diesel-powered vehicles mostly running on biodiesel

Drive less and reduce your carbon footprint
by 2,000 pounds of CO².
How?