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With
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PartnersCOMMUNITY COLLABORATION

Solving the problem of air pollution and the global climate depends on collaboration with partners and participation from the greater Bay Area community.

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YES Conference

SPARE THE AIR EVERYDAY PROGRAM

The Spare the Air Program continues to encourage clean commute choices increasing biking, carpooling, telework and trip linking to reduce transportation-related air pollution and vehicle miles traveled. The Spare the Air Employer Program organized eight Carpool Now luncheons at workplaces in 2017 including: Santa Clara University, Sonoma County, Marin County, Abaxis, Ariat International, Workday, Raytheon and Gilead. There are plans to expand outreach to new organizations in 2018 and to provide smaller employers with do-it-yourself toolkits to host their own Carpool Now events.

COMMUNITY AIR RISK EVALUATION (CARE) PROGRAM

In collaboration with UC Berkeley sponsored projects, the Air District added additional low-cost air sensors in San Francisco, including sensors on the rooftops of the Air District headquarters, the San Francisco Hall of Justice and San Francisco’s General Hospital.

Together with the San Francisco Planning Department, Department of Public Health, and community members, we began updating the San Francisco Community Risk Reduction Plan, first developed in 2012.

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Spare the Air
everyday

The Spare the Air Youth Program sponsors this student-led conference annually.

YES CONFERENCE–
YOUTH FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
AND SUSTAINABILITY

Over 500 middle and high school students from across the Bay Area participated in the 2017 YES Conference at the new Bay Area Metro Center in San Francisco. The Spare the Air Youth Program sponsors this student-led conference annually through a partnership between the Bay Area Air District and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. The conference included nearly 40 student-led presentations and workshops to educate, inspire, and empower youth and families about clean commute options and environmental sustainability in their communities.

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New cleaner switcher
locomotive in Richmond
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$19.4 MILLION was awarded in grants for ten
Tier 4 switcher and passenger
locomotive replacements

TIER 4 SWITCHER LOCOMOTIVES

The Air District awarded $19.4 million in grants for ten Tier 4 switcher and passenger locomotive replacements to Richmond Pacific Railroad, Port of San Francisco, Altamont Corridor Express (ACE), Union Pacific, and Oakland Global Enterprise. Funding was provided from the Proposition 1B Goods Movement Program, Carl Moyer Program, US EPA DERA, and the San Joaquin Valley APCD (for the ACE train).

VESSEL SPEED REDUCTION PROGRAM

In 2017, the Air District partnered with the Santa Barbara and Ventura Air Pollution Control Districts, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation in a voluntary Vessel Speed Reduction (VSR) incentive program covering the Santa Barbara Channel and the approaches to San Francisco Bay. Eleven global shipping companies participated, with 84 vessels slowing to 12 knots or less while approaching or leaving the Bay, reducing both emissions and the risk of fatal ship strikes on whales.

Photo: John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research

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Vessel Speed
Reduction Program

CALIFORNIA BASELINE OZONE TRANSPORT STUDY

The Air District participated in a comprehensive air quality study in northern California, conducted collaboratively by the U.S. EPA, NOAA, NASA and CARB. Goals of the study were to collect three-dimensional ozone and precursor data, to improve estimates of ozone along the West Coast, and to quantify intercontinental ozone transport to California.

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