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Tips for Businesses
Here's how to get involved!
- Designate a workplace Clean Air Coordinator (CAC) for the Care
About Clean Air campaign and subscribe to the free E mail or Fax Notification
System.
- Receive free clean air promotional materials from the American
Lung Association. This will make announcements easy and awareness
certain within your organization.
- In the late afternoon, your workplace CAC will receive the next
day's forecast if it's predicted to be a Red or Orange Air Quality Day,
and will be encouraged to notify colleagues and co-workers by:
displaying Care About Clean Air announcement posters or signs
broadcasting an internal E-mail or voice mail message
making a P.A. system announcement posting a notice on the company's
electronic
(or actual) bulletin boards
calling your workplace to action in a way best suited to it
You can also get involved by providing incentives for cleaning the air
or by reducing the emissions associated with your business every day,
not just on red or orange days.
Go the Extra Mile!
If your employer is interested in promoting the benefits of ridesharing,
you can also designate an Employee Transportation Coordinator (ETC) or
have your CAC also serve as your ETC. ETCs work directly with RideFinders
or Citizens for Modern
Transit to promote ridesharing to their employees. RideFinders provides
all of the marketing materials and support necessary. ETCs have the opportunity
to have a RideFinders representative come onsite to host a Clean Air Fair
to help co-workers form vanpools or carpools. Registered carpoolers and
vanpoolers can take advantage of RideFinders free Guaranteed Ride Home
Program and other great benefits.
Citizens for Modern Transit administers the Guaranteed Ride Home Program
for transit and bicycle commuters in the St. Louis region. They will also
help to register employees at your worksite through Transit fairs, the
Taste of Transit program, an e-newsletter and promotional events geared
towards transit and bicycle commuters. For more information, please visit
www.cmt-stl.org.
Offer flex-time and telecommuting options to your employees whose jobs are suited to such a set up. Flex-time arrangements allow employees to change the starting and ending times of their workday to avoid idling in rush hour traffic congestion, while maintaining the same total work hours for the week. Telecommuting is a mobile work option that allows employees to be productive outside the traditional office setting, and can eliminate the work commute one or more days a week. To learn more on these alternatives, visit www.suitecommute.com.
Get on the list of St. Louis Area's
Best Workplaces for Commuters .
Spread the Word!
One of the most effective ways businesses can help is also the easiest.
Informing your employees about air quality is a no-cost way to improve
regional air quality. Every time you inform an employee, customer, colleague
or friend about Orange or Red air quality days and what we can all do
to improve air quality, you help to empower people with the information
they need to make a difference. For more information contact the American
Lung Association at 1-800-LUNG-USA or RideFinders at www.ridefinders.org
or 1-800-VIP-RIDE.
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