BEST PRACTICES

To assist in mitigating potential impacts to the environment from vehicle driving, follow these best practices:

1. Keep tire pressure at the recommended level to improve fuel efficiency.
2. Make certain that the vehicle's exhaust meets inspection requirements to minimize impacts to air quality.
3. Ensure that your equipment/vehicles undergo regular tune-ups, and change the oil frequently. This will prevent your car's gas mileage from declining as it gets older and extends the life of the vehicle.
4. Avoid making off-campus errands during rush hours. Congested conditions with their slow speeds, frequent acceleration, and stop-and-go movement increase air pollution. Also, if you find yourself doing multiple errands off-campus throughout the day, try to combine the errands. When you first start a car after it's been sitting for more than an hour, it pollutes up to five times more than when the engine is warm.
5. Buy "green" vehicles.
6. Avoid idling; this will conserve fuel. (Note: Many states have limits on the number of minutes idling may last.)