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What we need are fewer critics and more cyclists.
We should lead by example.
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Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 11:41
AM
Subject: [obc] Smog daze
I have to disagree. I do not think the original message
was well written at
all. Everyone has a writing style but please lets
refrain from using words
like "engines spewing their pollutants" .
Engines might spew oil on the
road but in my mind they release
pollutants.
So if I was to spend 2 minutes rewriting the statement
it might go like this
" Mayor Chiarelli & Councillor
Arnold,
As you are aware the City of Ottawa has issued a smog alert.
Numerous
studies by Federal and Provincial Governments, Universities, and
private
consultants conclude that exposure to smog is a health risk that
can, in
certain cases, result in death.
A major contributor to smog is
the use of vehicles powered by internal
combustion engines releasing waste
products (pollutants) into the
atmosphere.
In order to try and avoid
smog alerts I ask that the City of Ottawa take a
proactive role in smog
prevention through furthering existing initiatives
and developing new
ones.
Suggestions include:
1) Bike racks on more OC transpo
routes
2) Bike racks at OC transpo stations where the current bike racks
are
already full on a regular basis
3) Bike racks, near the attendants,
in parking lots
4) Incentives for workplaces to provide facilities such as
lockers and
showers for people commuting by bike, roller blades, running,
etc
5) More bike racks in highly congested areas such as the market.
6)
Increasing the awareness of vehicle use in the cause of smog and
promoting
alternative methods of transportation.
With these measures in place it
may be possible to avoid the following
warning
DURING THE EPISODE
INDIVIDUALS MAY EXPERIENCE EYE IRRITATION.
HEAVY OUTDOOR EXERCISE MAY CAUSE
RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS SUCH AS
COUGHING OR SHORTNESS OF BREATH. PEOPLE
WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASE
INCLUDING ASTHMA MAY EXPERIENCE A WORSENING OF
THEIR CONDITION.
Ottawa, being the Nations Capital and thus a
popular tourist destination
should take a proactive role in smog pervention
through the implementaion of
these and other ideas. As the Kyoto
Accord sits in limbo we cannot afford
to sit back and see what happens we
have to protect our City and our tourist
industry by providing a clean and
healthy environment.
Thanks,
Ross ( I wish I could afford a
bigger box) Knight
Well said, Tom.
I
would also like to see the Byward Market completely car-free since
it's
such a great area to walk around. If truth be told, I would
actually like
to see the whole downtown core car-free, with bus links only,
but that may
be too much to ask!
I hope all you bike commuters get
home safely tonight and don't forget to
rehydrate (the H�O
type)
Barbara Wilson
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Sent: June 14, 2001 9:44 AM
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Subject:
[obc] Smog daze
Dear Mayor Chiarelli & Councillor
Arnold,
We are having another smog alert. Smog not only makes people
sick, it
can kill them. In large part, the smog is due to all the internal
combustion engines spewing their pollutants into the
atmosphere.
Please promote cycling and public transit to reduce the
smog.
How about bike racks on more long OCtranspo routes?
How about
more bike racks, near the attendants, as part of every
parking lot?
How
about lockers & showering facilities mandatory at every big
workplace?
How about more bike racks at OC transpo stations when the
current
ones are already full?
How about more bike racks in the Market,
and less parking spaces?
How about spending money promoting cycling rather
than studying ring
roads?
Then we can avoid:
DURING THE
EPISODE INDIVIDUALS MAY EXPERIENCE EYE IRRITATION.
HEAVY OUTDOOR EXERCISE
MAY CAUSE RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS SUCH AS
COUGHING OR SHORTNESS OF
BREATH. PEOPLE WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASE
INCLUDING ASTHMA MAY
EXPERIENCE A WORSENING OF THEIR CONDITION.
Unless we address this, we
may all be wearing gas masks - or pushing
daisies up.
Thanks, Tom
Trottier
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