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11/7/84 Page -2- le;>s efficiently. Especially from mid November to mid January warmer temperatures aloft trap carbon monoxide and brown cloud ~ollution5 in the Denver region . To reduce this the number of miles driven each day care be cut by 15% by everyone cooperating with the new program. The schedule is based on the last number of the license plate. On a voluntary basis everyone is being asked to leave their car home on pre-assigned week days over a two month period. In addition on prime pollution days all drivers will be asked to cancel or postpone non-essential trips. On those days, carbon monoxide alerts will be announced on radio and televi~i:o~~:, Each time a person plans ahead for alternative transportation or decides a_trip is unnecessary they are a part of the solution to this problem. On high pollution days RTD will put: special rates into effect on local routes. These rates will be 25~ and off-peak rates will be 10~. 'area Requested to Parti- Ms. Kudebeh depicted on the wall map the area cipate in the Program requested to participate in the program - nam~ely extending north of Longmont, south to Castle Rock west to the hogback, then to the ubanized areas in Adams and Arapahoe Counties. Four strategy programs are being initiated to meet the Federal standards by 1987 of 9 points per million - the Federal Motor Vehicle Control program - the State Inspection Maintenance program of which Louisville is a part - RTD's expanded bus system, and traffic signalization projects. The.,~costs involved in meeting the 1987 stan- dards are three-fold - health costs - an image problem which is a detriment in bringing new businesses and industries in because of the brown cloud which also effects the quality of life of people who wish to locate in the Denver metro area. Also there is the cost involved of not having Federal monies which are being withheld for such things as sewer projects, highway construction, etc. Ms. Kudebeh stated that the City and County of Boulder have been taking a very active part in the program by monitoring license plates for scheduled days and taking traffic counts.