Ditching Dirty Diesl Anti-Idling Day of Action

Diesel truck and bus idling causes health problems, wastes money, and is bad for the environment. The Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative aims to convey that message to drivers on its Tuesday, June 24 Anti-Idling Day of Action. Residents and community organizations in Oakland, Richmond, San Leandro, and Bayview Hunters Point will be taking to their neighborhood streets to hand-deliver information to truck drivers. They are driving home the message that diesel-engine idling for over five minutes is illegal, wasteful, and bad for everyone’s health, especially children and the elderly.

In Bayview Hunters Point, volunteers will be at the intersection of 3^rd Street and Jamestown Avenue in San Francisco to pass out door hangers to trucks as they exit US 101. They will place door hangers on trucks in the industrial area bordered by 3^rd Street, Underwood, Carroll, and the Bay. For more information, contact Karen Pierce at 415.581.2459.

In West Oakland, volunteers will be distributing information to truck drivers at the Mayway Warehouse truck parking facility on 12^th Street at Mandela Parkway, at the OMSS truck scales on Maritime Blvd., and by the recycling centers in the Clawson neighborhood. For more information, contact Brian Beveridge at 510.282.2565 or Margaret Gordon at 510.393.2019.

In San Leandro, gather at the Davis Street Family Resource Center at 3081 Teagarden Street to outreach to truckers in this heavily trafficked area. For more information, contact Wafaa Aborashed at 510.410.9232 or 510.347.4620.

In North Richmond, Ditching Dirty Diesel will also be at work. For more details on activities and locations, contact Cedrita Claiborne at 925.313.6861.

For more information on the Anti-Idling Day of Action, contact Jessica Henn at the Regional Asthma Management and Prevention (RAMP) Initiative at 510.302.3312 or via e-mail at jessica@rampasthma.org.