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To CARB members: 

You may have heard that Disneyland will convert the gas cars at its
Autopia ride to electric. I led the campaign that brought this
about with coverage from the LA Times. We applaud Disneyland. But
the park has said it will electrify the cars by fall 2026--another
30 months. 

Complaints about Autopia's putrid emissions--going back years--are
rife. When we filed a complaint with AQMD, an inspector told us
that a Disneyland environmental engineer told her he had received
similar complaints. An Autopia employee told me he gets headaches.
I read it is "very common" for Autopia managers to get
employee-transfer requests accompanied by doctors' notes and that
employees get hazard pay because of the fumes.

Headaches are one of the most common symptoms of poisoning from
carbon monoxide, vehicles being the greatest outdoor source of this
gas. Proximity and timing are key, of course, and Autopia employees
stand right next to the cars for extended periods during their
eight-hour shifts. Is CO causing the headaches and doctor notes? Or
is it something else about the fuel and emissions from some 100
vehicles running bumper-to-bumper nearly nonstop? Even Prop 65
warns against lingering in outdoor gas stations. 

Marc Carrel, CEO of Breathe So Cal, wrote to Disneyland describing
the cars' dangerous emissions as a threat not only to the lung
health of Autopia employees and riders, but to people in Anaheim,
Santa Ana, Orange and other local communities. 

We filed a complaint about this with CARB last year. CARB never
responded. So today I ask: When will CARB measure the air quality
at Autopia? If it won't, how will it assure the public, Autopia
employees and riders and surrounding communities that it is safe to
keep Autopia running for another 30 months? 

(Attached in Word file with links, as well.)