It is often believed that stopping and restarting the engine uses more gas than idling, but, according to the Environmental Defense Fund citing a year 2000 engine studies report  by Environment and Climate Change Canada, an engine restart uses fuel approximately equal to 10 seconds of idling.Environmental Defense Fund. (2008) Attention Drivers! Turn Off Your Idling Engines. Accessed at URL Legend: LDGV - Light duty gasoline vehicle LDGT - Light duty gasoline truck HDGV - Heavy duty gasoline vehicle LDDV - Light duty diesel vehicle LDDT - Light duty diesel truck HDDV - Heavy duty diesel vehicle MC - Motorcycle Mississauga, Ontario - Idling Control By-law, 194-2009 URL Idle-Free - Help Make Mississauga an Idle-Free Zone! Oakville, Ontario - Anti-Idling Bylaw 2002-153 URL Anti-Idling Waterloo, Ontario - By-law 2009-077 URL Anti-idling By-law,City of Waterloo, Ontario,Canada Red Deer, Alberta URL Anti-idling By-law,City of Waterloo, Ontario,Canada Sudbury, Ontario (Campaign only - 2010 ) URL Greater Sudbury's Anti-Idling Campaign Dawson Creek, British Columbia (Dawson Creek's Energy Plan - municipal fleet only) URL Anti-idling Policy Vancouver, British Columbia (2006) URL Vancouver's anti-idling law takes effect; Association wants truckers exempt Hamilton, Ontario (2007) URL Hamilton approves anti-idling bylaw Ajax, Ontario (2009) URL Anti-Idling Policy Ottawa, URL Anti-Idling Vaughan, URL Anti Idling Program - The City of Vaughan is idle-free, please turn off your engine! There are many local ordinances and programs to discourage idling, such as ordinances limiting the minutes per hour in which a vehicle can idle.Denver the Mile High City. Idling vehicles. (2011) URL One example of a local program is Denver, Colorado's  Engines Off!  citywide anti-idling campaign, which aims to improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by promoting voluntary behavior change in idling behavior.Engines off! Denver. Engines off! Denver. (2008) URL
It is often believed that stopping and restarting the engine uses more fuel than idling. According to the Environmental Defense Fund citing an engine studies report from 2000 by Environment and Climate Change Canada, an engine restart uses fuel approximately equal to 10 seconds of idling.Environmental Defense Fund. (2008) Attention Drivers! Turn Off Your Idling Engines. Accessed at URL Legend: LDGVLight duty gasoline vehicle LDGTLight duty gasoline truck HDGVHeavy duty gasoline vehicle LDDVLight duty diesel vehicle LDDTLight duty diesel truck HDDVHeavy duty diesel vehicle MCMotorcycle Mississauga, Ontario Idling Control By-law, 194-2009 URL Idle-Free - Help Make Mississauga an Idle-Free Zone! Oakville, OntarioAnti-Idling Bylaw 2002-153 URL Anti-Idling Waterloo, OntarioBy-law 2009-077 URL Anti-idling By-law,City of Waterloo, Ontario,Canada Red Deer, Alberta URL Anti-idling By-law,City of Waterloo, Ontario,Canada Sudbury, Ontario (Campaign only2010 ) URL Greater Sudbury's Anti-Idling Campaign Dawson Creek, British Columbia (Dawson Creek's Energy Planmunicipal fleet only) URL Anti-idling Policy Vancouver, British Columbia (2006) URL Vancouver's anti-idling law takes effect; Association wants truckers exempt Hamilton, Ontario (2007) URL Hamilton approves anti-idling bylaw Ajax, Ontario (2009) URL Anti-Idling Policy Ottawa, URL Anti-Idling Vaughan, URL Anti Idling Program - The City of Vaughan is idle-free, please turn off your engine! There are many local ordinances and programs to discourage idling, such as ordinances limiting the minutes per hour in which a vehicle can idle.Denver the Mile High City. Idling vehicles. (2011) URL One example of a local program is Denver, Colorado's " Engines Off! " citywide anti-idling campaign, which aims to improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by promoting voluntary behavior change in idling behavior.Engines off! Denver. Engines off! Denver. (2008) URL
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