Sentences with phrase «from idling vehicles»

Along with reducing smog from idling vehicles waiting in line to pay tolls - Buffalo Niagara International Trade Gateway Organization, Executive Director Craig Turner said, electronic tolling would save truck drivers and others in the logistics industry lots of time.

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Drivers who let their vehicles idle prevent the engine from reaching its optimal cylinder pressure and temperature causing a large amount of costly maintenance issues.

Comprehensive Health Policies: The District of Columbia enacted a law establishing a Healthy Schools Fund that includes directives to prohibit vehicles from idling near schools, implements the EPA's Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools programs, and requires a plan to operate school health centers by 2015.

«My constituents will also benefit indirectly from the speedier flow of traffic and reduction in vehicle idling.»

Beth Newcomer The Legislative Analyst for NYC Council Member Helen Rosenthal (District 6, Upper West Side) encouraged attendees to reach out to their local Council Members and urge them to support the following legislative initiatives: • Possible legislation regarding divestment of the city's pension funds from fossil fuel companies • A bill to require the city to do a carbon footprint analysis of all the products the city procures, and to use that analysis to inform a policy of low - carbon operations • A number of bills to reduce the carbon emissions of city - owned vehicles and improve the sustainability of city buildings • A bill to enhance the city's already - strong idling laws so as to make them easier to enforce Find your Council Member here.

An idled program for vehicles driven by fuel cells is gaining new impetus from new programs at the U.S. Department of Energy

In New York City alone, idling vehicles emit as much pollution as nine million diesel trucks driving from the Bronx to Staten Island.

The recommendations, in addition to flying less and wasting 25 percent less food, include: carpooling or telecommuting once a week (75 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) saved by 2020, if adopted by all Americans); maintaining your car or truck, such as keeping tires properly inflated (45 million metric tons of CO2e); cutting the time spent idling in a vehicle in half (40 million metric tons of CO2e); better insulation at home (85 million metric tons of CO2e); programmable thermostats set higher (80 million metric tons of CO2e); reducing electricity demand from appliances that are «off,» so - called phantom demand (70 million metric tons CO2e); using hot water more efficiently, such as washing clothes in colder water (65 million metric tons of CO2e); buying EnergyStar appliances when old ones wear out (55 million metric tons CO2e); replacing incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescents (30 million metric tons CO2e); eating chicken instead of beef two days a week (105 million metric tons of CO2e); increased recycling of paper, plastics and metals (105 million metric tons of CO2e); «responsible» consumption, such as buying less bottled water (60 million metric tons CO2e).

This is targeted at a specific client application where insufficient current can be generated by the alternator at engine idle speed to meet the high demand from the vehicle.

Shutting off the engine when the vehicle is stopped, to minimize idling Restarting the engine promptly when the brake pedal is released Enabling early fuel shut - off during vehicle deceleration Capturing vehicle kinetic energy during deceleration through regenerative braking to charge the advanced nickel metal hydride battery Performing intelligent battery charging when it is most efficient The new GM Hybrid system provides additional power, when required, during launch from the electric motor / generator.

The increased idle speed in «Sport Plus» mode additionally enables the vehicle to move off particularly quickly while ensuring faster acceleration from rest.

The refinement in performance of the engine, and the smooth variation of speed and torque through the six - speed automatic transmission can take the vehicle from idling to high speeds at a quick pace.

Boston also has the Boston Air Pollution Control Commission (APCC), which enforces state and city ordinances against excessive idling of vehicle engines and regulates the amounts of smoke and debris that can be produced from industrial and construction sites.

RICHLAND, Wash. - If all the cars and light trucks in the nation switched from oil to electrons, idle capacity in the existing electric power system could generate most of the electricity consumed by plug - in hybrid electric vehicles.

A breakwater built in the 1940s to protect the Long Beach port «traps urban runoff, making the city's water quality among the poorest in the state» and exhaust from the many vehicles operating, and idling, in the harbor area hangs over nearby communities.

Though Mayor Bloomberg is signing bills to eliminate vehicle idling, New York City's traffic code, Section 4 - 08, Subsection P, already prohibits vehicles from idling for more than three minutes.

Across the country, drivers let their cars idle for a few minutes to let it warm up, saving their vehicle from some unspecified damage that might occur if the engine is used while cold.