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7:25 AM SEPTA bus idling at curbside. I believe the bus # was 5762 (but I did not jot the number down today). SEPTA idling at this location is a recurrent issue. This suggests that SEPTA is either unable or unwilling to enforce rules upon their drivers. It would be helpful to know if any other authorities have taken steps to enfore anti-idling rules. The recommendation has been made to call Air Management, but their phone goes to voicemail when I have tried calling in the early AM.
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Nick Rogers (Guest)
Hi Tom,
Clean Air Council has spoken with SEPTA before about their drivers idling, and they have a policy that the drivers should not idle. Enforcing that policy can be difficult. Air Management Services does enforce idling laws for trucks and buses. The Council works to help their enforcement efforts by sending them "hotspots" reports each month, identifying locations where repeat idling occurs. This location will be sent to AMS. You can try calling AMS during business hours and you might get a response.
Thanks for your continued help on this important issue!
The Clean Air Council Team
(215) 567 - 4004 x 110
Tom (Guest)
Funny the way the world works... I got a message today from the SeeClickFix system asking if this issue had been resolved. I posted this 11 months ago. Septa busses still routinely idle at this location despite rules posted on a telephone poll to the contrary. I'd been worn down by the response of Septa drivers when I asked them to comply with the idling rules, but just this morning asked a driver who'd parked his bus why he left it idling while he stood of the sidewalk chatting with another bus driver. I am not talking about a hurried few words between drivers....I observed the bus ilding while they chatted for five minutes before approaching them. The driver who was in his vehicle actually had shut down his bus. I can't close this issue since it has not been fixed. Septa needs to police its own or the police need to start ticketing the drivers and/or Septa. Here is a link to FAQ's re: PA's rules re: diesel idling: http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/aq/cars/docs/Act_124_Common_QA's.pdf
megesquire
It happened again yesterday, just before noon. K bus sitting there, idling, no driver. Watched him come back, bag in hand, from getting lunch. A few minutes later he drove off. A minute after that another K bus arrived and sat, idling.
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