What’s the deal with needlessly idling buses?! Could be a beautiful day with a perfect temperature, nobody on the bus (e.g. buses parked on Upper Water Street, I suppose waiting to start a route?) and there they are idling away. I’m sure this also occurs in many other areas of the city that I don’t frequent. Apart from the carbon emissions, how can an organisation operate with these inefficiencies if they are always in the red financially and we need to provide subsidies?! —It’s 2015, get with the program!
This article appears in Oct 15-21, 2015.
Well they’re diesel, so it probably has something to do with air brakes/warm engine/reducing wear and tear from starting.
Holy fuck, this again. The Coast needs a FAQ file.
The drivers get cold and put on the heaters.
Oh! BTW… VOTE!
A quick search indicates that idling of diesel engines is wasteful, polluting and harmful to the vehicle.
Here’s one example:
It burns 2.5 – 4.5 litres per hour of idling
It’s the most inefficient mode – higher emissions
Cylinder wall wear is accelerated and engine life can be reduced by up to 20%
http://www.dawsoncreek.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/sustainable-dawson-creek/Idle-Free_Cummins.pdf
They stay idled to keep the AC in the summer and the heaters in the winter on so people won’t bitch about being too hot or too cold.
OMG, now they’re idling!!!
not only that they are often idling while the drivers are GD smoking 2 feet away.