Anti-Idling Bylaw

1
Anti-Idling Bylaw Experience in the City of
North Vancouver

• A Presentation at the Idling Reduction Workshop
• Dragana Mitic, Assistant City Engineer -
  Transportation
• March 2006

2
Presentation Overview

• How it started
• Anti-idling bylaw
• Community/corporate education
• Enforcement
• Lesson learned/Next steps

3
How it Started

• Greenhouse Gas Local Action Plan, CNV
• Province-wide campaign to reduce vehicle idling,
  BEST

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Anti-idling Bylaw

• Prepared based on the GVRD model bylaw from 2004
• Bylaw prohibits idling for more than 3 minutes
  during a 60 minute period
• Bylaw came into force and effect in October 2005
• Community and corporate education preceded
  implementation of the bylaw
• Penalty for violating bylaw provisions is 45

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Bylaw Exemption - Special Cases

• A mobile workshop
• Emergency vehicles and vehicles assisting in an
  emergency
• Vehicles for which idling is required as part of
  a repair/ maintenance
• Armored vehicles
• Vehicles required to remain motionless
• Vehicles engaged in parade, race, etc
• Vehicles required to use heating or refrigeration
  systems for the preservation of perishable cargo
• Vehicles when ambient temperature inside the
  vehicle is more than 27C or less than 5C.

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Community/Corporate Education

• Community education
• CNV Website
• Newspaper ads
• Direct communication with
• Taxi companies
• Bus tour companies
• Couriers
• Towing companies
• Corporate education
• Intranet
• Direct communication with employees

7
Enforcement

• Prior to the bylaw very few complaints
• Enforcement is complaint driven or opportunistic
  basis
• One ticket written since bylaw came into force

8
Lessons Learned

• Requires system to measure effectiveness
• Extensive public awareness campaign
• Proactive enforcement

9
Next Steps

• Considering buying a system to measure vehicle
  idling
• Continuing with community education via newspaper
  articles