DOT&PF aims to reduce equipment idling.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS - Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities - Brief article

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has implemented a policy to reduce vehicle idling for its equipment fleet, in an effort to save funds and improve air quality. Long periods of heavy-vehicle idling contribute to poor air quality and can be harmful to engines, DOT&PF officials said. As of Nov. 1, 2011, DOT&PF mandated that all 8-yard dump trucks and tractors with programmable on-board computers be set to a 10-minute idle time. It is now department policy to minimize idle time on all vehicles to the...