Please turn off your engines while waiting
Photo by Thomas Hawk
Muni rider Jessica has a request:
Hi there,
I live near a large bus stop (big enough for two buses) where the 37-Corbett and the 6-Parnassus and some other buses like to wait on their breaks. I only ask that while said buses and bus drivers are on their break that they turn off their engines. The soot from the buses drifts into my apartment and all over my furniture. Which I clean 2 times a week to remove the black layer of debris that lands from the exhaust. The noise of an idling engine is hard enough to bare especially early in the morning. I just ask all bus drivers while you are waiting please turn off the engine. Not only will it cut down on noise but it is good for the environment as well. Thank you and have a happy holiday season.
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You do not have to be so polite about it, policy is that vehicles are to be turned off and not left idle during their layover. Any idling vehicles and their operators should be reported to 311.
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I wish such a policy, or law (however impossible to enforce, a la no phones while driving) were in place for idling cars. Stop that!
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While difficult to disagree, I’d like to point out that the 6 Parnanssus is an electric-only bus, and doesn’t have an “engine” as such – rather an electric motor that only “runs” while the bus is actually moving.
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