"Academy Bus Lines, a New Jersey-based charter bus company, claimed in its variance request to the Department of Environmental Protection that no technological alternative exists for it to heat, cool and power-up its buses without violating the city's 1972 prohibition against idling for more than three minutes. DEP will hold a legally mandated public hearing on the company's request next week."
"Academy has - in fairness to them - a pretty extensive variance request. It's got a lot of documentation and argument behind it, and we are very much hoping ... there are experts or advocates out there who have a different perspective on the challenges that they face," DEP Commissioner Rohit Aggarwala told Streetsblog this week. "At the moment, the case they make appears strong."
The Adams administration is poised to approve the largest carve-out to the city's 53-year-old idling ban, potentially enabling further exemptions for private bus operators. Academy Bus Lines requested a Department of Environmental Protection variance, arguing no technological alternative exists to heat, cool, and power its 723 buses without violating the 1972 three-minute idling prohibition. The company has accrued more than $566,000 in idling fines and warned it may stop operating in New York City if relief is not granted. DEP will hold a public hearing, and the company and industry groups argue that electrification is not feasible for long-distance motorcoach buses.
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