Have you noticed the new “Idle-Free SLP” signs popping up around town? The City of St. Louis Park, in collaboration with Park Nicollet and St. Louis Park Middle School students, is launching an idling reduction campaign to reduce vehicle emissions and create cleaner air for our community.

Idling your vehicle (running the engine while parked) can produce more pollutants per pound than driving and is linked to health risks such as increased rates of asthma, heart and lung disease, cognitive and behavioral issues, and even cancer. Children are even more vulnerable to air pollution than adults. Children breathe much more air per pound of body weight and their respiratory defenses are not fully developed, making idling outside schools — one of the most common idling
scenarios as parents wait to pick up their children — especially dangerous. Further, idling vehicles are very attractive to thieves — even more so when left unattended with keys inside.

Visit the idling reduction page to learn more.