What Is Clean Air Zone Idaho?
To encourage Idahoans to turn off their engines instead of idling, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) initiated the Clean Air Zone Idaho program. The program began in 2004 with a campaign aimed at encouraging school bus drivers and others not to idle on school grounds. To date, nearly 300 Idaho schools and child care facilities have voluntarily joined the program. In 2006, the program expanded to discourage vehicle idling at community facilities where idling is common, such as airports, libraries, parks, sports areas, and universities. To date, more than 30 Idaho communities have joined the program. Recent efforts have focused on encouraging businesses to join the Clean Air Zone Idaho program. Businesses with delivery vans or truck fleets are great candidates for participation in the program, as are businesses with loading docks or drive-through lanes or parking lots where vendors or customers often sit and idle. Participation in the Clean Air Zone Idaho program is vol
