Officials from Toronto Public Health are asking the city to cut from three minutes to one minute the amount of time drivers can idle their vehicles before fines kick in, the Globe and Mail is reporting.
Debate about the proposal designed to reduce smog will take place today by the city's board of health.
A tougher one-minute limit would better education the public and raise awareness of what drivers can do for the environment.
Critics, however, say a stricter idling bylaw is an ineffective annoyance, the newspaper reports.
