The American Transportation Research Institute has released an updated version of its listing of state and local idling regulations, which can be accessed as a cab card or on the web.

The new listing includes new limits in Chicago and Ohio, and changes to existing regulations in Illinois, New Jersey and South Euclid, Ohio.

Specific changes include:

* A new law in Chicago, which limits idling to three minutes, with exemptions.

* A new regulation in Cleveland and Maple Heights, Ohio, which limits idling to five minutes, with exemptions.

* A change to the Illinois state limit, which increases the initial fine to $90 and adds an exemption for the use of idle reduction technologies.

* A change to the New Jersey state limit, which will restrict the current sleeper berth exemption to only those sleeper berths which have 2007 or newer diesel engines or diesel particulate filters. The change takes effect on May 1, 2010 (The Pennsylvania state limit is scheduled to eliminate its current sleeper berth exemption on May 1, 2010 as well.)

* Changes to the South Euclid, Ohio limit.

The American Transportation Research Institute, a non-profit research organization, monitors the development of idling regulations across the country on an ongoing basis and maintains the listing as a free service to help trucking companies and truck drivers comply with the increasing number of state and local idling regulations.

More info: www.atri-online.org