Saturday, August 10, 2019

Minneapolis bans drive-thrus to help meet emissions goals - Roadshow

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"Minneapolis, Minnesota, will not be home to any new drive-thru windows in the future. 
Following a city council vote, members have voted to update zoning laws that will ban construction of any new drive-thru windows. 
Businesses with existing drive-thru operations needn't worry, however, as they've been grandfathered in.
The whole premise behind the change is to reduce vehicle emissions, Streetsblog reported Friday. ...the city also plans to phase out gas stations and mandatory parking regulations. 
The latter has apparently encouraged car ownership in the metropolitan area. 
Effectively, this plan looks to curb that trend..."
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