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Beyond Convenience: The Case for Curbing Drive-Thrus in Cities

When drive-thrus first began appearing in the 1950s, it was during a period of rapid expansion for cars and they took America by storm. It was seen as the ultimate convenience to run errands or order food without leaving your car. Many cities embraced drive-thrus, but overlooked their negative impacts. Those impacts have now become more obvious in the decades since. Drive-thrus make cities more dangerous and more inequitable, hurt vibrant neighborhoods, strain city finances, and negatively impact the environment.

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