In the News
London Free Press: Letter to the Editor, July 6, 2008
City Hall should just keep vehicles moving
Doesn't the city realize it's playing with people's lives with these decisions? One employee at a Tim Hortons told me drive-throughs are half of their business.Click here for more (pdf)
London Free Press: June 26, 2008
It's 'driving' many a little crazy; READER FEEDBACK
Car idling at fast-food drive-throughs is getting too much time and attention at city hall, many Free Press readers say.The
newspaper opened its phone and e-mail lines, asking Londoners if they
think drive-throughs -- city hall is weighing whether to put new
restrictions on where they can go -- have generated too much fuss.
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London Free Press: Letter to the Editor, June 26, 2008
Emissions problem up high
Every day, thousands of aircraft are flying our skies, most carrying high-octane engines pouring their emissions directly into our upper atmosphere.Click here for more (pdf)
London Free Press: Letter to the Editor, June 26, 2008
Traffic lights need tweaking, not drive-thrus
I concur with the letter Traffic lights still a mess (June 16) from Don Bodrug that the amount of vehicle emissions caused by unsynchronized traffic lights is much worse than drive-throughs.Click here for more (pdf)
London Free Press: Letter to the Editor, June 24, 2008
Manoeuvres indicate ban coming
In his Point of View on June 21, Drive-through issue about improving city, Paul Berton downplays the impact of a drive-through ban in the city of London. In doing so, he implies the Ontario Restaurant Hotel & Motel Association and our members are putting out misleading information.
We take this accusation seriously and find it offensive.
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Windsor Star: Letter to the Editor, June 24, 2008
Canadian idle; Support your local drive-thru
Cars idling at drive-thrus aren't nearly as bad for the environment as you might think, according to a report prepared for Sarnia council that recommends against a moratorium on the quick, convenient and increasingly popular thoroughfares.Click here for more (pdf)
I believe the city would be better off to reject the current proposals because they don't benefit the environment and will make life tougher for drivers in London who deal every day with poor roads, a substandard public transit system and not enough parking.
Jeff Mahoney
Tim Hortons Franchisee
London Free Press
June 4, 2008
If you ban drive-thrus, stores will need bigger parking lots. Land is at a premium and London is getting bigger all the time. If stores like Tim Hortons and McDonald's need more space, that is going to mean less green space and less land for agriculture.
Bill Deys,
London Free Press
May 31, 2008
What good is it doing anyone to harrass patrons of drive-thrus? If
the goal is to get drive-thrus eliminated, then they should be
targetting stop lights too. There are more vehicles idling for much
longer periods at stop lights than there are at drive-thru restaurants.
Should we remove all stop lights or force people to shut their vehicles off at every red light?
Sue Thomas,
London Free Press
May 24, 2008
