City workers could one day be singing the drive-thru blues
“We expect the public to think twice about using the drive-thrus. People may come up with what they see as all these small steps, but all these steps make a difference at the end.”
 
 
A move to help “green” the fleet of City of Toronto vehicles has [...]

Councillor Shirley Eggleton is continuing her campaign for clean air, asking staff to do up a second report on the usage of drive-thrus.
The focus this time is on employees who drive City owned vehicles. Coun. Eggleton wants to ban the vehicles from being allowed to go through any drive-thrus. Her motion was passed at [...]

Improving air quality needs action, not words

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(Letters) Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 20:00 PST

 

The latest air quality advisory for Prince George takes me back to two years ago when I wrote a similar letter for a similar situation.
Two years and nothing has changed. [...]

 

(Letters) Thursday, 21 February 2008, 17:43 PST

– Loreen Obst Prince George   

I feel sorry for the people who work or live next to the establishments with drive-thrus who are breathing the fumes of the non stop line up of idling cars.
I understand [...]

Tue Feb 19, 2008

AJAX — The Town is going to study drive-thrus, with one of the aims being to limit the number of them.
Wards 3 and 4 Regional Councillor Colleen Jordan, who in the past has been critical of the number of drive-thrus in the community, asked for the study, [...]

Drive-through ban eyed for city vehicles
 
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/303944
 
Feb 15, 2008 04:30 AM
Vanessa Lu Dana Flavelle Staff Reporters

Going through the drive-through for that morning cup of coffee could become a banned ritual for City of Toronto employees.
"Idling a vehicle when you’re not driving wastes fuel. It wastes money. It’s unnecessary carbon emissions," [...]

 
Ban drive throughs and solve traffic problems
The city is planning to extend Pine Street to address traffic issues on Great Northern Road between Northern Avenue and Second Line.
Millions of dollars will be wasted on this project and valuable pristine green space will be sacrificed for the almighty car. It will increase traffic on Pine [...]

Letters to the Editor

Drive-thrus causing headaches on city roads

 

Drive-thrus causing headaches on city roads
Posted 1 day ago
Editor:
Somebody is going to get hurt. It might be me who does the hurting.
Last time I checked, 1st Avenue East was still a thoroughfare, not a ramp to the Tim Hortons drive-thru. Countless times I [...]

Drive-thru businesses are bad for the planet

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS

January 18, 2008

HARRY BRUCE

Except for blabbing on cellphones while jumping lanes in heavy traffic, nothing Canadians do in their cars is more idiotic than idling their engines.
While inhaling exhaust fumes in lineups, they threaten their own health. They damage their engines, [...]

Moratorium halts drive-through bids By John J. Hopkins Times

There will be no new businesses with drive-through lanes approved in Cheektowaga for three months after the town board voted Monday to impose a 90-day moratorium on these on these types of ventures to study town codes regulating their operation.
There is [...]