Moratorium

Dear Members of City Council,
Please direct staff to review the possibility of placing a moratorium on all new commercial drive-through operations. This would be one strategy towards designing our city for people not cars.
A city designed for people not cars would have multiple town centres linked by green spaces, [...]

Integrated Community Sustainability Planning Tool 2007

This is exceptional.
A community sustainability plan is about integrating social and economic imperatives into the quality of place (the ecological imperative). The integration of people, place and economy into a single plan over a long-term perspective is a critical process for achieving sustainable community development. In many ways an integrated sustainable community plan is a [...]

Drive-thru Moratorium Presentation

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We Live Here – Impacts on Neighbourhoods

Traffic patterns at the McDonald’s Bathurst / Dundas drive-thru
http://www.welivehere.ca/Impacts.htm

Letter: Students should leave cars behind – Dr. Gary A. Incaudo, Chico

Letter: Students should leave cars behind

Chico Enterprise-Record

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Social Aspects – Community

So do we choose to protect and keep non essential items such as drive-thrus or do we choose to re-design our planet in which future generation can live?  The benefits are immense – environmental health, physical health.  People stepping out of their cars symbolize people re-engaging in community. Such a culture shift is a step [...]

Drive-thrus not ‘viable’ for strong communities, says alderman

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 | 10:54 AM MT Comments3Recommend1
CBC News
A recent move by Calgary city council to omit drive-thrus from one redevelopment plan should happen more often, says one alderman.
Last week, city council left out drive-thrus when it approved a new area structure plan — which dictates [...]

Calgary drops drive throughs from one redevelopment plan – Drive-thrus not ‘viable’ for strong communities, says alderman

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 | 10:54 AM MT
CBC News
A recent move by Calgary city council to omit drive-thrus from one redevelopment plan should happen more often, says one alderman.
Last week, city council left out drive-thrus when it approved a new area structure plan — which dictates what kinds of businesses, retail [...]