I agree that there are too many car washes, but there are also way too many freestanding drive-through restaurants — particularly coffee places. Who’s drinking all of those fancy coffee drinks? As a call-to-the-audience member noted, these places are mini environmental disasters with idling cars, lots of concrete and no shade. I was glad to read in the NYT that Starbucks is losing money because they ditched their cafe brand and started building drive-throughs everywhere.
Thanks. I don't always have a chance to read the whole newsletter, and enjoyed this one top to bottom. The rundown of the call to the audience was very interesting.
And - a powerful effect of the free transit is an as-yet-unmeasured boost to the restaurant business economy as well as to people getting and keeping jobs. This is a win-win-win: for the restaurant, for a stable workforce, and for those of us who enjoy eating at some of our favorite restaurant nodes and corridors (S. 6th Ave, N. Campbell Ave, etc.)
I agree that there are too many car washes, but there are also way too many freestanding drive-through restaurants — particularly coffee places. Who’s drinking all of those fancy coffee drinks? As a call-to-the-audience member noted, these places are mini environmental disasters with idling cars, lots of concrete and no shade. I was glad to read in the NYT that Starbucks is losing money because they ditched their cafe brand and started building drive-throughs everywhere.
Thanks. I don't always have a chance to read the whole newsletter, and enjoyed this one top to bottom. The rundown of the call to the audience was very interesting.
And - a powerful effect of the free transit is an as-yet-unmeasured boost to the restaurant business economy as well as to people getting and keeping jobs. This is a win-win-win: for the restaurant, for a stable workforce, and for those of us who enjoy eating at some of our favorite restaurant nodes and corridors (S. 6th Ave, N. Campbell Ave, etc.)