Summary of What Makes Fast Food Drive-Thrus Bad for Cities: Investigating Heinous Land Uses, Episode 2

00:00:00 - 00:15:00

This video explores the negative impacts of drive-throughs on cities, discussing how they are often filled with unhealthy food that is prepared in a hurry. It also discusses how people can support independent businesses by patronizing them instead of chains.

• 00:00:00 This video explores the negative impacts of drive-throughs on cities, and how they became so prevalent. The author suggests that the first drive-through fast food joint opened in 1948, and McDonald's started to heavily rely on drive-throughs in the 1970s. In this era, McDonald's was successful in driving down the costs for fast food restaurants, while also increasing their profits. However, this model has been unsuccessful in the past decade, as more and more drive-throughs have been popping up.
• 00:05:00 The video investigates the negative effects of drive-thrus on cities, focusing on the use of impervious surfaces and parking requirements. It also discusses the effects of trip generation on the environment.
• 00:10:00 In this video, investigative journalist Henry Gerber discusses the negative impacts of drive-throughs on cities, specifically citing the deleterious effects on pedestrian environments and vehicular emissions. He also mentions Portland, a city that has taken measures to protect its pedestrians by ensuring that drive-throughs serve customers using modes other than cars.
• 00:15:00 The video investigates how bad drive-thrus are for cities, and discusses how they are often filled with unhealthy food that is prepared in a hurry. It also discusses how people can support independent businesses by patronizing them instead of chains.