Was reading this post at Autoblog Green, part of which the writer laments about idling cars in the drive-through lane at his post office...
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2006/08...ponsibilities/
And it reminded me of a fight brewing in Ottawa between local government and coffee & donut giant, Tim Horton's, over the councillors desire to prohibit drive-through businesses on certain streets (which isn't just about the pollution from idling issue)...
And I had a simple thought (most of mine are...)
If I were in charge of a company whose business model included a significant amount of revenue from drive-through traffic, I'd look into having all our future drive-through lanes built on a slight grade, so that my customers had the option of switching off their vehicles after placing their order, and coasting to the pick-up window, rather than idling the whole time (or starting/stopping the engine multiple times).
What a PR coup that could be.
MetroMPG 
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