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===Emissions=== In recent years, drive-through restaurants and other drive-through facilities have faced increased scrutiny due to the higher levels of emissions that they create β compared to walk-in equivalents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meyersohn |first=Nathaniel |date=June 24, 2023 |title=Why cities want to ban new drive-thrus {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/24/business/drive-thru-fast-food-chick-fil-a-urban-planning/index.html |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> A 2018 study by QSR Magazine found that the average waiting time at a McDonald's drive-through restaurant in the US took 3 minutes and 15 seconds, with an average of 3.8 cars waiting at any one time.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.qsrmagazine.com/reports/2018-qsr-drive-thru-study|title=The 2018 QSR Drive-Thru Study|website= www.QSRmagazine.com | publisher= QSR Magazine|date= 2 October 2018}}</ref> This figure rose to an average of 4 minutes 25 seconds in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2019/10/02/fast-food-drive-thru-times-slower-year-study-says/3843427002/ |title=Fast food drive-thrus: Which chains are fastest and slowest?|website= www.usatoday.com | publisher= USA Today|date= 2 October 2019}}</ref> If the average motorist avoided idling for just 3 minutes every day of the year, {{CO2}} emissions would be reduced by 1.4 million tonnes annually, or the equivalent of taking 320,000 cars off the road.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/efficiency/communities-infrastructure/transportation/cars-light-trucks/idling/4415 |title=Emission impacts resulting from vehicle idling|website= www.nrcan.gc.ca | publisher= Government of Canada|date= 20 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.irishevs.com/why-reopening-drivethrus-puts-irish-health-at-risk |title=Why reopening drive-thrus puts Irish health at risk|website= www.irishevs.com | publisher= IrishEVs|date= 12 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/what-on-earth-newsletter-idling-population-climate-change-1.5351917 |title=How big a problem is idling?|website= www.cbc.ca | publisher= CBC|date= 7 November 2019}}</ref> In response to emerging evidence of the role that drive-throughs play in contributing to [[climate change]], Minneapolis banned the construction of new drive-throughs in 2019, while a number of other US cities, including Creve Coeur, MO; Fair Haven, NJ; Long Beach, CA; and Orchard Park, NY, have enacted ordinances to restrict or prohibit fast-food drive-through restaurants.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cities-put-brakes-on-drive-thrus-to-curb-carbon-emissions/|title=Cities ban new drive-thrus to fight climate change|website= www.CBSnews.com | publisher= CBS|date= 14 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/10/10/765789694/why-u-s-cities-are-banning-new-fast-food-drive-throughs|title=Why U.S. cities are banning new fast-food drive-throughs|newspaper= NPR |date= 10 October 2019|last1=Helmer|first1=Jodi}}</ref> Outside the US, a total of 27 municipalities have banned drive-through restaurants on the grounds of environmental and health concerns from engine idling.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Adoption and diffusion of zoning bylaws banning fast food drive-through services across Canadian municipalities| publisher= National Institutes of Health|date= 15 January 2018|pmc=5769538|last1=Nykiforuk|first1=C. I.|last2=Campbell|first2=E. J.|last3=MacRidis|first3=S.|last4=McKennitt|first4=D.|last5=Atkey|first5=K.|last6=Raine|first6=K. D.|journal=BMC Public Health|volume=18|issue=1|page=137|doi=10.1186/s12889-018-5061-1|pmid=29334935| doi-access= free}}</ref>
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