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Sounds ripe for an app. Grab a list of regulations regarding street food vendors, pull city data from OpenStreetMaps or Google, figure out where the "green zone
by benjamincburns 13y ago
Sounds ripe for an app. Grab a list of regulations regarding street food vendors, pull city data from OpenStreetMaps or Google, figure out where the "green zones" are to park, and warn food vendors when they're not parked in a green zone. At the same time, get the maps into the hands of some city lobbyists so that it's clear just how much of a tightrope walk this kind of operation can be.
- VLM 13y agoI think this is based on the assumption that the regulation exist for any reason other than brick and mortar establishments want less competition. If you introduce a technological fix, they'll merely pay the politicians to order the police to enforce random and conflicting cleanliness regulations or something like that. The way to "fix" the problem is to organize a PAC and lobby politicians and donate an amount of money to re-election campaigns similar to what the brick and mortar group donates. The problem is not even brick and mortar restaurants, 90% of them fail in a couple years, the REAL competition is restaurant supply houses and such who specialize in converting home equity loans into broken dreams. The food trucks are supposed to spend money at the supplyco renting tables and chairs, not buying a Ford Truck or whatever. The "real" permanent solution to the "feud" is to align goals, legislate that brick and mortar restaurants AND food trucks get all their "stuff" from the same suppliers, including tires or whatever. Or you can only rent food trucks, coincidentally from the same rich guys who own all the land restaurants also rent. Something like that.