Steering The Food Truck: How Can They Affect A Community?

Natali Mrs.Steele AP English Literature 09/05/24.

Steering the Food Truck: The rise of food trucks has been evidently large in big cities, but how can that affect a community? The truth is that at items, food trucks can seem to come with more problems than solutions. That is why it is important to set regulations to keep food trucks around while avoiding further issues. The most important factors that need to be considered when creating regulations for food trucks are they take up a lot of space, pose a threat to other businesses, and they have already made an impact in some areas. Firstly, food trucks take up too much space if given free reign on where to park. As stated in Source A, food truck vendors have started to create special areas

This implies that there have been incidents where food trucks set out furniture for their buyers. This is important because it adds to the the amount of space being taken up by food truck vendors. Some may argue that creating areas dedicated to food trucks would be helpful, but it is completely unfair. Food truck vendors would receive the benefits of owning a restaurant without having to pay taxes and bills for the space they are occupying. Next, food trucks can lower the profits of other businesses. Evidence shows that it is unconstitutional to allow portable businesses to set up near tax-paying restaurants (Source D). This indicates that restaurants can lose profits due to the increase in food trucks. This matters because it is unfair to the non-portable businesses that pay bills to keep their business standing. Showing that it is important that regulations are set to decrease the unfair advantage food trucks have over other local businesses. The text says that in Baltimore there have been protests against the laws that limit where food trucks can park (Source D). This suggests that food truck owners are wanting more latitude to increase their profits. Looser regulations would allow food