Put Some Face Powder on Those Exit Stops

   We sure could use some freeway-friendly zoning laws for electric vehicles. I would guess no such zoning exists in all of America. I mean, there are residential zones, commercial zones, bullhead zones, and party zones. (Okay, I'm just kidding about those last two, although there are entertainment and recreational zones, which are kinda like party zones.)

   But, where is the electric car zone? Where is the zoning that enables electric vehicle owners to obtain the services they need as they fly down the highway?

   It just makes sense in a world moving toward electric vehicles that you should accommodate their usage in your zoning laws. Update the world of zoning. Pass ordinances in which exit areas are required to provide charging stations, and must provide services to accommodate EV drivers who might need to wait a reasonable amount of time while their cars are charging.

   Remember the day when there were more Denny's at the exit stops? Bring that back. There are some sit-down diners, but there could be more. Yes, there are truck stops, and Maveriks, and Burger Kings, and hotels. Just require them all to have charging stations. It's true that our current zoning provides services catering to the traveler. But, is there a zoning law in all of America that says you must have charging stations?

   As a bonus -- just to make the zoning perhaps even better for the traveler than it already is -- maybe add a few more tourist attractions: museums, exhibits, comedy houses, and such. People who are traveling are looking for places like that. Maybe coordinate zoning between cities so every fifty miles or so, the exit is not just jam-packed with fast-food restaurants and gas stations, but has to include a tourist attraction. Maybe even have tourism visitors centers at each of those 50-mile exits -- little tourist information centers that direct the traveler to every tourist site that is accessable from that freeway exit.

   Put a little face powder and makeup on our interstate exits. Make them attractive places where the traveler knows he will enjoy his or her time. 

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