{"id":568922,"date":"2023-01-17T05:36:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T13:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=wherenext&p=568922"},"modified":"2023-01-17T05:36:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T13:36:30","slug":"gas-station-bans","status":"publish","type":"wherenext","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/gas-station-bans","title":{"rendered":"The Latest Front in Climate Action: Gas Station Bans"},"author":501,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11272,339202,157572,276882],"department":[476812],"wherenext-category":[],"industry":[],"class_list":["post-568922","wherenext","type-wherenext","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-demographics","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-green-infrastructure","tag-location-analysis","department-business-growth"],"acf":{"short_description":"A nascent trend to ban new gas stations is challenging business leaders to anticipate how they\u2019ll adapt to an electrified future. ","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"In March 2021, Petaluma, California, became the first city<\/a> in the US to ban the building of new gas stations.\r\n\r\nNearby cities have since adopted ordinances<\/a> to halt future gas station construction, and local leaders in New York and British Columbia are exploring similar policies. The trend could reshape the economic ecosystems and commercial centers that depend on how and where people drive."},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Left","content":"Article snapshot:<\/strong> Like politics, all economies are local, and the loss of one business can change the dynamics\u2014and demographics\u2014of the businesses around it.","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Whether such bans will catch on beyond Sonoma County\u2014where 60 percent of trips are less than five miles<\/a> and usually on flat terrain\u2014may largely rest on geography. Similar efforts have been slower to develop in Los Angeles, for example, a city known for its sprawl.\r\n\r\nBut even where local politicians aren\u2019t targeting gas stations, economics might be. A study by Boston Consulting Group found that by 2035, as many as 80 percent of gas stations could be unprofitable<\/a> (in large part due to drivers\u2019 shift to electric vehicles).\r\n