[2067] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: [Mit-talk] [UA-SCATR] New Card initiative
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chienta Wu)
Mon Jul 10 14:18:28 2006
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:17:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chienta Wu <jimmbswu@alum.mit.edu>
To: mit-talk@mit.edu
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During the discussions from the dining committees back in the late 90s, I recall it mentioned that the Food Trucks[tm] have to buy licenses from MIT, each parking spot being a license location. In other words, it was not a first-come-first-served in reserving parking spots :)
However, the pizza truck that briefly showed up on Vassar did not have a license...
Jimmy
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Jhawk wrote:
> I expect there is more regulation than you might expect, though
> perhaps it has to do with the fact that most of them operate on MIT
> property.
I'm sure there is some regulation. I rather suspect, however, that
the trucks either pay MIT for the privelege of setting up on campus or
else there's no exchange of money. I really doubt they're subsidized,
and yet I felt they consistently had better, cheaper food with
friendlier service and less waiting time. Somehow they just seem to
work better, faster, cheaper, etc.
-Peter
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