Thursday, September 25, 2008
[Photo: North End Parks by gconservancy on Flickr used with permission under Creative Commons Copyright.]
Boston girls, consider your hometown's carbon footprint one size smaller. The city recently was listed as number 6 of Top Green Cities in the U.S.
The ranking came from SustainLane.com, the web's largest people-powered guide to sustainable living. The site ranked 50 of the most-populous cities on urban sustainability. According to their website, “The rankings explain how people’s quality of life and city economic and management preparedness are likely to fare in the face of an uncertain future”.
Number one on the list was Portland, Oregon. I'm not sure why you'd ever want to move to Oregon, but being green works for me!
Somehow Boston also came out at number 2 for city commuting. It’s good to know that our $14.6 billion for the Big Dig counts for something, but I still think the SustainLane judges would be swayed if they sat through the traffic I sit in.
Number one on the list was Portland, Oregon. I'm not sure why you'd ever want to move to Oregon, but being green works for me!
Somehow Boston also came out at number 2 for city commuting. It’s good to know that our $14.6 billion for the Big Dig counts for something, but I still think the SustainLane judges would be swayed if they sat through the traffic I sit in.
The number two commuting ranking probably has to do with the fact that Metro Transit Ridership ranked 8th. Boston also made out with the number 7 ranking for 'green buildings' and number 9 for 'green economy'.
I must admit that Boston totally could have made the top 5 if not top 3 if it hadn’t been killed by it’s lowest ranking, 44th in housing affordability. I believe the technical term they used was “endangered”. That soo encourages my apartment hunt in the Boston area.
Housing crisis aside, I'd only expect Boston's sustainability to improve in the future. Highlights of Mayor Menino's plan include 10 percent increase in recycling by 2012 as well as all taxicabs going hybrid by 2015 (does this mean cheaper cab fares?).
http://www.sustainlane.com/us-city-rankings/cities/boston

Housing crisis aside, I'd only expect Boston's sustainability to improve in the future. Highlights of Mayor Menino's plan include 10 percent increase in recycling by 2012 as well as all taxicabs going hybrid by 2015 (does this mean cheaper cab fares?).
http://www.sustainlane.com/us-city-rankings/cities/boston

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