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Which US cities have the greenest commuting habits?

October 2, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
census, commuting, modes, smartercities, smartgrowth, transportation

Big-time kudos to Bike Pittsburgh for combing through new census data to extract and rank the commuting habits of the 60 largest US cities.  The data chart on the organization's website, naturally, opens up with the ranking of bicycle commuting: ...continued

How efficient is your mode of transportation, really?

February 12, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
carbonfootprint, fuelefficiency, globalwarming, greenhousegases, modes, smartgrowth, transportation

  Want to assess or reduce your carbon footprint?  Ever wondered how rail travel compares to, say, a Prius when it comes to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, on a per-passenger-mile basis?  If so, GOOD magazine has a chart...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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