Mariana Wagner

Colorado Springs Ranks #43 for Sustainability

According to SustainLane.com, Colorado Springs was the 43rd most sustainable city in the nation in 2008.

Colorado Springs ranks the highest for:

• Low Natural Disaster Risk – The mountains kind of protect us from tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis and volcanoes…
• Low Metro Congestion – We are spoiled. Our “traffic jams” are NOTHING compared to other cities our size and larger.
• Effective Planning and Land Use
• Good Air Quality – For what little we air have …  hahahaha!

However, we DID score rather low for a few things as well:

• Metro Trasit Ridership = I agree… HORRIBLE. It is near impossible to ride the “city bus” anywhere.
• Waste Management = I think Colorado Springs could learn something from Portland…

Here are the graphs, for you visual folks:

Read the Full Report: http://www.sustainlane.com/us-city-rankings/cities/colorado-springs

June 17th, 2009 by Mariana Wagner | 1 Comment »

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