Comments on: Atlanta’s sustainability ranking is…better than nothing? http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/17/atlantas-sustainability-ranking-isbetter-than-nothing/ Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:15:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: BTI http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/17/atlantas-sustainability-ranking-isbetter-than-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-107107 BTI Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:02:20 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=22263#comment-107107 thank you kind sir thank you kind sir

]]> By: Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/17/atlantas-sustainability-ranking-isbetter-than-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-107097 Thomas Wheatley Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:23:21 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=22263#comment-107097 BTI: I'm juggling the "water wars" story at the moment, but here's what NRDC considered under the transit category. (I was also surprised by this ranking, as MARTA's been locked in limbo for years in terms of expansion and service area.) <blockquote>Transportation * Survey: Number of green commuting options for citizens including bicycle paths, bike sharing, bus system, carpool lanes, car sharing, dedicated bicycle lanes, light rail, park and ride, sidewalks and trails, subway, trolley and other (8 points) * American Public Transportation Association: documented ridership for public transportation (2 points) </blockquote> You can read that information <a href="http://smartercities.nrdc.org/rankings/scoring-criteria#transportation" rel="nofollow">here</a>. As with most of these surveys, the criteria and methodology are somewhat complicated. It submitted surveys to more than 650 cities. Only about 25 percent responded. I don't know if Atlanta was one of those. The full explanation of how NRDC ranked the cities is listed <a href="http://smartercities.nrdc.org/rankings/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. BTI:

I’m juggling the “water wars” story at the moment, but here’s what NRDC considered under the transit category. (I was also surprised by this ranking, as MARTA’s been locked in limbo for years in terms of expansion and service area.)

Transportation

* Survey: Number of green commuting options for citizens including bicycle paths, bike sharing, bus system, carpool lanes, car sharing, dedicated bicycle lanes, light rail, park and ride, sidewalks and trails, subway, trolley and other (8 points)
* American Public Transportation Association: documented ridership for public transportation (2 points)

You can read that information here. As with most of these surveys, the criteria and methodology are somewhat complicated. It submitted surveys to more than 650 cities. Only about 25 percent responded. I don’t know if Atlanta was one of those.

The full explanation of how NRDC ranked the cities is listed here.

]]> By: BTI http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/17/atlantas-sustainability-ranking-isbetter-than-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-107092 BTI Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:04:50 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=22263#comment-107092 I'm too lazy to read the report and figure this out on my own, but it appears that under the little transit symbol, Atlanta, D.C. and Tampa(?) have equally sized dots. I'm assuming you've at least looked at the report, care to enlighten? I’m too lazy to read the report and figure this out on my own, but it appears that under the little transit symbol, Atlanta, D.C. and Tampa(?) have equally sized dots. I’m assuming you’ve at least looked at the report, care to enlighten?

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