Columbus is a veritable Phoenix rising from ashes as the city shoots up a full 20 spots from its rank as dead last in 2006. Cities looking for sustainable inspiration need look no further than the Buckeye state. Columbus just adopted a master bike plan that will add a thousand bike racks and 500 miles of paths and trails to the city by 2028. Columbus resident and cycling advocate Doug Morgan hopes the city will usurp the title of “Bike Capital of the US” from other better-known cycling cities like Portland and Seattle. With the city’s flat terrain and relatively nice weather, it might actually give those front-runners a cycle for their money! Bicycling Magazine ranks Columbus as one of the five cities to watch in the future, and SustainLane will keep its eye on the city as well.
Photo Caption: View of Downtown Columbus Ohio OH from North Bank Park Pavillion on Scioto River (Photo by Rfgagel)
When Doug Morgan’s daughter totaled his car six years ago, he decided against replacing it, opting to buy a bicycle instead. “I hadn’t been on a bike since I was a paper boy,” he says. A prominent Columbus attorney and outspoken cycling advocate, Morgan represents a growing number of the city’s residents who are ditching automobiles in favor of alternative modes of transportation.more »
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Last spring, my wife and I began a casual conversation about whether it would be possible to go on a really cool vacation from our home in Columbus, Ohio without using a car or a plane. After a lot of research, we cooked up a wonderful trip from Columbus to Aspen, Colorado.more »
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Philadelphia is happy to be in good company among the top ten cities, but our goal for the next ranking is to break into the top five and ultimately become number one. Our plan is to become a strategic consumer, manager and producer of energy. The City will use a growing demand for conservation to drive our workforce investments and guide our job training. We also want every Philadelphian to have equitable access to healthy environments. This would include, for example, every person having to walk no more than 10 minutes to purchase healthy food. It's important for Philadelphia’s citizens, corporations and government to partner together to meet our sustainability goal of becoming the greenest city in America. —Mayor Michael Nutter, Philadelphia
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