If An Oil Crisis Hits, Which Cities Are Ready?
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Money, The War On TerrorismWith a possible energy crisis looming over us given the Iran situation, this is an important consideration. And according to SustainLane, the following cities can weather the storm best.
- New York, NY
- Boston, MA
- San Francisco, CA
- Chicago, IL
- Philadelphia, PA
- Portland, OR
- Honolulu, HI
- Seattle, WA
- Baltimore, MD
- Oakland, CA
Now, I doubt the rest of us are screwed, but here are some potential consequences…
“Crucial to the economic survival of cities is the ability of employees to get to work and consumers to spend,” said Warren Karlenzig, Chief Strategy Officer of SustainLane. “A solid public transportation system will get workers to the office and shoppers to the mall, regardless of the price of oil. These systems, like Chicago’s El, provide critical insurance against the overt threat of sky-high oil prices.”“If you’re counting on produce flown in from Chile, your dinner is going to be very expensive during a crisis,â€Â? adds SustainLane President and CEO James Elsen. “The cities on this list offer their citizens locally-grown food options that will keep groceries affordable – even when gas is not.â€Â?
Is your city ready? Only time can tell.
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April 12th, 2006 at 7:10 am
I’d have to suggest that my city, Atlanta, is probably one of the least ready of all, due to its sprawling nature and long commutes.
April 12th, 2006 at 8:45 am
I suspect my employer would just tell everyone to telecommute in such a situation.
April 12th, 2006 at 9:05 am
San Francisco #3? And because of its public transportation system? Someone hasn’t been riding MUNI lately. And with BART software glitches and people committing suicide on Caltrain, we in the Bay Area are in serious trouble.
The ranking is a joke.
April 12th, 2006 at 9:48 am
Obviously it’s a ranking of public transportation systems. For Chicago they’re living in the past. Chicago’s public transportation system was designed for a time when residents of surrounding bedroom communities went downtown to work. That time is 20 years gone. Nowadays people commute from Hoffman Estates to Oak Brook not just from Evanston to the Loop.
April 12th, 2006 at 10:17 am
[...] Donklephant tells us which American cities are most prepared if an oil crisis were to suddenly hit. [...]
April 12th, 2006 at 10:28 am
Honolulu has locally grown produce? Someone hasn’t been on Oahu lately.
April 12th, 2006 at 10:35 am
Dave,
How is the time of transporting people from outlying communities into Chicago gone? Metra transports 290,000 riders each weekday. In Janurary, ridership was up 8.7% over the previous year, and weekend ridership is up a whopping 30%. (Those are actual rider numbers, not ticket sales numbers, so the people who hoarded 10-ride tickets before the fare increase are not counted.) And this is before the Dan Ryan reconstruction, which would possibly also boost riders.
April 12th, 2006 at 11:18 am
Minneapolis/St. Paul has to be near the bottom. The Twin Cities metro area wrote the book on sprawl (when I was growing up the metro area was defined as seven counties; now it’s something like nineteen counties, including at least two in Wisconsin), and aside from buses the only mass-transit system is a single light-rail line running from downtown Minneapolis to the airport and then to Mall of America.
April 12th, 2006 at 11:49 am
With the new “Max” bus route in KC, I think we’re covered!
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