Forbes Picks Safest Cities in U.S.
Forbes Magazine jumps into the fray once again with their list of "America's Safest Cities." Violent crime, workplace deaths, fatal crashes and natural disasters are all a part of the data considered.
Minneapolis tops the list.
"The Milwaukee metro area, buoyed by the lowest natural disaster risk of the cities we considered, ranks second. The Portland, Ore.,metro, which boasts the lowest crime rate, places third. Boston and Seattle are tied for fourth. Both benefit from low traffic fatality rates--Boston's is the lowest on our list, and Seattle's is the eighth-lowest. This is largely because they boast two of the most user-friendly mass transit systems in the country."
Full Story:
Published on Monday, October 26, 2009 in
- Friday Eye Candy: Images of the World's Cities Through History
- The Days of 'Uber-for-X' May Be Over
- Google Maps Erases Publically Owned Open Spaces
- A Message to Suburban Counties: Invest in Transit or Get Left Behind
- CIAM's Third Way
- The Huge Cost of Improving Amtrak's Pennsylvanian Even a Little
- Uber's Demand Curve Is a Breakthrough for Users and Economists
- Op-Ed: Parking Concerns Can't Outweigh Affordable Housing
- Sweeping Parking Reform Approved in Oakland
- Indianapolis: Where the Streets Have No Lights
- New Jersey Transit Board Hasn't Met in Over 100 Days
- Foolish Utopianism in Today's Top Architecture
- New York Ponders How to Stop Cars from Parking in Bike Lanes
- There Goes the Neighborhood: Oh No, Not Burning Man!
- In Brooklyn's Navy Yard, a New Manufacturing Incubator
- Form Based Codes: Nashville Provides a Model for Charlottesville's Process
- A Generational Challenge: Ending the Age of the Automobile
- Rent Control Gains Support in Oregon
- The Obama Administration Releases a Pro-Development Playbook
- If LEDs Are Bad for Our Health, What Should Cities Do Now?
