Real Simple magazine offers its survey of America's top "time saving" cities, or those that make getting around and getting things done as easy (and green) as possible.
Real Simple ranked cities on three factors: "Getting Around (includes average commute, walkability, traffic congestion); Green Time-Savers (includes recycling access and cost, number of farmers' markets and community gardens, bike friendliness)."
Top cities include:
Seattle "With extensive public transit, one of the country's most on-time airports, and 50 miles of new bike lanes in the last two years, our winning city, Seattle, is an icon of urban efficiency."
Portland: "It's no hassle getting around this town, whether by bike or on the nation's fourth-largest light-rail system."
San Francisco: [which] "boasts a 511 phone and online service that provides updates on biking, public- transit, and traffic conditions."
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