Evanston Among Top 10 Cities with Greenest Commuters

How environmentally friendly are Evanston commuters? The city was recently named No. 10 in NerdWallet’s list of cities with the greenest commuters, behind Cambridge, New York, Union City, Washington DC, Jersey City, Berkeley, San Francisco, Boston and Somerville but ahead of Chicago, which ranked No. 14. 

Even though half of Evanston’s worker commute to work alone by car, the other 50 percent of residents use various commuting methods, such as walking, biking and public transportation. NerdWallet cites Evanston Climate Action Plan, which aims to reduce the city’s carbon emission, as the city’s commitment to sustainability.

NerdWallet calculated the ranking based on the percentage of residents using commuting methods with varying levels of environmental impact; from no impact, where residents walk or bike to work, or work from home; to high impact, where residents drive alone to work. 

Rank

City

Walk, bike or work from home

Public Transportation

Carpool

Drive alone, in a car, truck or van

Overall score for green commuters

1

Cambridge Massachusetts

36.4%

29.6%

5%

27.9%

61.1

10

Evanston

21.2%

19.9%

7.3%

50.6%

39.8

14

Chicago

12%

27.6%

9%

49.9%

37.2

For the full ranking, visit: www.NerdWallet.com