The Oil Drum

San Francisco on Tuesday became the first major U.S. city to pass a resolution acknowledging the threats posed by peak oil, urging the city to develop a comprehensive plan to respond to the emerging global energy crunch.

Wow, I'm impressed. So how'd they do it?

Every so often my work takes me to some of America's great cities. Now whenever I visit another city, I take the time to study what New York can learn from these cities, focusing on how they organize their mass transit system, bike infrastructure, pedestrian areas and manage traffic flow. San Francisco has some great lessons for New York, although it could still do much more for making the city more bike friendly.