Minneapolis is top tech city, magazine declares

Published February 14, 2005 RANKS0214 in the Star Tribune

Minneapolis: A tech-happy city.

That's what Popular Science magazine thinks, anyway. In its March issue, Popular Science called Minneapolis the top city for technology, writing:

"Unassuming yet consistently innovative ... ranking first in transportation, Minneapolis features intelligent transportation solutions like highway sensors, electronic surveillance of intersections and ramp meters on 61 percent of its roads and highways. Plus, 100 percent of transit systems accept electronic fare payment. The city has 3,939 high-tech companies and 110 Wi-Fi hot spots, conducts 333 clinical trials annually and has eight EPA-lauded Energy Star buildings."

Trailing the high-tech City of Lakes, in this order: Atlanta; Washington, D.C.; Boston; San Diego; Chicago; Columbus, Ohio; Raleigh, N.C.; Seattle, and Houston.

Popular Science, the world's largest science and technology magazine, said it arrived at its conclusions by measuring such indicators as the number of high-tech jobs per capita, use of technology in schools, the sophistication of medical and emergency response systems, and the extent to which a city is "wired," meaning use of cell phones, computers and satellite cable, among other things.

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