In December 2006, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled plaNYC 2030, a challenge to New Yorkers “to generate ideas for achieving ten key goals for the city’s sustainable future.” Organized into six key areas (Land, Water, Transportation, Energy, Air, and Climate Change), the plaNYC 2030 project is targeting ten goals, ideally achievable by the year 2030, to allow for the growth and sustenance of New York City’s industry, population, environment, and infrastructure. The goals of plaNYC 2030, in no particular order of importance, are as follows:

1. Create homes for almost a million more New Yorkers, while making housing more affordable and sustainable
2. Ensure that all New Yorkers live within a 10-minute walk of a park
3. Clean up all contaminated land in New York
4. Open 90% of our waterways for recreation by reducing water pollution and preserving our natural areas
5. Develop critical back-up systems for our aging water network to ensure long-term reliability
6. Improve travel times by adding transit capacity for millions more residents
7. Reach a full “state of good repair” on New York City’s roads, subways, and rails for the first time in history
8. Provide cleaner, more reliable power for every New Yorker by upgrading our energy infrastructure
9. Achieve the cleanest air quality of any big city in America
10. Reduce global warming emissions by more than 30%

(This list was provided by the Office of the Mayor and is available at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/planyc2030/html/plan/plan.shtml)