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PlaNYC 2030: One Year Later

On Earth Day 2007, Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled a wide-ranging plan to make the city more environmentally friendly as it expands to meet the needs of 1 million more residents by 2030. His PlaNYC offered 127 specific proposals on land use, transportation, energy, reducing greenhouse gases and other vital issues. For Earth Day 2008, Sustainability Watch, a joint project of Gotham Gazette and the Hunter College Center for Community Planning & Development, asked experts to assess the plan -- its successes and failures, what it does and does not do -- and what the next steps are in the long-term effort to create a livable city for 9 million people.

Congestion pricing has come and gone. And now advocates and experts examine what could come of some of the other 126 initiatives in the administration's PlaNYC in our second installment of Sustainability Watch.

Rebuilding Ground Zero: Long-term Costs of Short-term Planning Sep 10, 2008
The haste to develop Ground Zero after 9/11 has led to delays, mistakes and missed opportunities. Tom Angotti looks back at a flawed process. By Tom Angotti.

Climate Change Could Threaten a Green Willets Point Aug 14, 2008
Over the objections of many in the community, the Bloomberg administration plans to build the city's first green neighborhood at Willets Points. But climate change could wash it all away. By Melissa Checker.

How the City Has Reduced Soot Jul 03, 2008
A series of measures have reduced soot in the city, so much so that the metropolitan area may soon meet federal standards for this type of air pollution for the first time ever. Rich Kassel reports on what's happened -- and what still needs to be done. By Rich Kassel.

The Past and Future of Sustainability Jun 09, 2008
Will be mayor's long-term plan for a greener city survive and help create a sustainable city? Hunter College professor Tom Angotti discusses how the mayor can improve the odds. By Tom Angotti.

A Community Plan for the 'Highway to Nowhere' May 29, 2008
By Melissa Checker.

A Smoother Ride for Cycling in the City May 27, 2008
To mark spring and National Bike Month, Rich Kassel celebrates what the city is doing to promote cycling and looks at what else it could do. By Rich Kassel.