Identify and describe the goals and accomplishments of PlaNYC

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Answer 1

PlaNYC is an ambitious plan that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg hopes will make NYC "the first environmentally sustainable 21st-century city." It is a 132-item program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve mass transit, plant trees, clean up polluted land and rivers, and enhance access to parkland. As of 2012, PlaNYC's accomplishments included the completion of 100 energy efficiency projects in city buildings; the planting of 560,000 trees; the opening or renovation of 210 school playgrounds; the establishment of 64 community gardens; upgraded wastewater treatment facilities; acquisition of 36,000 acres upstate to protect water supplies; installation of bike lanes and bike racks and the launch of a bike-sharing program; the retrofitting of ferries to reduce pollution; the conversion of 30% of the taxi fleet to hybrid vehicles; and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 13%.