Here are all of the initiatives of PlaNYC listed under their categories and subcategories.
Check out each link for updates on what’s been going on for each initiative.
Land – Housing
Continue publicly-initiated rezonings.
1 Pursue transit-oriented development
2 Reclaim underutilized waterfronts
3 Increase transit options to spur development
Create new housing on public land
4 Expand co-locations with government agencies
5 Adapt outdated buildings to new uses
Explore additional areas of opportunity
6 Develop underused areas to knit neighborhoods together
7 Capture the potential of transportation infrastructure investments
8 Deck over railyards, rail lines, and highways
Expand targeted affordability programs
9 Develop new financing strategies
10 Expand inclusionary zoning
11 Encourage homeownership
12 Preserve the existing stock of affordable housing through New York City
Land – Open Space
Make existing sites available to more New Yorkers
1 Open schoolyards across the city as public playgrounds
2 Increase options for competitive athletics
3 Complete underdeveloped destination parks
Expand usable hours at existing sites
4 Provide more multi-purpose fields
5 Install new lighting
Re-imagine the public realm
6 Create or enhance a public plaza in every community
7 Green the cityscape
Land – Brownfields
Make existing brownfields programs faster and more efficient
1 Adopt on-site testing to streamline the cleanup process
2 Create remediation guidelines for New York City cleanups
3 Establish a City office to promote brownfield planning and redevelopment
Expand enrollment into streamline programs
4 Expand participation into the current State Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP)
5 Create a City program to oversee all additional cleanups
6 Provide incentives to lower costs of remediation
Encourage greater community involvement in brownfield redevelopment
7 Encourage the State to release community-based redevelopment grants
8 Provide incentives to participate in Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) planning
9 Launch outreach effort to educate communities about brownfield redevelopment
Identify remaining sites for cleanups
10 Create a database of historic uses across New York City to identify potential brownfields
11 Limit liability of property owners who seek to redevelop brownfields
Water – Water Quality
Continue implementing infrastructure upgrades
1 Develop and implement Long-Term Control Plans
2 Expand wet weather capacity at treatment plants
Pursue proven solutions to prevent stormwater from entering the system
3 Increase use of High Level Storm Sewers (HLSS)
4 Capture the benefits of our open space plan
5 Expand the Bluebelt program
Expand, track, and analyze new Best Management Practices (BMPs) on a broad scale
6 Form an interagency BMP taskforce
7 Pilot promising BMPs
8 Require greening of parking lots
9 Provide incentives for green roofs
10 Protect wetlands
Water – Water Network
Ensure the quality of our drinking water
1 Continue the Watershed Protection Program
2 Construct an ultraviolet disinfection plant for the Catskill and Delaware systems
3 Build the Croton Filtration Plant
Create redundancy for aqueducts to New York City
4 Launch a major new water conservation effort
5 Maximize existing facilities
6 Evaluate new water sources
Modernize in-city distribution
7 Complete Water Tunnel No. 3
8 Complete a backup tunnel to Staten Island
9 Accelerate upgrades to water main infrastructure
Transportation
Build and expand transit infrastructure
1 Increase capacity on key congested routes
2 Provide new commuter rails access to Manhattan
3 Expand transit access to underserved areas
Improve transit service on existing infrastructure
4 Improved and expand bus service
5 Improve local commuter rail service
6 Improve access to existing transit
7 Address congested areas around the city
Promote other substantial modes
8 Expand ferry service
9 Promote cycling
Improve traffic flow by reducing congestion
10 Pilot congestion pricing
11 Manage roads more efficiently
12 Strengthen enforcement of traffic violations
13 Facilitate freight movements
Achieve a state of good repair on our roads and transit system
14 Close the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s state of good repair gap
15 Reach a state of good repair on the city’s roads and bridges
Develop new funding sources
16 Establish a new regional transit financing authority
Energy
Improve energy planning
1 Establish a New York City Energy Planning Board
Reduce New York City’s energy consumption
2 Reduce energy consumption by City government
3 Strengthen energy and building codes for New York City
4 Create an energy efficiency authority for New York City
5 Prioritize five key areas for targeted incentives
6 Expand peak load management
7 Launch an energy awareness and training campaign
Expand the city’s clean power supply
8 Facilitate repowering and construct power plants and dedicated transmission lines
9 Expand Clean Distributed Generation (“Clean DG”)
10 Support expansion of natural gas infrastructure
11 Foster the market for renewable energy
Modernize electricity delivery infrastructure
12 Accelerate reliability improvements to the city’s grid
13 Facilitate grid repairs through improved coordination and joint bidding
14 Support Con Edison’s efforts to modernize the grid
Air
Reduce road vehicle emissions
1 Capture the air quality benefits of our transportation plan
2 Improve fuel efficiency of private cars
3 Reduce emissions from taxis, black cars, and for-hire vehicles
4 Replace, retrofit, and refuel diesel trucks
5 Decrease school bus emissions
Reduce other transportation emissions
6 Retrofit ferries and promote use of cleaner fuels
7 Seek to partner with the Port Authority to reduce emissions from Port facilities
8 Reduce emissions from construction vehicles
Reduce emissions from buildings
9 Capture the air quality benefits of our energy plan
10 Promote the use of cleaner burning heating fuels
Pursue natural solutions to improve air quality
11 Capture the benefits of our open space plan
12 Reforest targeted areas of our parkland
13 Increase tree plantings on lots
Understand the scope of the challenge
14 Launch collaborative local air quality study
Climate Change
1 Create an intergovernmental Task Force to protect our city’s vital infrastructure
2 Work with vulnerable neighborhoods to develop site-specific strategies
3 Launch a citywide strategic planning process for climate change adaptation
Download the PlaNYC Full Report and latest official Progress Report (2009) here.
