The document summarizes key green initiatives and funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It allocated $62.2 billion to direct green spending and $20 billion in green tax incentives. Major areas of focus included renewable energy and transmission ($11 billion), energy efficiency in buildings and housing ($18.5 billion), mass transit and green vehicles ($9 billion), and green jobs training ($500 million). It also notes that the MTA removes 3 million drivers from New York roads daily, eliminating as much carbon dioxide as 684,444 acres of forest.

1. Sustainability in Brooklyn Public Transportation

8. Each day the MTA removes 3 million potential drivers from the roads, eliminating as much as much CO2 as 684,444 acres of forest, that’s a forest 15 times the size of Brooklyn.

9. Population & Means of Transportation

10. % Used Public Transportation

11. Subway: Monthly Ridership

12. Bus: Monthly Ridership

13. Subway: Annual Ridership

14. Bus: Annual Ridership

15. Household Income

16. Median Household Income

17. Energy Consumption by Sector

18. Energy Consumption per Capita

19. Energy Consumption per Capita by State

20. Transportation Energy Consumption (Trillion Btu)

21. New York & U.S. Motor-Fuel Use (Millions of Gallons)

22. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Different Transportation