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Dr. Rohit T. Aggarwala, also known as Rit, is an American environmental policy advisor, transportation planner, and historian. He currently leads the sustainability practice at Bloomberg Associates and is the Advisor to the Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change of the United Nations Secretary General. Aggarwala teaches and conducts research as a Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Aggarwala is best known for his work as the Director of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability for New York City from 2006 until June 2010.〔Mayor Bloomberg Announces Director of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability Rohit T. Aggarwala Stepping Down in June, News from the Blue Room http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2010a%2Fpr141-10.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1, accessed 2013-05-21〕 In this role, he led the development and implementation of ''PlaNYC'', Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s long-term sustainability plan for New York City. “PlaNYC: A Greener, Greater New York”, a long range plan for New York City’s continued growth through the year 2030. While maintaining the support of both the business and environmental communities, PlaNYC has led New York City to a 19% reduction in its overall carbon footprint since 2005.〔 Mayor Bloomberg called him "the brains behind PlaNYC." He serves on several boards, including that of the Regional Plan Association (RPA); the Urban Green Council; the advisory boards of the Eno Transportation Foundation and New World Capital.〔 He is co-chair of the RPA’s Fourth Regional Plan, and was recently appointed to the Transportation Reinvention Commission of New York’s M.T.A. In early 2013, he was briefly rumored to be a potential candidate to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. ==Early Career and Education== Before joining the Bloomberg administration, Aggarwala was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company from 2002 to 2006 where he primarily served clients in the transportation and logistics industry in the United States and Europe.〔Rohit T. Aggarwala, Eno Center for Transportation, http://www.enotrans.org/profile/rohit-t-rit-aggarwala accessed 2013-21-05〕 He also served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration during the Clinton Administration.〔Rohit Aggarwala, Special Advisor to the Chair, GreenBiz.com http://www.greenbiz.com/speaker/rohit-aggarwala accessed 2013-21-05〕 Aggarwala was born in New York City and grew up in White Plains, New York and Rome.〔Annie Karni, “Planner behind Bloomberg’s PlaNYC,” New York Observer, May 29, 2007 http://www.nysun.com/new-york/planner-behind-bloombergs-planyc/55342/〕 Rit holds a B.A., M.B.A., and Ph.D from Columbia University, as well as a Master’s degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rohit Aggarwala」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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