4. Dependence on Foreign Oil

5. Transportation planning

6. Containing sprawl /
sustainability

7. Resilience, prosperity

8. scenarioplanningtools.org

9. Scenario A
Trends Continue
• Urban area doubles
• Density drops
– 84% single family
• Fewer people with access to
transit
• Highest new infrastructure
costs

10. Scenario D
Aggressive Infill
• Urban area increases by 15%
– Most ag land preservation
• 60% of new growth
accommodated through infill
– Portland Metro – 35%
• Most people within walking
distance to transit
• Significant transit investment
– 2nd
lowest infrastructure costs

11. Visualizing the future

12. Sustainable Communities
Grants by US Department of
Housing & Urban Development to
regional planning coalitions
Scenario planning modeling
required

13. SB 375, California
Requires regional transportation
and greenhouse gas emissions
(GHG) reduction targets
Scenario planning modeling

14. http://www.lincolninst.edu/subcenters/visualizing-density/
http://www.lincolninst.edu/subcenters/visual-tools-for-planners/
http://www.lincolninst.edu/subcenters/visioning-and-visualization/

15. chicagobuildings.org

16. OpenlyLocal

17. http://thecity2.org/

18. www.america2050.org
www.bafuture.org
www.t4america.org

20. www.lincolninst.edu
anthony.flint@lincolninst.edu
@landpolicy
Anthony Flint
Fellow & Director of Public Affairs
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
113 Brattle Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA