Abstract

Envision Tomorrow - A Land Use Planning Tool
Track: Urban and Regional Planning
Authors: Julia Reisemann

Fregonese Associates developed Envision Tomorrow, a suite of open source planning tools that help planners design and test land use and transportation options at a range of scales. Envision Tomorrow consists of two primary tools: the Prototype Builder and the Scenario Builder. Each tool provides stand-alone capability, but together can create entire land use and transportation scenarios from the building site level on up to an entire region. Cities and regions all over the United States use Envision Tomorrow. By using Envision Tomorrow, it is possible to model the relationship between land use and transportation decisions and GHG emissions.