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Companies looking for an Urban Planning solution that helps predict urban development patterns and trends
About UrbanSim
Support planning and analysis of urban development, incorporating the interactions between land use, transportation, the economy, and the environment. Explore the effects of infrastructure and policy choices on community outcomes such as motorized and non-motorized accessibility, housing affordability, greenhouse gas emissions, and the protection of open space and environmentally sensitive habitats. Quickly configure and launch UrbanSim simulations harnessing cloud-based scalability. Deliver actionable insights regardless of in-house technical expertise. The block-level UrbanSim template comes ready to go with employment, household, and socioeconomic data for almost 400 Metropolitan Planning Organizations across the United States and street networks from OpenStreetMap to compute accessibility metrics.
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