SPUR Forum: Modeling the Bay Area

From SPUR:

Regional planning in California may lack strong governance and implementation tools, but it does have increasingly sophisticated modeling tools. The current Plan Bay Area, for instance, is grounded in updated models of the region’s land use and travel patterns over the upcoming decades. Come hear about the transportation model, the land use model and the outlook that they set for the future of our region.

+ Dave Ory, Metropolitan Transportation Commission
+ Mike Reilly, Association of Bay Area Governments

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