UrbanSim

"UrbanSim is working to make a difference on housing affordability. Today we launched a Penciler Pilot project in the City of Mississauga in the Toronto region with @canurb and @CMHC_ca." #GivingTuesday

We just completed an exciting UrbanSim User Conference at @DRCOGorg Denver, including two workshops on #Penciler and #UrbanLab, our new Jupyter interface to #UrbanCanvas Modeler. #urbanplanning #datascience #simulation #urbanmodeling #Housing #Transportation #machinelearning

Penciler is a window to the future of a neighborhood. In @Oakland's recently upzoned Broadway Valdez district, Penciler's algorithms show that what is now a car dealership could someday be home to almost 300 apartments. See more on how it can help you: penciler.org

For comparison's sake, here is #Oakland:

Penciler now allows you to filter parcels by density limit for residential zoning. Here we're showing only areas that allow for medium or high density residential development in San Francisco.

Penciler is LIVE with pre-populated zoning data in San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland, with more cities coming soon. Check out penciler.org and give it a try. Interested in seeing Penciler in your city? Let us know!

We've been hard at work at UrbanSim Inc. developing Penciler, a new site feasibility analysis tool for multifamily housing development. We're looking for some early users willing to give some feedback. Know someone that would be interested? Let us know! penciler.org

@UrbanSim is at the 2018 AMPO conference in San Antonio, TX from 9-25 to 9-27! Come stop by our booth and meet with us in person!