Scenario Outcomes
Scenario Outcomes
The table below compares the outcomes of the three scenarios in terms of several key measures. Click the name of each outcome for more information about how each scenario would affect it. To focus on one scenario at a time, click the scenario name.
Outcome/Change between today and 2040, based on current trends |
Scenario change from current trends | ||
Reinvest | Preserve | Innovate | |
Land Consumption |
improves |
improves greatly |
improves |
Infill |
improves |
improves slightly |
stays the same |
Open Space Access |
improves greatly |
improves | improves |
Imperviousness and Runoff |
improves |
improves slightly |
improves slightly |
Water Use |
improves |
improves greatly |
improves |
Congestion Traffic congestion will increase by nearly 50%. |
improves greatly |
improves slightly |
improves slightly |
Air Quality |
worsens slightly |
improves slightly |
worsens slightly** |
Mode Share |
improves slightly |
improves | improves |
Travel Times |
improves |
mixed results |
mixed results |
Jobs - Housing Access |
improves greatly |
improves slightly |
improves greatly** |
Environmental Justice |
improves greatly |
improves slightly |
mixed results** |
Industry Mix Qualitative analysis; click row heading for more details. |
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Scenario Cost Qualitative analysis; click row heading for more details. |
** These results are subject to interpretation; click on the row heading for more information.
The scenarios will also have impacts outside the physical planning realm. With the support of The Chicago Community Trust, a number of reports on human and community development topics were prepared. The links below contain some description of how the physical planning decisions included within each scenario will affect outcomes in human and community development areas, as well as links to the reports on these topics.
Arts and Culture
Crime and Justice
Education (including early childhood, K-12, and higher education)
Emergency Preparedness
Food
Health
Human Relations
Hunger
Workforce Development
CMAP's Human Services Committee also addressed the effects that physical planning decisions would have on elderly or disabled residents of region. The links below show the results of this work.