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Scenario A: Trends Continue

Scenario A follows trends of the past several decades and results in a large, sparsely populated city with little new investment in the downtown core. Community life is found mostly in suburban neighborhoods. The city loses most new people and jobs to the suburbs.

Scenario A: New Population and Employment Growth

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The map shows the location of potential new population and employment growth represented in pink for low density to violet for high density.


Jobs
  • Most jobs are located in office and industrial parks at the edges of the city
Housing

  • New housing is built in suburban subdivisions outside of Tulsa.

  • Neighborhoods provide mostly single-family homes

Transportation
  • People rely on cars to get to most daily destinations
  • Few people live in walking distance from work, schools, and shopping
  • Almost all transportation funds go to building and widening roads
Environment
  • People travel long distances to reach parks and open space

Community

  • Downtown Tulsa draws fewer people as a cultural center


Scenario A Visualization

West Edison St. & North Gilcrease Museum Rd.

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