Do Rail Transit Stations Induce Displacement?

Marlon Boarnet, Raphael Bostic, Seva Rodnyansky, Raúl Santiago-Bartolomei and Danielle Williams

Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series from Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis

Abstract: As the construction and usage of rail transit proliferates in cities across the world, concerns abound about impacts on surrounding neighborhoods – including gentrification and displacement. Los Angeles County has seen a massive rail transit buildout—from zero to 93 stations along six lines—in 25 years. This boom has led to a prevailing perception that Los Angeles’ rail transit development causes an influx of high-income residents and an outflow of low-income residents near rail stations. This policy brief summarizes research that tests this perception by answering the following questions related to rail transit and household moves: Do rail transit stations affect residential move rates in surrounding neighborhoods? And, if so, then are lower income or long-term residents disproportionally displaced from the neighborhood? View the NCST Project Webpage

Keywords: Social and Behavioral Sciences; Demographics; Households; Low income groups; Mobility; Neighborhoods; Population movements; Rail transit; Rail transit stations; Transit oriented development; Urban population (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-08-01
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