How Does Light Rail Transit (LRT) Impact Gentrification? Evidence from Fourteen US Urbanized Areas

Dwayne Marshall Baker; Bumsoo Lee

doi:10.1177/0739456X17713619

How Does Light Rail Transit (LRT) Impact Gentrification? Evidence from Fourteen US Urbanized Areas

Dwayne Marshall Baker, Bumsoo Lee

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This study examines the relationship between light rail transit (LRT) stations and changes in neighborhood characteristics associated with gentrification using spatial regression analyses with longitudinal data across 14 US urbanized areas (UAs). Overall, we do not find evidence of prevalent gentrification in LRT station areas. An analysis of UA-specific impacts shows heterogeneous outcomes across different UAs, particularly: strong transit-oriented development (TOD) effects accompanied by gentrification in San Francisco and TOD with countergentrification in Portland. Our results highlight that different local and regional planning efforts can lead to different types of changes in transit station neighborhoods.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	35-49
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Planning Education and Research
Volume	39
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X17713619
State	Published - Mar 1 2019

Keywords

gentrification
light rail transit (LRT)
neighborhood change
transit-oriented development (TOD)

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Geography, Planning and Development
Development
Urban Studies

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