Do TODs Make a Difference?
Arthur C. Nelson, University of Utah
Co-investigators:
Jenny Liu, Portland State University
Reid Ewing, University of Utah
Summary:
The United States is moving into a new era of metropolitan development and form. The demographic, economic and finance drivers that made America a suburban nation may have run their course. America will see a shift toward infill and redevelopment. Facilitating this will be fixed-guideway transit systems and the transit oriented developments (TODs) they serve. In this report, we present research that measures the outcomes of TOD areas in relation to their metropolitan area controls with respect to (1) jobs by sector; (2) housing choice for household types based on key demographic characteristics; (3) housing affordability based on transportation costs; and (4) job-worker balance as a measure of accessibility. Prior literature has not systematically evaluated TOD outcomes in these respects with respect to light rail transit (LRT), commuter rail transit (CRT), bus rapid transit (BRT), and streetcar transit (SCT) systems. Our analysis helps close some of these gaps. We apply our analysis to 23 fixed-guideway transit systems operating in 17 metropolitan areas in the South and West that have one or more of those systems.
Project Details
- Project Type:
- Research
- Project Status:
- Completed
- End Date:
- December 31,2015
- UTC Grant Cycle:
- Tier 1 Round 1
- UTC Funding:
- $91,000
- TRB RIP:
- 32164
- Sponsors:
- University of Utah, Portland State University, Salt Lake County, Mountainlands Association of Governments, Wasatch Front Regional Council
Downloadable Products
- NITC-RR-547-763 Final Report (FINAL_REPORT)
- The Tragedy of the Unmet Demand for Walking and Biking (PUBLICATION)
- BUS RAPID TRANSIT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDY OF THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD, OREGON BRT SYSTEM (PUBLICATION)
- Using the Real Estate Market to Establish Light Rail Station Catchment Areas: Case Study of Attached Residential Property Values in Salt Lake County with Respect to Light Rail Station Distance (PUBLICATION)
- OFFICE RENT PREMIUMS WITH RESPECT TO DISTANCE FROM LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT STATIONS IN DALLAS AND DENVER (REPORT)
- RETAIL RENT WITH RESPECT TO DISTANCE FROM LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT STATIONS IN DALLAS AND DENVER (REPORT)
- Commuter Rail Transit and Economic Development (REPORT)
- Transit and Economic Resilience (REPORT)
- BUT DO LOWER-WAGE JOBS FOLLOW? Comparing Wage-Based Outcomes of Light Rail Transit to Control Corridors (REPORT)
- The Impact of TACOMA LINK Light Rail on Employment by Industry (REPORT)
- Valuing Accessibility to Neighborhood Amenities and Transit (REPORT)
- Tacoma-Link Light Rail Seattle, Washington (REPORT)
- Light Rail Transit Denver, Colorado (REPORT)
- SOUNDER Commuter Rail Seattle, Washington (REPORT)
- South Lake Union Streetcar Seattle, Washington (REPORT)
- Tacoma-Link Light Rail Seattle, Washington (REPORT)
- NS Streetcar Line Portland, Oregon (REPORT)
- South Miami-Dade Busway Miami-Dade, Florida (REPORT)
- MAX Yellow Line Portland, Oregon (REPORT)
- Charlotte BRT Case Study (REPORT)
- Phoenix Light Rail Case Study (REPORT)
- Phoenix BRT Case Study (REPORT)
- Sacramento LRT case study (REPORT)
- Charlotte Light Rail Case Study (REPORT)
- Bus Rapid Transit and Office Rents (REPORT)
- Commuter Rail Transit and Economic Development (REPORT)
- Las Vegas BRT Case Study (REPORT)
- Compact Development Reduces VMT: Evidence and Application for Planners (REPORT)
- Employment Change by Transit Mode and Station Distance Band (REPORT)
- Tthe Influence of Transit on Demographic and Housing Change (REPORT)
- Salt Lake City BRT Case Study (REPORT)
- TODs Make a Difference in Job Location (REPORT)
- Salt Lake City LRT Case Study (REPORT)
- Transit and Real Estate Rents (REPORT)
- Miami BRT Case Study (REPORT)
- Transit and Wages - The Association between Wages and Transit Station Proximity over Time and with Respect to the Great Recession (REPORT)
- Twin Cities LRT Case Study (REPORT)
- Transit Station Proximity and Share of Regional Jobs (REPORT)
- Salt Lake City CRT Case Study (REPORT)
- Household Transportation Cost Variation with Respect to Distance from Light Rail Transit Stations (REPORT)
- Albuquerque CRT Case Study (REPORT)
- Bus Rapid Transit and Economic Development: A Quasi-Experimental Treatment and Control Analysis (REPORT)
- Miami CRT Case Study (REPORT)
- Light Rail Transit Station Proximity, Urban Form and the Short Commute to Work (REPORT)
- Dallas LRT (REPORT)
- Light Rail Transit and Economic Recovery: A Case for Resilience or Transformation? (REPORT)
- Express Busways and Economic Development: Case Study of the Miami-Dade South Busway (REPORT)
- Nelson, Arthur C., Bruce Appleyard, Reid Ewing, Matt Miller, Dejan Eskic (2013). BUS RAPID TRANSIT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDY OF THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD, OREGON BRT SYSTEM. Journal of Public Transportation (PUBLICATION)
Other Products
- News from the TOD Squad (PRESENTATION)
- Arthur C. Nelson & Susan Petheram, "Using the Real Estate Market to Establish Light Rail Station Catchment Areas: Case Study of Attached Residential Property Values in Salt Lake County with Respect to Light Rail Station Distance" (PRESENTATION)
- Arthur C. Nelson, BUS RAPID TRANSIT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDY OF THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD, OREGON BRT SYSTEM (PRESENTATION)
- Arthur C. Nelson & Susan Petheram, "Using the Real Estate Market to Establish Light Rail Station Catchment (PRESENTATION)
- Nelson, Lui, Miller, Ewing. "Do TODs Make a Difference?" Preliminary results. (PRESENTATION)