Transit-Oriented Development & Commercial Gentrification: Exploring the Linkages
Brief
Karen Chapple | Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris | Dov Kadin | Joseph Poirier
August 2019
This research focuses on Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area to examine the relationship between commercial gentrification and fixed rail transit, transit ridership and traffic crashes. Using a longitudinal database of business establishments, the authors develop a quantitative definition of commercial gentrification for Los Angeles and the Bay Area. They investigate where commercial gentrification has occurred along with its relationship to fixed rail transit, and offer key findings to motivate policy.
