Light Rail and Land Use Change: Rail Transit’s Role in Reshaping and Revitalizing Cities
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2014
Subject Area
place - north america, mode - tram/light rail, land use - impacts, land use - planning, literature review - literature review
Keywords
Light rail transit (LRT), land use change, reshaping and revitalizing cities
Abstract
Planners and policymakers often cite the tangible objective of land use change as a primary motivation and justification for an investment in light rail transit (LRT). But how has light rail performed with respect to achieving this goal? This paper reviews and synthesizes the previous literature on LRT and other rail rapid transit systems in North America, demonstrating that rail transit alone is not a primary driver of land use change and that six beneficial factors affect the ability of these systems to have a measurable impact on reshaping and revitalizing cities.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by National Center for Transit Research, University of South Florida, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Higgins, C., Ferguson, M., & Kanaroglou, P. (2014). Light Rail and Land Use Change: Rail Transit’s Role in Reshaping and Revitalizing Cities. Journal of Public Transportation, 17 (2), pp. 93-112.
