Article
Commuter Rail Transit and Economic Development
Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations
Sponsor
This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD10 Transportation and Economic Development.
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Subjects
- Transit-oriented development,
- Transportation -- Planning,
- Street-railroads -- Economic aspects
Disciplines
Abstract
Commuter rail transit (CRT) is a form of rail passenger service connecting downtowns and other major activity centers with suburban commuter towns and beyond. Between 1834 and 1973, only three public CRT systems were built in the U.S. serving New York, Chicago and then Boston. There are now 25 such systems. Modern CRT systems aim to expand economic development in metropolitan areas. But do they? This paper evaluates the economic development performance of five modern CRT systems. The authors find that several economic sectors perform well within 0.50 miles of CRT stations. The authors offer planning and policy implications.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16727
Citation Information
Arthur C. Nelson, Matt Miller, Keuntae Kim, Joanna P. Ganning, et al.. "Commuter Rail Transit and Economic Development" (2015) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joanna-ganning/6/
This is the author's version of the article. Submitted for presentation and publication to the 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board January 11-15, 2015.
The final research report that this work is derived from is located here: http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16717