Maintaining Diversity in America's Transit-Rich Neighborhoods: Tools for Equitable Neighborhood Change
January 14, 2011
In some newly transit-rich neighborhoods (TRNs), a new station can set in motion a cycle of unintended consequences in which core transit users—such as renters and low-income households—are priced out of the neighborhood in favor of higher-income, car-owning residents who are less likely to use public transit. The authors describe these patterns and present policy tools for shaping equitable neighborhood change.
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Stephanie Pollack
Barry Bluestone
Chase Billingham
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