Transit Accessibility's Impact on Community Composition: a Study of Changing Demographics and Housing Markets Proximate to Rapid Transit
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Henry, Wilson
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography
- Abstract
- This paper attempts to determine if transit accessibility can be connected to gentrification, i.e. whether communities experienced gentrification following the introduction of transit. The State of California has designated four communities surround Metro stations as TOD: the Gateway Plaza-Union Metro Station in Los Angeles, the Holly Street Village-Memorial Park Metro Station in Pasadena, the Hollywood-Highland Metro Station in Los Angeles, and the Wrigley Marketplace-Willow Metro Station in Long Beach. Rather than limiting research to four transit stations, this paper focuses its analysis in Los Angeles County along LA Metro Rail’s four lines which opened prior to 2010. For the purposes of this study, TOD is defined as the block groups within a one-mile, walkable service area from transit stations.
- Date of publication
- spring 2014
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- Advisor
- Liang, Jun
- Degree
- Bachelor of Arts
- Honors level
- Honors
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- 31
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