Gentrification Trends in New Transit-Oriented Communities: Evidence from 14 Cities That Expanded or Built Rail Transit Systems

Real Estate Economics, 35(2): 155-182, 2007

By: American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, Matthew Kahn

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Transit-Oriented Development

This article examines the effects of new transit service on station area demographics. It supports the idea that pedestrian-oriented transit stations are associated with increases in home prices and in the proportion of college graduates living in station areas.