Title: FACTORS INFLUENCING LAND DEVELOPMENT AROUND RAIL TRANSIT STATIONS: ATLANTA GEORGIA
Abstract: This paper examines the factors which have influenced development at over 55 transit stations built in the last 30 years in the Atlanta, Boston, Miami, Toronto, and Washington metropolitan areas. A typology is constructed which classifies station areas based upon the intensity and auto- or pedestrian-orientation of surrounding development and similar station areas are examined in terms of their development state both prior to station construction and at present. The analysis provides significant implications for planning and developing new rail transit facilities. On a system-wide level, transit network design and station siting must consider the relationships between land uses in station areas and their trip generating behavior. Regional intermodal transportation strategies and policies must be coordinated on an institutional level so that highway, transit, and land use plans may complement one another, and not undercut each other's effectiveness. Citizen input and individual station design play critical roles in facilitating or precluding potential area development. Although transit access may catalyze land development in a growing district, a new rail station alone is not enough to reverse poor station area economic and land development trends. In this case, a coordinate suite of supporting incentives and regulations must be employed to increase development opportunities.
Publication Year: 1996
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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