Browsing by Subject "Light rail"

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    The Hiawatha Line: Impacts on Land Use and Residential Housing Value (Research Brief)
    (2009-10) CTS; Goetz, Edward G.
    This 2-page research brief highlights research report CTS 10-09, The Hiawatha Line: Impacts on Land Use and Residential Housing Value, which examined the economic impacts of transitways - specifically, the impacts of the Hiawatha Light Rail Transit Line, which stretches from downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, to its southern suburbs. Researchers explored how construction of the light-rail line and rail transit stations affects residential property values, land use patterns, and housing investment.
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    How Light-Rail Transit Improves Job Access for Low-Wage Workers (Research Brief)
    (Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2010-03) CTS; Fan, Yingling
    This 2-page research brief highlights the study, Impact of Twin Cities Transitways on Regional Labor Market Accessibility: A Transportation Equity Perspective (CTS 10-06), that aimed to uncover whether Twin Cities transitways effectively connect low-wage workers with suitable job opportunities. It focused on the impacts of the Hiawatha light-rail line, which runs between downtown Minneapolis and its southern suburbs. Construction on the Hiawatha line began in 2001 and was completed in 2004. The study also examines whether households and employers have relocated to take advantage of benefits provided by transitways.
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    Impact of light-rail implementation on labor market accessibility: A transportation equity perspective
    (Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2012) Fan, Yingling; Guthrie, Andrew; Levinson, David
    This study seeks to examine transit’s role in promoting social equity by assessing the before-after impacts of recent transit changes in the Twin Cities, including the opening of the Hiawatha light-rail line, on job accessibility among workers of different wage categories. Geospatial, descriptive, and regression analyses find that proximity to light-rail stations and bus stops offering direct rail connections are associated with large, statistically significant gains in accessibility to low-wage jobs. These gains stand out from changes in accessibility for the transit system as a whole. Implications of the study results for informing more equitable transit polices are discussed.
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    Impacts of the Hiawatha Light-Rail Line on Commercial & Industrial Property Values in Minneapolis: A Transitway Impacts Research Program (TIRP) Research Brief
    (Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2010-07) Cao, Jason
    This two-page document summarizes report CTS 10-05, Impacts of the Hiawatha Light Rail Line on Commercial and Industrial Property Values in Minneapolis, a study of sale prices of commercial and industrial properties before and after completion of the Hiawatha light-rail line in Minneapolis to determine if proximity to a light-rail station affects property values.