The Sheppard Subway Line Toronto: Changes in Residential Land Use Intensity 2001 to 2011

This paper examines changes in residential density near the Sheppard Subway Line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 2001 to 2011. The Sheppard Subway Line opened in 2002 and is the most recent metro expansion in the city of Toronto. The relationship between the subway and changes in residential density is investigated using two methods: (1) the numerical relationship between changes in walking and subway accessibility provided by the opening of the line and changes in residential density and (2) a quasi-experimental analysis of the changes in residential density in the station pedestrian catchment areas (PCA) and controls. A weak quantitative relationship between accessibility and residential density is found and the station PCAs saw faster densification than the controls in most cases.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP025 Standing Committee on Public Transportation Planning and Development. Alternate title: Sheppard Subway Line, Toronto, Canada: Changes in Residential Land Use Intensity, 2001 to 2011.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Saxe, Shoshanna
  • Cruickshank, Heather
  • Miller, Eric J
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
• Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 20p
• Monograph Title: TRB 95th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Land use; Line extensions (Rail transit); Population density; Public transit; Residential location; Subways; Urban development
• Geographic Terms: Toronto (Canada)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01589086
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 16-2673
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 1 2016 9:26AM