Express Busways and Economic Development: Case Study of the South Miami-Dade Busway

A growing body of literature is showing important associations between several forms of fixed- guideway public transit systems and economic development. These include heavy- or fifth-rail, light rail, street car, and bus rapid transit systems. Yet, there exists no assessment of the economic development contributions of express bus service. Using the Longitudinal-Household Employment Database, the authors evaluate the change in jobs and share of jobs within 0.50 mile of the express bus stations comprising the South Miami-Dade Busway over the period 2002 through 2011. Their analytic method is shift-share analysis which compares change and share of change of jobs with respect to the central county of Miami-Dade. In addition, to control for the counter- factual -- that is, that development (or lack thereof) would have occurred anyway -- the authors devised an algorithm to identify 10 alternative locations having comparable attributes to each existing station at the beginning of their study period. They again used shift-share analysis to assess development outcomes before and after the recession with respect to these counter-factual locations and compared outcomes to Express Bus stations. They find important economic development outcomes with respect to the South Miami-Dade Busway. Planning and policy implications are offered.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP025 Standing Committee on Public Transportation Planning and Development.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Nelson, Arthur C
  • Kim, Keuntae
  • Cartaya, Nilia M
  • Eskic, Dejan
  • Ganning, Joanna P
• 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: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 12p
• Monograph Title: TRB 95th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Busways; Case studies; Economic development; Employment; Express buses
• Identifier Terms: South Miami-Dade Busway (Florida)
• Geographic Terms: Miami-Dade County (Florida)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01590915
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 16-5580
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 24 2016 5:07PM