Developing a New Methodology for Analyzing Potential Displacement

In 2008, California passed Senate Bill 375, requiring metropolitan planning organizations to develop Sustainable Communities Strategies as part of their regional transportation planning process. While the implementation of these strategies has the potential for environmental and economic benefits, there are also potential negative social equity impacts, as rising land costs in infill development areas may result in the displacement of low-income residents. This report examines the relationship between fixed-rail transit neighborhoods and displacement in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, modeling patterns of neighborhood change in relation to transit-oriented development, or TOD. Overall, the authors find that TOD has a significant impact on the stability of the surrounding neighborhood, leading to increases in housing costs that change the composition of the area, including the loss of low-income households. The authors found mixed evidence as to whether gentrification and displacement in rail station areas would cause an increase in auto usage and vehicle miles traveled (VMT). The report also examines the effectiveness of antidisplacement strategies. The results can be adapted into existing regional models (PECAS and UrbanSim) to analyze different investment scenarios. The project includes an off-model tool that will help practitioners identify the potential risk of displacement.

• Record URL:
  http://www.urbandisplacement.org/sites/default/files/images/arb_tod_report_13-310.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://merritt.cdlib.org/d/ark%3A%2F13030%2Fm54z033v/1/producer%2FARB%2013-310.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

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  University of California, Los Angeles

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  California Air Resources Board

  1001 I Street, P.O. Box 2815
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95812

  California Environmental Protection Agency

  1001 I Street
  P.O. Box 2815
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95812-2815
• Authors:
  • Chapple, Karen
  • Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia
  • 0000-0003-0186-4751
  • Waddell, Paul
  • Chatman, Daniel
  • Ong, Paul
• Publication Date: 2017-3-24

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 415p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Economic models; Rail transit; Regional planning; Socioeconomic factors; Sustainable development; Transit oriented development; Travel behavior
• Identifier Terms: California Air Resources Board
• Uncontrolled Terms: Gentrification
• Geographic Terms: Los Angeles (California); San Francisco (California)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01634595
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: May 9 2017 3:30PM