IMPROVING THE EFFECTS OF ELEVATED TRANSIT STATIONS ON NEIGHBORHOODS

Effects that elevated transit stations in residential neighborhoods have on the value of single-family homes are debatable. Some contend that the effects are adverse, because transit stations impose noise, traffic, and other nuisances on neighborhoods. These effects result in declining house values. Others contend that stations improve the accessibility of neighborhood residents to commercial activity centers. This convenience results in increasing house values. Which view is correct? Are both influences present? If so, which influence dominates, and what is the revealed price gradient of homes with respect to distance from elevated transit stations? Elevated transit stations in single-family residential neighborhoods in and around Atlanta, Georgia, are analyzed. Transit planning in Atlanta is summarized, design and planning concessions made in response to vocal neighborhood groups are reviewed, a theory that considers both the positive and negative influences such stations may have on single-family house value is introduced, and the association between neighborhood-oriented elevated transit stations and single-family house values is analyzed. Although both positive and negative influences may have been present, the revealed price gradient was positive in the study area. These results suggest that a planning and design process aimed at preserving established neighborhoods may be successful in minimizing the adverse effects of elevated transit stations on single-family housing values.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1266, Urban Public Transportation Research 1990. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Nelson, Arthur C
  • McCleskey, Susan J
• Publication Date: 1990

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 173-180
• Monograph Title: Urban public transportation research
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1266
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Elevated guideways; Impacts; Property values; Rail transit stations; Residential areas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00602756
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309050189
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 31 1990 12:00AM