Transitway Impacts Research Program Research

Research

Research Briefs

Two-page summaries of individual research projects

• Impacts of the Hiawatha Light-Rail Line on Commercial & Industrial Property Values in Minneapolis (2010-03) (160 KB PDF)
• How Light-Rail Transit Improves Job Access for Low-Wage Workers (2010-02) (214 KB PDF)
• The Hiawatha Line: Impacts on Land Use and Residential Housing Value (2009-02) (180 KB PDF)
• Demographic and Behavioral Differences between Hiawatha Light-Rail and Other Transit Riders (2009-01) (160 KB PDF)

Final Research Reports

• Impacts of the Hiawatha Light Rail Line on Commercial and Industrial Property Values in Minneapolis
  (Report no. CTS 10-05; 537 KB PDF)
  Kate Ko, Xinyu (Jason) Cao
• Transitway Data Management Project
  (Report no. CTS 10-03; 1 MB PDF)
  Jason C. Borah, William J. Craig
• The Hiawatha Line: Impacts on Land Use and Residential Housing Value
  (Report no. CTS 10-09; 8 MB PDF)
  Edward G. Goetz, Kate Ko, Aaron Hagar, Hoang Ton, Jeff Matson
• Understanding the Impacts of Transitways: Demographic and Behavioral Differences between Hiawatha Light-Rail and Other Transit Riders
  (Report no. CTS 09-16; 1 MB PDF)
  Xinyu (Jason) Cao and Rachel Jordan
• Impact of Twin Cities Transitways on Regional Labor Market Accessibility: A Transportation Equity Perspective
  (Report no. CTS 10-06; 6.3 MB PDF)
  Yingling Fan, Andrew Guthrie, Rose Teng

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Research Projects

• Evaluating Twin Cities Transitways' Performance and their Interaction with Traffic on Neighboring Major Roads (2011)
  Principal Investigator: John Hourdos, Director, MN Traffic Observatory, Civil Engineering
• Transportation, Environmental, and Health Impacts of Transitways: A Case Study of the Hiawatha Line (2010)
  Principal Investigator: Jason Cao, Assistant Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
• Assessing Neighborhood and Social Influences of Transit Corridors (2010)
  Principal Investigator: Yingling Fan, Assistant Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
• Value-added: Impacts of the Proximity to Transitway Stations on Commercial Property Values (2009)
  Principal Investigator: Jason Cao, Assistant Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
• Transitway Data Management Project (2009)
  Principal Investigator: William Craig, Associate Director, Center for Urban & Regional Affairs
• Impact of Twin Cities Transitways on Regional Labor Market Accessibility: A Transportation Equity Perspective (2008)
  Principal Investigator: Yingling Fan, Assistant Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
• Understanding Transportation Impacts of Transitways: Demographic and Behavioral Differences between Transitway Riders and Other Transit Riders (2008)
  Principal Investigator: Jason Cao, Assistant Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
• Economic Impacts of Transitways, Part 1: The Hiawatha Light Rail Line (2007)
  Principal Investigator: Edward Goetz, Director, Center for Urban & Regional Affairs

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Background

• Inventory of Data and Research on the Economic and Community Impacts of the Hiawatha LRT (1.4 MB PDF)
  Humphrey School, 2006

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Affiliated Research

Research Projects

• Enterprising Twin Cities Transitways: Regional Competitiveness and Social Equity in an Integrated Land Use and Transit Context (2011)
  Principal Investigator: Yingling Fan, Assistant Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
• Sustainable Communities: Identifying Effective Policy Solutions for Creating Equitable Jobs and Housing Options around Transit Development (2011)
  Principal Investigator: Yingling Fan, Assistant Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
• How Affordable is Transportation? An Accessibility-Based Evaluation (2009)
  Principal Investigator: Yingling Fan, Assistant Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs

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Researchers and Staff

To address the interdisciplinary issues raised by this study, CTS has assembled a research team drawn from multiple fields including geography, urban design, and public policy.

• Joe Barbeau, Center for Transportation Studies
• Chris Berrens, Center for Transportation Studies
• Jason Cao, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
• Will Craig, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
• Kathie Doty, Hennepin-University Partnership
• Yingling Fan, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
• Edward Goetz, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
• Andrew Guthrie, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
• John Hourdos, University of Minnesota, Civil Engineering
• Jan Lucke , Center for Transportation Studies
• Jeff Matson, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
• Lee Munnich, State and Local Policy Program, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
• Dawn Spanhake, Center for Transportation Studies