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Identifying Successful Transit Oriented Developments in Los Angeles

Identifying Successful Transit Oriented Developments in Los Angeles. By: Lupita Ibarra Introduction to GIS Midterm Project February 8, 2011. Background. What is a Transit Oriented Development?.

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Identifying Successful Transit Oriented Developments in Los Angeles

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  1. Identifying Successful Transit Oriented Developments in Los Angeles By: Lupita Ibarra Introduction to GIS Midterm Project February 8, 2011

  2. Background What is a Transit Oriented Development? • A Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is usually defined as high-density, mixed-use development within a 0.5 mile walking distance of a transit station. A TOD provides many benefits such as: • - increase transit ridership • - reduce regional congestion and pollution • - healthier and more walkableneighborhoods • - reduce income segregation • - provide lower-income residents with occupational and social mobility.1 • Only accounting for MTA transit routes, there are 120 TODs in Los Angeles County.2 • According to 2000 Census data there are 15,620,448Angelenos living within the 0.5 mile radius and more than 6.5 million jobs are located within the transit region. Moreover, the median household income for this area is estimated to be $45,000/ year. • People that live within a TOD vicinity are usually renters and/or low income, minorities, immigrants, and transit dependent individuals.3 Quick Facts Center for Transit Oriented Development, 2011. CA Department of Transportation, 2011. Center for Transit Oriented Development, 2011

  3. Purpose and Methodology • Examine community/transit linkages and land use around TODs • Is a TOD’s success correlated with the amount of transit connections within the 0.5 mile radius? • Is a TOD’s success correlated with the degree of complimentary land use? • What features make some TODs better performing than others? • Density • Walkable environment • Good land use mix • Small block size • Lots of connectivity • Easy access to jobs • What categories are good units of measuring/analyzing the success of TODs? • Connectivity • Complimentary land use

  4. Percent of Public Transit Dependent Workers Household Median Income in LA County

  5. Percent of Whites, Blacks, Latinos and Immigrants Within Transit Region White Immigrant Black Latino

  6. Basic Breakdown of Features Source: 2000 Census, 2005-2009 American Community Survey. *Percentages were aggregated from totals within each category and falling within the half-mile buffer

  7. Rent Density Around Selected Transit Oriented Developments Sierra Madre Villa Total Connections: 14 Metro Local: 177, 181, 264, 266, 268 Metro Express: 487 Foothill Transit: 187 Pasadena ARTS: 31, 32, 40, 60 City of Sierra Madre City Shuttle City of Arcadia Shuttle Round-a-Bout Shuttle North Hollywood Total Connections: 16 Metro Local: 152, 154, 156, 183, 224, 353, 363, 656 Metro Liner: 902, Orange Line Santa Clarita Transit: 757 Burbank Bus Noho Media District, Noho Airport Area LADOT Commuter Express: 549 Mariachi Plaza Total Connections: 4 Metro Local: 30, 620 LA DOT El Sol Willow Total Connections: 7 Metro Local: 60 Long Beach Transit: 1, 51, 52, 101, 102, 103 Vermont/Beverly Total Connections: 5 Metro Local: 14, 204, 714, 754 LADOT Atlantic Total Connections: 7 Metro Local: 260, 762 Montebello Transit: 10, 40, 341, 342 El Sol

  8. Complimentary Land Use Furthest away from Downtown LA 15-25 Miles

  9. Complimentary Land Use Midway from Downtown LA 9-13 Miles

  10. Complimentary Land Use Close proximity to Downtown LA 3-4 Miles

  11. Skills Used • Inset Map • Graduated Symbols • Buffering • Geocoding • Images • Geoprocessing

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