The impact of rapid rail transit on economic development: the case of Atlanta's MARTA

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to examine the effect of rapid rail transit on economic development. More specifically, this research focused on the rail transit system of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA). A simultaneous model of census tract population and employment in station areas was used for the study. Findings revealed that MARTA did not have a positive or negative influence on the station areas' total population and total employment. Moreover, it changed the composition of employment to the benefit of the public sector. However, this shift was observed only in locations with high levels of commercial activity. The implication is that justification of investment of rapid rail based on benefit-cost analysis may be difficult.

Railroads, Rail Transportation, Local and Suburban Transportation, Local Transit, Urban Transit Systems, Transportation, Atlanta, Georgia, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

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Intraurban wage gradients: evidence by race, gender, occupational class, and sector

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The 1980 Public-Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) study focused on intraurban wage gradients for Philadelphia, Detroit, and Boston metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). The PUMS showed that variations in wage rates were influenced by occupation, race, gender, and sector. Findings of negative wage gradients for whites and white-collar blacks upheld the standard monocentric model of urban land use. Blacks were generally outcommuters from the central city, thus supporting the view that wage variations affect job location and transportation demands. Job relocation for working blacks meant positive wage gradients, emphasizing the relationship between housing factors and economic status.

Wages, Wages and salaries

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The intraurban spatial distribution of employment: which government interventions make a difference?

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A study on whether government actions alter the share of regional employment reveals that, neighborhood-based tax abatements and job tax credits increase the employment share. The results show that higher crime is found to reduce employment share.

Employment, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Administration of General Economic Programs, Management dynamics, Jobs & Employment, Management, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Labor market, Company business management, Labour market

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