Bus rapid transit impacts on land uses and development over time in Bogotá and Quito
Despite the worldwide popularity of bus rapid transit (BRT), empirical evidence of its effects on land uses and development remains limited. This paper examines BRT’s impacts on land use and development in Bogotá and Quito, by using a parcel-level difference-in-differences research design. We estim...
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Despite the worldwide popularity of bus rapid transit (BRT), empirical evidence of its effects on land uses and development remains limited. This paper examines BRT’s impacts on land use and development in Bogotá and Quito, by using a parcel-level difference-in-differences research design. We estimate a propensity score-weighted regression model of parcel development characteristics in treatment and control areas. In Bogotá, although parcels in close proximity to the BRT are subject to fewer changes in terms of development intensity (changes in built-up area) in relation to parcels in the control area, they are more likely to change uses, shifting toward commercial activities. In Quito, the results are mixed; parcels in one BRT corridor are more likely to be subject to redevelopment, but the parcels in a more recent BRT corridor are less likely to be subject to development activity in relation to parcels in the control corridor. Taken together, our results suggest that changes in land use are important but frequently overlooked impacts produced by BRT implementation. Attempts to capture value from mass transit investments should also consider the ancillary planning decisions required to allow changes in land use.
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| spelling | doaj-art-dfc99d7cdc05475c8c9c9bf169df8cd62025-08-20T03:48:36ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingJournal of Transport and Land Use1938-78492022-08-0115110.5198/jtlu.2022.1888Bus rapid transit impacts on land uses and development over time in Bogotá and QuitoC. Erik Vergel-Tovar0Daniel A. Rodriguez1Universidad de los AndesUniversity of California at Berkeley Despite the worldwide popularity of bus rapid transit (BRT), empirical evidence of its effects on land uses and development remains limited. This paper examines BRT’s impacts on land use and development in Bogotá and Quito, by using a parcel-level difference-in-differences research design. We estimate a propensity score-weighted regression model of parcel development characteristics in treatment and control areas. In Bogotá, although parcels in close proximity to the BRT are subject to fewer changes in terms of development intensity (changes in built-up area) in relation to parcels in the control area, they are more likely to change uses, shifting toward commercial activities. In Quito, the results are mixed; parcels in one BRT corridor are more likely to be subject to redevelopment, but the parcels in a more recent BRT corridor are less likely to be subject to development activity in relation to parcels in the control corridor. Taken together, our results suggest that changes in land use are important but frequently overlooked impacts produced by BRT implementation. Attempts to capture value from mass transit investments should also consider the ancillary planning decisions required to allow changes in land use. http://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/1888BRT;urban developmentland useLatin America |
| spellingShingle | C. Erik Vergel-Tovar Daniel A. Rodriguez Bus rapid transit impacts on land uses and development over time in Bogotá and Quito Journal of Transport and Land Use BRT; urban development land use Latin America |
| title | Bus rapid transit impacts on land uses and development over time in Bogotá and Quito |
| title_full | Bus rapid transit impacts on land uses and development over time in Bogotá and Quito |
| title_fullStr | Bus rapid transit impacts on land uses and development over time in Bogotá and Quito |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bus rapid transit impacts on land uses and development over time in Bogotá and Quito |
| title_short | Bus rapid transit impacts on land uses and development over time in Bogotá and Quito |
| title_sort | bus rapid transit impacts on land uses and development over time in bogota and quito |
| topic | BRT; urban development land use Latin America |
| url | http://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/1888 |
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