Transportation

New rail transit stations and the out-migration of low-income residents

Published: 2019 | Elizabeth Delmelle, Isabelle Nilsson | Urban Studies Abstract This article tests the hypothesis that low-income residents disproportionately move out of neighbourhoods in close proximity to new rail transit stations. This transit-induced gentrification scenario posits that the development…

Driving into Debt

Published: 2019 | R. J. Cross and Tony Dutzik, Frontier Group | Ed Mierzwinski and Matt Casale, U.S. Pirg Education Fund Abstract In much of America, access to a car is all but required to hold a job or lead…

An integrated perspective on the future of mobility

Published: 2016 | Eric Hannon, Colin McKerracher, Itamar Orlandi, and Surya Ramkumar | McKinsey Global Institute Abstract A number of social, economic, and technological trends will work together to disrupt mobility, potentially creating three new urban models by 2030.

Cities as Labor Markets

Published: 2014 | Alain Bertaud | Marron Institute NYU Abstract A city’s welfare depends on its labor market. As long as a labor market does not fragment into adjacent, smaller ones as it grows, the larger the market, the more…