Bus rapid transit (BRT) adds an intermediate mode to your transit portfolio. By combining good design, efficient operations and appropriate policies, BRT can support good urban development. How does BRT create better value than fixed-route service? How can you use BRT in existing and planned transit systems? Learn about different types of BRT, including design, operations and economic impact. Which will create the most value for your community? How can you build the right BRT to create a corridor of communities? How can you best leverage your BRT investment?. Go deep with experienced BRT experts. Moderator: Vicky Smith, Transit Engineering Manager, Oregon Region, David Evans and Associates, Inc, Portland, Oregon James McGrath, AIA, ASLA, LEED AP, Urban Designer, CH2M, Portland, Oregon Christina Morrison, Senior Planner, BRT/Small Starts Project Office, Metro Transit, Saint Paul, Minnesota Andrew Guthrie, Research Fellow, Regional Planning and Policy Area, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1. Economic Development Impacts of Bus Rapid Transit
Initial Findings – Rail~Volution 2015

2. Research Need
BRT to play growing role
Aim to increase job accessibility
Need station area job growth
LRT known in TC, BRT not

3. Research Question
What determines job growth prospects in
BRT station areas?
How and in what circumstances do those
prospects differ from LRT?

4. Study Regions & Modes

5. Data Sources
Data
Source
GTFS (Stops, routes & modes)
Transit providers
Built environment
EPA Smart Location Database
Transportation system
Job growth/loss
LEHD Workplace Area
Characteristics
Socioeconomics
American Community Survey

6. Approach
Before/after yearly job change
Sector and wage
By station areas
LRT reference
point

7. Poisson (count of jobs gained/lost)
“Collar Color” (status measure)
Model

8. Variables
Response variable:
"After" station area change in job category/year
Explanatory variables:
"Before" station area change in job category/year
"After" metro change in job category/year
Station area jobs in category at implementation
Station area population density
Station area job density
Metro population density
Metro job density
Arterial BRT station
Full-featured BRT station
Years since implementation
Total street mileage in station area
Distance from CBD
Distance from next station
Poverty rate
% minority residents
Jobs
Density
Transitway
Built
Environment
Social

9. Strength of Effects:
Blue collar jobs
Response variable:
"After" station area change in blue collar jobs/year
Explanatory variables:
Metro population density+ + +
"After" metro change in blue collar jobs/year+ +
Total street mileage in station area+
"Before" station area change in blue collar jobs/year-
Station area blue collar jobs at implementation- -
Metro job density- - -

10. Strength of Effects:
Pink collar jobs
Response variable:
"After" station area change in pink collar jobs/year
Explanatory variables:
Station area population density-
Distance from next station
Arterial BRT station
- -
Full-featured BRT station
"Before" station area change in pink collar jobs/year
Station area pink collar jobs at implementation- - -

11. Strength of Effects:
White collar jobs
Response variable:
"After" station area change in white collar jobs/year
Explanatory variables:
Total street mileage in station area + +
% minority residents +
Arterial BRT station -
Distance from CBD - -

12. Strength of Effects:
Low wage jobs
Response variable:
"After" station area change in low wage jobs/year
Explanatory variables:
Station area low wage jobs at implementation+ + +
Total street mileage in station area+ +
"After" metro change in low wage jobs/year+
Arterial BRT station-

13. Strength of Effects:
High wage jobs
Response variable:
"After" station area change in high wage jobs/year
Explanatory variables:
Total street mileage in station area+ + +
% minority residents+ +
"After" metro change in high wage jobs/year+
Distance from CBD-
Arterial BRT station
- -
Poverty rate
Metro job density- - -

14. Conclusions
Mix of regional & local determinants
Fixed infrastructure matters.
BRT needs pro-active job growth promotion efforts.

15. Recommendations
Stress corridor identity
for ABRT.
Focus on dense,
connected street
network.
Consider equity,
spatial mismatch.

16. Contacts:
Andrew Guthrie
(612) 625-4534
guth0064@umn.edu
Yingling Fan
(612) 626-2930
yingling@umn.edu
Thank you!