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Directing Traffic

Development patterns and other factors have shaped transportation options in the Fifth District. Where does rail transit fit in?

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Related Links

Hook, Walter, Stephanie Lotshaw, and Annie Weinstock. "More Development for Your Transit Dollar: An Analysis of 21 North American Transit Corridors." Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, September 2013.

Billings, Stephen B. "Estimating the Value of a New Transit Option." Regional Science and Urban Economics, November 2011, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 525-536. (Working paper version available online)

Tomer, Adie. "Where the Jobs Are: Employer Access to Labor by Transit." Brookings Metropolitan Opportunity Series Paper, July 2012.

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