Transit areas along Red line

in Downtown Los Angeles

Manling ZhangDepartment of Public Policy

Policy question:

How do Transit Oriented Development (TODs) effect the transit zones and people.

Households (owner, renters, income) People’s behavior (move in, driving) House value (rent, housing unit value) Development (affordable housing/retail stores/ hospitals)

Resources: Census Tract, Census Block Group data

Methodology: study the change within a decade

Households and housing units Housing units occupied by owners vs. renters

Change of demographic & behavior Population moved in at different time Driving Median income

Development & affordable housing Rent Median value of housing units

Redline (heavy line) & construction history

7th St/Metro Center

Westlake/Macarthur Park

Pershing Square

Civic Center

Wilshire/Vermont

Union Stationopened in 1993

opened in 1996

Wilshire/Western

Los Angeles Metro line system

Part 1

Study Households and housing units

House units comparison 1990 vs. 2000

There is an increase of housing units from 1990 to 200.

Housing units occupation

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Observation An increase in Housing units from 1990 to 2000

Comparing to 1990, in 2000, there was an increase of housing units after the construction of the transit stations near several transit stations such as Civic Center, Wilshire/ Vermont and Westlake Macarthur Park,

An decrease in owner occupied housing units Near several stations such as Westlake Macarthur Park, Wilshire/

Vermont , owners tend to occupy less units

A increase in renter occupied Housing units that occupied by renters near the stations

mentioned earlier tend to decrease.

Part 2

Study Residents’ behavior & income

Demographic change

Total drivers decreased from 2240 to 2214

Median income increased

Owner vs. Renter move in at different time

Westlake

Miracle Mile

Downtown

Silverlake/Chinatown

Wholesale

Hollywood

W Adms-Expo Park

South Park

Westlake

Miracle Mile

Downtown

Wholesale

Silverlake/Chinatown

W Adms-Expo Park

Hollywood

South Park

Boyle Heights

Westlake

Miracle Mile

Downtown

Silverlake/Chinatown

Wholesale

W Adms-Expo Park

Hollywood

South Park

Miracle Mile

Crenshaw

Boyle HeightsWholesale

Silverlake/Chinatown

Lincoln Heights

Vernon

Westlake

Miracle Mile

DowntownW Adms-Expo Park

Hollywood

South Park

Owner-1995 to March2000 Renter-1995 to March2000

Owner-1990 to1994 Renter-1990 to1994

Owners move in

r95_2000

0 - 200

201 - 400

401 - 600

601 - 800

801 - 1740

Renters move in

o1990_1994

0 - 20

21 - 40

41 - 60

61 - 80

81 - 100

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0 0.8 1.6 2.4 3.20.4Miles

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From 1990 to 1994, owners & renters were moving in to the area with similar proportion

From 1995 to 2000, renters moving into the area are much significant than the owners.

Observation

There is significant increase of household income around transit stations

From 1990 to 1994, owners & renters were moving in to the area with similar proportion

From 1995 to 1998, renters moving into the area are much significant than the owners.

Part 3

Development and affordable housing

Affordable housing vs. Rent

- Rent tend to be higher near transit stations

- Affordable housing limits the increase of rent.

Median Housing unit value

- It seems that there is no significant relationship between transit stations and housing unit value.

Observation

Rent tend to be higher around transit stations

Affordable housing limit the increase of rent

Housing unit value seems unrelated to transit stations.

Policy recommendations:

Future study: Long run impact Land appraisal Dealing with concerns: Displacement, rent

increase. Recognizing goals of development

Skills used Model (buffer and intersect) Original data: affordable housing Metadata Measurement analysis Inset Map 7-layout map Graduated Symbols Graduated colors Buffering Creating Indices Attribute Sub-Selection

Metedata

Modeling: Buffer from metro stations

Produced by: Manling Zhang