Existing research on the neighborhood impact of transit investments often explores individualdimensions of neighborhood change such as changes in property values, shifts in developmentpatterns, gentrification, and/or displacement. Little existing research, however, explores abroader variety of transit-induced neighborhood change processes, or directly investigates howneighborhood residents perceive the changes transit improvements bring to their neighborhoods.To fill gaps in knowledge, we surveyed residents in selected neighborhoods along four transitcorridors in the Twin Cities. Survey results show that residents of the study neighborhoods ingeneral have positive perceptions of transit-induced neighborhood change. There are, however,significant differences between urban and suburban areas and between individual neighborhoods.In addition, blacks, immigrants, current frequent transit users, carless residents, and newresidents in general have more positive perceptions than whites, non-immigrants, infrequent ornon-transit users, residents with access to a motor vehicle, and long-time residents. Implicationsof these findings are discussed.
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