National Streetcar TOD Study
Maryland Department of Transportation
BAE prepared a synthesis of existing research and conducted a primary survey of US transit agencies to document experience with selected streetcar systems and their relationship with the built environment. The study identifies streetcar systems’ ability to spur growth and revitalization, and assesses empirical evidence regarding the impacts of streetcar systems on land value capture, market demand, and TOD responses.
The report presents a summary of published literature; the results of an in- depth telephone survey of 13 currently operating U.S. streetcar systems, and case studies of five systems with more details on the state of current knowledge and specific relationships of streetcars to their own built environments.
Ron Golem and Janet Smith-Heimer of BAE collected and synthesized the information and wrote the paper, under the guidance of a panel of experts in the subject area.