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Title: Vestiges of Transit: Urban Persistence at a Micro Scale

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: In this paper, we document spatial persistence at a micro scale and explore its causes. The streetcar dominated urban transit in Los Angeles County from the 1890s to the early 1910s, and was off the road entirely by 1963. However, we find that its influence remains readily visible in the current pattern of urban density. Further, we show that this pattern has reinforced, not muted, over the nearly 60 year since the streetcars removal. Our evidence is most consistent with the defunct streetcar influencing modern behavior by serving as a focal point, coordinating both land use regulation and agglomerative clustering.

Url: http://byron.marginalq.com/2016-07-25_brooks_lutz_streetcars.submitted.pdf

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Authors: Brooks, Leah; Lutz, Byron

Publisher: George Washington University

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Topics: Housing and Segregation, Land Use/Urban Organization

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