The Impact of Transit-Oriented Development on Transport Poverty

Building transit-oriented developments presents a chance to address the impacts of transport poverty by providing affordable housing in highly accessible locations. We implement transport poverty indices on a series of scenarios for underdeveloped station areas in five mid-sized Canadian cities. TODs are not only an effective strategy for addressing transport poverty but a necessary one, with affordable housing provision as a core condition for impact. The largest impact is achieved by TODs with high access and many opportunity sites, but even TODs in peripheral areas can achieve significant results if the design and scale of development compensate for the lower accessibility.