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Up in the Air: Urban Design for Light Rail Transit Stations in Highway Medians

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  • Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
  • Harrison Higgins
  • Dana Cuff
  • Dan Oprea

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Good urban design is essential if transit stations are to successfully connect to the communities that surround them. Increasingly, transit agencies in the US are constructing light rail systems in and above freeway medians to reduce land acquisition costs, minimize traffic conflicts and increase train speeds. Elevated stations, however, are difficult to physically link to surrounding communities, resulting in lost opportunities for transit-oriented development (TOD). This study examines all 14 elevated and freeway-median light rail stations along the Green and Gold lines in Los Angeles and documents the challenges of integrating them to the surrounding urban fabric. It suggests remedies based on a review of good urban design practices and interventions for different contexts that have been successful in improving station access. The study tests some of these interventions using as case studies four elevated Green Line stations.

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  • Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris & Harrison Higgins & Dana Cuff & Dan Oprea, 2013. "Up in the Air: Urban Design for Light Rail Transit Stations in Highway Medians," Journal of Urban Design, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(3), pages 313-339, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cjudxx:v:18:y:2013:i:3:p:313-339
    DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2013.800448
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    1. Rosenlieb, Evan G. & McAndrews, Carolyn & Marshall, Wesley E. & Troy, Austin, 2018. "Urban development patterns and exposure to hazardous and protective traffic environments," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 125-134.
    2. Nastaran Peimani & Hesam Kamalipour, 2020. "Access and Forms of Urbanity in Public Space: Transit Urban Design Beyond the Global North," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-19, April.

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