Levinson (2010) summarizes the effects of local transit systems on land use in a variety of US cases.
Most of these cases find that commercial and residential values have been uplifted by rail transit access
but findings are not uniform. For instance, Landis (1995) found no incremental increases in commercial
property values around BART but did find residential impacts on land value and development densities.Others (Cervero, 1994; Weinberger, 2001) concluded that commercial properties near transit stations
are likely to demand higher rents if transit users directly interact with the property (i.e. there are no
impassable barriers to access like major roadways or sewer culverts).