A regional assessment of transit-oriented office development opportunities in Boston's suburbs

Despite having an extensive commuter rail network, Boston is also known for its traffic congestion and long commute times. The suburbs account for a significant share of Eastern Massachusetts office employment. Yet, the MBTA Commuter Rail primarily serves a single purpose, transporting suburban residents to and from their workplaces in Boston. Only a small share of morning peak riders use the train for suburb-to-suburb commutes or reverse city-to-suburb commutes, and a very small share of Eastern Massachusetts suburban office jobs are directly accessed via Commuter Rail alone. This disconnect between the Commuter Rail and suburban office employment locations raises the question of whether the land areas surrounding suburban rail stations are being utilized to their full potential as transit-oriented employment destinations.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Robinson, Sean P.(Sean Patrick),M.C.P.Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Amy Glasmeier.

• Urban Studies and Planning.
• Center for Real Estate. Program in Real Estate Development.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123927

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