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Local Government Land Use Policy Responses to the Century Freeway/Transitway

University of California, Irvine jfdimento{at}uci.edu

Sherry Ryan

University of Iowa sherry-ryan{at}uiowa.edu

Drusilla van Hengel

Change in local land use policy is generally a necessary precursor to future land use changes. Using the recently opened Century Freeway/ Transitway (I-105) in Los Angeles County as a case study, this article examines the land use policy responses of local jurisdictions traversed by a new transportation facility. Focusing on this local policy context, we analyze former and current general plans and zoning ordinances from the 13 jurisdictions near the freeway! transitway and we interview city managers or directors of community development from each jurisdiction. Changes have most often been to foster commercial and mixed use designation. However, our analysis of zoning changes in the corridor area also indicates that some jurisdictions are attempting to deintensify land uses, and this dynamic is even more evident when a wider analysis area of the affected jurisdictions is employed (one mile band). We offer several reasons for these results and comment on relevance to an understanding of accessibility.

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