Dwayne Baker

My research and teaching focuses on overcoming the paradox that often arises with large-scale transit projects: while expected to enhance urban accessibility, they may also negatively affect vulnerable populations needing the improvements the most. I specifically aim to: 1) improve methods to analyze transit’s neighborhood impacts; and 2) identify policies and practices to balance equity considerations with sustainable and economic development.

In terms of neighborhood development and change, I have recently explored measures to assess gentrification in terms of 1) legalized, recreational marijuana (https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980231198140) and 2) predicting  displacement and location choices due to large-scale transportation infrastructure (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103212). Currently, I am investigating the impact of BRT on changes in transit ridership and neighborhood developments across North American cities.