A new report on the first Seattle community to receive light rail suggests that transit-oriented development will suffer if it displaces low-income, diverse communities. The report recommends ensuring affordable childcare and more family-sized units in housing developments near transit stations to increase job security for working parents. It also recommends creating local, high-quality jobs at TOD projects; encouraging higher wages for service-sector jobs at regional job centers along the light rail corridor; and creating better transit connections to allow low-income workers to reach jobs throughout the rail corridor.
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