Most studies of transit-induced gentrification rely on statistical analysis that measures the extent to which gentrification is occurring. To extend and enhance our knowledge of its impact, we conducted sixty-five interviews with residents living along the light rail transit (LRT) corridor in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, shortly before the system opened. There was already strong evidence of gentrification, with more than $3 billion (Canadian dollars) worth of investment, largely in condominiums, before a single passenger was carried. In line with contemporary critical conceptualizations of gentrification, our interviews identified new and complex psychological, phenomenological, and experiential aspects of gentrification, in addition to economic- or class-based changes.

大多数关于交通诱发的高档化的研究都依赖于统计分析，该分析测量了高档化发生的程度。为了扩展并增强我们对其影响的认识，在系统开放前不久，我们对居住在加拿大安大略省滑铁卢地区的轻轨运输（LRT）走廊沿线的居民进行了六十五次采访。已经有强有力的高级化证据，在运载一名乘客之前，有超过30亿加元的投资（主要是共管公寓）。与当代对绅士化的批判概念化相一致，除了基于经济或阶级的变化之外，我们的访谈还发现了绅士化的新的，复杂的心理学，现象学和经验方面。