Could High-Speed Rail Ease California’s Housing Crisis? See Japan.

“Their findings are no great surprise—Japan’s rail network allowed lower-wage workers to access exurban areas where housing development is less expensive. While areas close to stations experienced price increases, in general prefectures linked by rail were more affordable than they would have been without rail. ‘What happens is you have effectively increased the size of the city,’ Nickelsburg said. ‘The size of the city expands, and you get urbanization moving out.’”