Multiple researches have studied the impacts of Mass Transit on land use, however, the findings remain to be polarizing due to many factors. To further widen the understanding of the effects of Mass Transit on land use, the primary problem of this study is: How is land use affected by the presence of Mass Transit? This study investigates the impacts of Mass transit on land use particularly the case of the Metro Manila’s LRT-2 by measuring the indicators of 6 land use change factors to determine how mass transit affects land use. Also, this study investigates the interaction between the public sector particularly the local government of Quezon City and national agencies, and the private sector particularly the real estate developers by gathering insights and information that are significant to the study. The land use change factors that were used in this study were: Accessibility, Government Policies, Land Development Opportunities, Physical Environment, Social Conditions, and Land Market Pricing Patterns. The study used multiple study areas to employ a micro and macro study of the LRT-2 line corridor. This involves selecting the station areas, and the treatment and comparison areas. The selected station areas were Gilmore Station Area, Cubao-Araneta Station Area, and Katipunan Station Area. The treatment areas were two (2) road sections along Aurora Boulevard where the LRT-2 line is located while the comparison area was a road section located along E. Rodriguez Avenue where there is currently no existing mass transit line. Based on the results of this study, the impacts LRT-2 on the surrounding land uses were varied due to multiple factors that can influence land use change. Pedestrian accessibility to mass transit stations was dependent on the existing road infrastructure which limits the influence of mass transit in improving accessibility. There was no government policy concerning the integration of mass transit to land development.
