eprintid: 1414446 rev_number: 30 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/41/44/46 datestamp: 2014-05-29 12:44:07 lastmod: 2021-10-09 23:00:50 status_changed: 2014-05-29 12:44:07 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Ma, L creators_name: Ye, R creators_name: Titheridge, H title: Impacts of rail transit and BRT on property values: evidence from Beijing ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F44 keywords: BRT, property values, land value, rail, transit, China abstract: This research investigates the capitalization effects of proximity to rail transit and BRT in fast growing Beijing. Few related studies have been conducted for Chinese cities because the real estate market was not established until recently. Data were collected on apartment homes sold in the Beijing metropolitan area during 2011, and hedonic price modelling was employed to gauge the price premiums or discounts associated with proximity to transit stations. Overall, we identified an average price premium of around 5% for properties near rail transit stations, but no statistically significant effects are detected at BRT station areas. Moreover, we found that station proximity effects increase both in magnitude and spatial extent at stations further away from the city centre and at stations surrounded by low- and middle-income neighbourhoods; for example, the price premium is as high as 10% in some suburban and low-income station areas. We concluded that rail transit investment is an effective strategy for Beijing to reshape its urban spatial structure, and local governments in China may consider a Rail + Property Development model as a future financing solution for rail transit investment. This study contributes to the evidence of capitalization effects of public transit from a booming and transitional economy. date: 2013-07-15 vfaculties: VENG oa_status: green primo: open primo_central: open_green elements_source: Manually entered elements_id: 915970 medium: USB lyricists_name: Titheridge, Helena lyricists_name: Ye, Runing lyricists_id: HTITH94 lyricists_id: RYEXX81 full_text_status: public publication: Proceedings of WCTR 2013 Rio event_title: 13th World Conference on Transport Research event_location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil event_dates: 15 July 2013 - 18 July 2013 citation: Ma, L; Ye, R; Titheridge, H; (2013) Impacts of rail transit and BRT on property values: evidence from Beijing. In: (Proceedings) 13th World Conference on Transport Research. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1414446/1/2201.pdf