Impact of Heavy-rail-based Rapid Transit on House Prices: Evidence from the Fremont, CA, Warm Springs BART Extension Project

Publication Date

1-1-2020

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Planning Education and Research

DOI

10.1177/0739456X19898737

Abstract

This study estimates households’ willingness to pay for single-family houses and condominiums/townhouses located within 2 miles of Warm Springs (WS) BART Station in Fremont, CA. The study finds that, compared to the houses sold in the control distance band (2–5 miles away), an average-priced single-family house within 2 miles of the WS BART Station was higher in price by 9 to 15 percent. The total property value increment for the single-family houses is large enough to fund the $802 million Warm Springs BART Extension Project cost five times over.

Funding Number

69A3551747127

Keywords

heavy rail, hedonic regression, rapid transit, spatial analysis, spatial econometrics, transit, transportation

Department

Urban and Regional Planning

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