Can land value capture make PPP's competitive in fares? A Mumbai case study

Mumbai Metro is planning to build 152 km of high-speed urban rail lines. The first line of Mumbai Metro was built through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and opened in 2014. Financial issues since its opening necessitated a fare increase—among one of the highest in India to maintain the line'...

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Main Authors: Sharma, R., Newman, Peter
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67809
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description Mumbai Metro is planning to build 152 km of high-speed urban rail lines. The first line of Mumbai Metro was built through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and opened in 2014. Financial issues since its opening necessitated a fare increase—among one of the highest in India to maintain the line's commercial viability for the private operator. This paper examines how high dependence on farebox revenue could have been avoided by using Land Value Capture (LVC) to finance Mumbai Metro. A panel data hedonic price model was used to assess the impact of Mumbai Metro's commencement on approximately 66,000 apartments. The model shows a significant uplift of 14% in property prices in the Mumbai Metro catchment area resulting in USD 179 million value capture opportunity under Mumbai's existing legislative framework. This paper suggests that LVC could enable a PPP urban rail projects to achieve financial and social viability if governance systems can enable appropriate mechanisms.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-678092020-02-24T07:34:42Z Can land value capture make PPP's competitive in fares? A Mumbai case study Sharma, R. Newman, Peter Mumbai Metro is planning to build 152 km of high-speed urban rail lines. The first line of Mumbai Metro was built through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and opened in 2014. Financial issues since its opening necessitated a fare increase—among one of the highest in India to maintain the line's commercial viability for the private operator. This paper examines how high dependence on farebox revenue could have been avoided by using Land Value Capture (LVC) to finance Mumbai Metro. A panel data hedonic price model was used to assess the impact of Mumbai Metro's commencement on approximately 66,000 apartments. The model shows a significant uplift of 14% in property prices in the Mumbai Metro catchment area resulting in USD 179 million value capture opportunity under Mumbai's existing legislative framework. This paper suggests that LVC could enable a PPP urban rail projects to achieve financial and social viability if governance systems can enable appropriate mechanisms. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67809 10.1016/j.tranpol.2018.02.002 Pergamon fulltext
spellingShingle Sharma, R.
Newman, Peter
Can land value capture make PPP's competitive in fares? A Mumbai case study
title Can land value capture make PPP's competitive in fares? A Mumbai case study
title_full Can land value capture make PPP's competitive in fares? A Mumbai case study
title_fullStr Can land value capture make PPP's competitive in fares? A Mumbai case study
title_full_unstemmed Can land value capture make PPP's competitive in fares? A Mumbai case study
title_short Can land value capture make PPP's competitive in fares? A Mumbai case study
title_sort can land value capture make ppp's competitive in fares? a mumbai case study
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67809