BRT’s boost for the Thames Gateway

Zoe Vidion, principal delivery planner at Transport for London, has been investigating the extent to which BRT has helped with the regeneration of the Thames Gateway region

Zoe Vidion

14 September 2012

Figure one –graph of the average terraced properties

Figure two–graph of the average semi-detached properties

It is always tricky to prove that property and land values have increased due to new transport investment rather than other external factors and so, for my Masters dissertation, my research set out to find out whether BRT can lead to property value changes.

Most of you will be aware that there have been studies examining the link between transport investment and property values for projects such as the Jubilee Line Extension and Croydon Tramlink but there is very little research available for...