PlanItMetro

Proximity to transit, especially high-quality, frequent, high-capacity rail, increases property values, attracts development and provides mobility choices. Property values are higher near Metro’s high-quality, high-frequency, high-capacity services, and deliver an incremental increase in total tax revenue to the Compact jurisdictions.

• Property taxes on land around Metrorail stations generate $3.1 billion annually in revenues to the jurisdictions.
• Of these revenues, $224 million is extra value that would not exist without Metro. This amount is equivalent to providing the following public services.

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