The MBTA commuter rail affect South Coast (Boston area)

[Javon Williams]

Whats is up, BP!

I've been following the MBTA plans for some time as an avid commuter. The MBTA will be expanding its services to the south coast to towns like Taunton, Fall River, & New Bedford. What I would like to know is how will this affect those towns? AS a commuter myself I understand the importance of access. Also, how do investors look at this expansion? What are your thoughts on this project? Good or Bad? For those of you who may not know about this project, I attached a quick link to the map to give you a better idea of what I'm talking about.

Happy Investing Everyone!

https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2019/05/23/dot-scr_Full_Build_CorridorMap.pdf

[Lien Vuong]

It's a positive development for the community as habitants of the towns as well as home values. From an infrastructure standpoint it lessens the load of the highway traffic allowing locals to commute with more ease. The home values do generally increase as result because then these towns become more desirable in spite of the distance because the train would mitigate those problems. 

Economically it would bring in another stream of revenue for the city/towns and allow its citizens to get to Boston area jobs where wages are higher and bring it back to that community to inject economic spending. 

As a result of those macro benefits, investors will start to pay attention to the towns as they're becoming more gentrified and more attractive to rent and develop. In that you will see the real change. 

I would follow the trains and figure out what's the state's next plan of action and get ahead of the curve. I think there's a lot of appreciation benefits and more protection in towns with highway and public transit access even in the down economy. No matter what market condition, you need a job to make money and a home to live in.