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public transport or a better mobility culture. Finally, it would induce people's relo-
cation by their means of transport. Those who prefer private transport would move
towards areas where this fee has not to be paid, giving priority to live close to the
stations to the people that prefer to use public transport.
Conclusions
Nowadays, it can be said that value capture has not been taken advantage of to
fund transport infrastructure. In order to achieve the goals set by the EU in the
Urban Transport Green Paper, it is necessary to propose new financial mechanisms
to reinvest in public transport projects in such a way that justice, feasibility and
social acceptability are accomplished.
On the other hand, it is necessary to adapt the current fiscal system to capture
the benefits produced by the transport infrastructures to use them to fund and main-
tain these infrastructures. Likewise, an effort should be made to apply the existent
measures, especially those related to special contributions in Spain.
The presented proposals intend to promote the use of public transport as well as to
penalize the use of private transport in areas close to train or metro stations, in order to
promote that people that work or live close to the stations change to public transport.
It is important to notice the importance of urban densification especially in the
closest zones to stations to attract as much people as possible to fulfill the optimum
operational standards, where value-capture measures would be best exploited.
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