Provisional COVID-19 infrastructure induces large, rapid increases in cycling

dc.contributor.authorKraus, Sebastian
dc.contributor.authorKoch, Nicolas
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-11T14:44:35Z
dc.date.available2022-01-11T14:44:35Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-13
dc.description.abstractThe bicycle is a low-cost means of transport linked to low risk of transmission of infectious disease. During the COVID-19 crisis, governments have therefore incentivized cycling by provisionally redistributing street space. We evaluate the impact of this new bicycle infrastructure on cycling traffic using a generalized difference in differences design. We scrape daily bicycle counts from 736 bicycle counters in 106 European cities. We combine these with data on announced and completed pop-up bike lane road work projects. Within 4 mo, an average of 11.5 km of provisional pop-up bike lanes have been built per city and the policy has increased cycling between 11 and 48% on average. We calculate that the new infrastructure will generate between $1 and $7 billion in health benefits per year if cycling habits are sticky.en
dc.identifier.eissn1091-6490
dc.identifier.issn0027-8424
dc.identifier.urihttps://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/16112
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-14886
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartof10.14279/depositonce-12803
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subject.ddc330 Wirtschaftde
dc.subject.ddc333 Boden- und Energiewirtschaftde
dc.subject.otherurban planningen
dc.subject.otheractive travelen
dc.subject.othergeneralized difference in differencesen
dc.titleProvisional COVID-19 infrastructure induces large, rapid increases in cyclingen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumbere2024399118en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.1073/pnas.2024399118en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue15en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of Americaen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameNational Acad. of Sciencesen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceWashington, DCen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume118en
tub.accessrights.dnbfreeen
tub.affiliationFak. 6 Planen Bauen Umwelt::Inst. Landschaftsarchitektur und Umweltplanung::FG Ökonomie des Klimawandelsde
tub.affiliation.facultyFak. 6 Planen Bauen Umweltde
tub.affiliation.groupFG Ökonomie des Klimawandelsde
tub.affiliation.instituteInst. Landschaftsarchitektur und Umweltplanungde
tub.publisher.universityorinstitutionTechnische Universität Berlinen

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