Provisional COVID-19 infrastructure induces large, rapid increases in cycling
dc.contributor.author | Kraus, Sebastian | |
dc.contributor.author | Koch, Nicolas | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-11T14:44:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-11T14:44:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-04-13 | |
dc.description.abstract | The 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.eissn | 1091-6490 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0027-8424 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/16112 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-14886 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | 10.14279/depositonce-12803 | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 Wirtschaft | de |
dc.subject.ddc | 333 Boden- und Energiewirtschaft | de |
dc.subject.other | urban planning | en |
dc.subject.other | active travel | en |
dc.subject.other | generalized difference in differences | en |
dc.title | Provisional COVID-19 infrastructure induces large, rapid increases in cycling | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | en |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber | e2024399118 | en |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi | 10.1073/pnas.2024399118 | en |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue | 15 | en |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | en |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishername | National Acad. of Sciences | en |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplace | Washington, DC | en |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume | 118 | en |
tub.accessrights.dnb | free | en |
tub.affiliation | Fak. 6 Planen Bauen Umwelt::Inst. Landschaftsarchitektur und Umweltplanung::FG Ökonomie des Klimawandels | de |
tub.affiliation.faculty | Fak. 6 Planen Bauen Umwelt | de |
tub.affiliation.group | FG Ökonomie des Klimawandels | de |
tub.affiliation.institute | Inst. Landschaftsarchitektur und Umweltplanung | de |
tub.publisher.universityorinstitution | Technische Universität Berlin | en |