1. Bicycle infrastructure and traffic congestion: Evidence from DC's Capital Bikeshare.
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Hamilton, Timothy L. and Wichman, Casey J.
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URBAN transportation , *TRAFFIC congestion , *BICYCLES , *INFRASTRUCTURE (Economics) , *CITY traffic - Abstract
This study explores the impact of bicycle-sharing infrastructure on urban transportation. We estimate a causal effect of the Capital Bikeshare on traffic congestion in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. We exploit a unique traffic dataset that is finely defined on a spatial and temporal scale. Our approach examines within-city commuting decisions as opposed to traffic patterns on major thruways. Empirical results suggest that the availability of a bikeshare reduces traffic congestion upwards of 4% within a neighborhood. In addition, we estimate heterogeneous treatment effects using panel quantile regression. Results indicate that the congestion-reducing impact of bikeshares is concentrated in highly congested areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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