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Is tech-enhanced bikeshare a substitute or complement for public transit?
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Transportation Research Part A: Policy & Practice . Jan2022, Vol. 155, p63-78. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Technology-enhanced bikeshare features a dockless system with GPS-tracked electric bikes and a mobile app. As an additional transportation mode, it offers users greater accessibility and more flexibility compared to traditional bikeshare. This paper examines the causal impact of a tech-enhanced bikeshare program on public transit ridership, using evidence from a mid-sized metropolitan area in the Midwest of the United States. We use a difference-in-differences identification, exploring the exogenous hourly variation in precipitation and the fact that bicycle usage is limited when precipitation occurs. We find that the initial pedal bicycle fleet with a dockless system increased bus ridership by 1% and the subsequent upgrades to electric bikes further increased bus ridership by an additional 1.1%. The increased bus ridership occurred where and when the travel demand arose, providing suggestive evidence of bikeshare trips solving the first-/last-mile problem. The increased bus ridership occurred mostly in block groups with a lower median household income, a younger population, lower vehicle ownership rate, and lower homeownership rate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PUBLIC transit ridership
*PUBLIC transit
*ELECTRIC motor buses
*METROPOLITAN areas
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09658564
- Volume :
- 155
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Transportation Research Part A: Policy & Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154506928
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2021.11.007