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Series Statement:
CEPA discussion papers no. 48 (June 2022)
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This paper analyzes the effect of new bicycle lanes on traffic volume, congestion, and accidents. Crucially, the new bike lanes replace existing car lanes thereby reducing available space for motorized traffic. In order to obtain causal estimates, I exploit the quasi-random timing and location of the newly built cycle lanes. Using an event study design, a two-way fixed effects model and the synthetic control group method on geo-coded data, I show that the construction of pop-up bike lanes significantly reduced average car speed by 8 to 12 percentage points (p.p.) and up to 16 p.p. in peak traffic hours. In contrast, the results for car volume are modest, while the data does not allow for a conclusive judgment of accidents
Language:
English
Keywords:
Graue Literatur
DOI:
10.25932/publishup-55335
URN:
urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-553359
URL:
https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-55335
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https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-553359
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https://d-nb.info/126129467X/34
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