Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/280892 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
Thünen-Series of Applied Economic Theory - Working Paper No. 168
Publisher: 
Universität Rostock, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Rostock
Abstract: 
Does the promotion of public transport crowd out other modes of climate friendly mobility? During the summer of 2022, Germany introduced two policy measures to countervail the rising cost of living and energy. This paper demonstrates that these measures did not only affect individuals relying on motorized mobility but cyclists as well. Employing publicly available data from urban bike counters and data from city administrations, I find that the number of trips commuted by bicycle significantly decreased on average by 20 rides per hour and station. Moreover, I find lasting impacts after the withdrawal that indicate that the pre-intervention trend reverted.
Subjects: 
mobility
bike counter
policy intervention
interrupted time-series
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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