Examining the effects of a temporary subway closure on cycling in Glasgow using bike-sharing data

Fung, C. M. , Mcarthur, D. P. and Hong, J. (2021) Examining the effects of a temporary subway closure on cycling in Glasgow using bike-sharing data. Travel Behaviour and Society, 25, pp. 62-77. (doi: 10.1016/j.tbs.2021.06.002)

Abstract

This study takes the 39-day Glasgow Subway closure in July 2016 as a natural experiment to evaluate the effect of subway closure on bike-sharing trips. We find that bike-sharing trips increased by 20.7% for incoming trips and 20.1% for outgoing trips on average for each bike station in the proximity of subway station during the subway suspension. Some of this change persisted, with 12.4% of the increased bike-sharing trips remaining after the resumption of the subway service. Our findings suggest that first, subway and bike-sharing trips are substitutes; second, this temporary service disruption was not enough to break commuters’ long-term habits, and third, the diversion factors implied by our results are much lower than the recommended values for UK cities.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Hong, Dr Jinhyun and Mcarthur, Dr David and Fung, Dr Chau Man

Creator Roles

Fung, C. M.: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft
Mcarthur, D.: Conceptualization, Writing – review and editing
Hong, J.: Conceptualization, Writing – review and editing

• Authors: Fung, C. M., Mcarthur, D. P., and Hong, J.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies
• Journal Name: Travel Behaviour and Society
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN: 2214-367X
• ISSN (Online): 2214-3688
• Published Online: 22 June 2021
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2021 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Travel Behaviour and Society 25: 62-77
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
190698		Urban Big Data Research Centre	Nick Bailey	Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)	ES/L011921/1	S&PS - Urban Big Data