Bikeshare Program Indeed Reduces Traffic in Some Neighborhoods, Study Finds

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Date

Aug. 28, 2015

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Media Highlight

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WAMU

"I think I was surprised at how big the effect was, a 2-3 percent change in traffic congestion is not a small effect," says Casey Wichman, research fellow at think tank Resources for the Future, which is based in D.C.'s Dupont Circle neighborhood

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Transportation

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Casey J. Wichman

University Fellow

Casey Wichman is a university fellow at RFF. He performs research at the intersection of environmental and public economics, with an emphasis on examining the ways in which individuals make decisions in response to environmental policies.

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