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Replication code and data for "Is Uber a Complement or Substitute with Public Transit?"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Jonathan D. Hall, University of Toronto; Craig Palsson, Utah State University; Joseph Price, Brigham Young University

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Hall, Jonathan D., Palsson, Craig, and Price, Joseph. Replication code and data for “Is Uber a Complement or Substitute with Public Transit?” Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-11-15. https://doi.org/10.3886/E115490V1

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Summary:  View help for Summary How Uber affects public transit ridership is a relevant policy question facing cities worldwide. Theoretically, Uber’s effect on transit is ambiguous: while Uber is an alternative mode of travel, it can also increase the reach and flexibility of public transit’s fixed-route, fixed-schedule service. We estimate the effect of Uber on public transit ridership using a difference-in-differences design that exploits variation across U.S. metropolitan areas in both the intensity of Uber penetration and the timing of Uber entry. We find that Uber is a complement for the average transit agency, increasing ridership by five percent after two years. This average effect masks considerable heterogeneity, with Uber increasing ridership more in larger cities and for smaller transit agencies.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada)



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