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The Cost-Effectiveness of Bike Share Expansion to Low-Income Communities in New York City

Authors: Wenya Yu, Chen Chen, Boshen Jiao, Zafar Zafari, Peter Muennig

Published in: Journal of Urban Health | Issue 6/2018

Abstract

The “Citi Bike” bike share program in New York City is the largest bike share program in the USA. We ask whether expanding this program to lower-income communities is cost-effective means of encouraging exercise and reducing pollution in New York City. We built a stochastic Markov model to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the Citi Bike expansion program, an effort to extend bike share to areas with higher costs and risks over a 10-year time horizon. We used one-way sensitivity analyses and Monte Carlo simulation to test the model uncertainty. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of the Citi Bike expansion program relative to the current program (status quo) was $7869/quality-adjusted life year gained. The Citi Bike expansion program in New York City offers good value relative to most health interventions.

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Title: The Cost-Effectiveness of Bike Share Expansion to Low-Income Communities in New York City
Authors: Wenya Yu
Chen Chen
Boshen Jiao
Zafar Zafari
Peter Muennig
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Urban Health / Issue 6/2018
Print ISSN: 1099-3460
Electronic ISSN: 1468-2869
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-018-0323-x

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