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

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