Interactive map

This map corresponds to a paper1 estimating the effect of groups of paved trails and protected bike lanes on bicycling in Atlanta. In that paper, we used a combination of Strava data and on-the-ground counters to measure bicycling and the generalized synthetic control method2 to estimate effects of the infrastructure on bicycling.

Figure 1 in the paper maps the infrastructure we studied and the corresponding treatment areas. Below is a similar figure mapped interactively to allow more detail to be seen.

Abbreviation definitions for treatment areas:

  • WST-PCG: Atlanta BeltLine Westside Trail & Proctor Creek Greenway

  • LS-TECH-IAP: Luckie Street NW Protected Bike Lane & Georgia Tech PATH Parkway & Ivan Allen PATH

  • EST-EXT: Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail Extension

  • PCT: South Peachtree Creek Trail

  • MCD: North McDonough St Protected Bike Lane

  • NT: never treated

Abbreviation definitions for treatment infrastructure:

  • WST: Atlanta BeltLine Westside Trail

  • PCG: Proctor Creek Greenway

  • LS: Luckie St NW Protected Bike Lane

  • TECH: Georgia Tech PATH Parkway

  • IAP: Ivan Allen PATH

  • EST-EXT1: Atlanta Beltline Eastide Trail: Krog St NE to Beltline corridor via Wylie St SE

  • EST-EXT2: Atlanta Beltline Eastide Trail: Irwin St NE to Edgewood Ave NE

  • EST-EXT3: Atlanta Beltline Eastide Trail: Wylie St SE to Kirkwood Ave SE via BeltLine corridor

  • PCT1: South Peachtree Creek Trail: Mason Mill Park to N Druid Hills Rd

  • PCT2: South Peachtree Creek Trail: Starvine Way to Clairmont Rd underpass

  • MCD: North McDonough St Protected Bike Lane

References

1.
Garber MD, Flanders WD, Watkins KE, Lobelo RLF, Kramer MR, McCullough LE. Have paved trails and protected bike lanes led to more bicycling in atlanta? A generalized synthetic-control analysis. Epidemiology. Published online 2022:10.1097/EDE.0000000000001483. doi:10.1097/EDE.0000000000001483
2.
Xu Y. Generalized synthetic control method: Causal inference with interactive fixed effects models. Political Analysis. 2017;25:57:76. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2584200


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