Adler, Martin W.; Ommeren, Jos van - 2015
justified. We examine one of the main benefits of public transit, a reduction in car congestion externalities, the so …-called congestion relief benefit, using quasi-natural experimental data on citywide public transit strikes for Rotterdam. On weekdays, a … roads (by 10 percent). During rush hour, the strike effect is much more pronounced. The congestion relief benefit is …