The congestion relief benefit of public transit: evidence from Rome
利用罗马公交罢工造成的服务减少作为准实验，发现公交供应减少10%会使早高峰机动车通行时间增加约1.6%，公交自身通行时间也类似，说明公交缓解拥堵的效益显著。
Abstract We estimate the effect of public transport supply on travel times of motor-vehicle and bus users in Rome, Italy. We apply a quasi-experimental methodology exploiting hourly information on public transport service reductions during strikes. We find that a 10-percentage point reduction in public transit supply increases the travel time of motor-vehicles by about 1.6% in the morning peak. The effect on bus travel time is similar. The congestion-relief benefit of public transport is thus sizeable and bus travel time gains account for an important share of it.