Kraus, SebastianKoch, Nicolas2021-04-142021-04-142022-11-252021-04-142022-11-2520210027-842410.1073/pnas.2024399118https://orlis.difu.de/handle/difu/581131The bicycle is a low-cost means of transport linked to low risk of transmission of infectious disease. During the COVID-19 crisis, governments have therefore incentivized cycling by provisionally redistributing street space. We evaluate the impact of this new bicycle infrastructure on cycling traffic using a generalized difference in differences design. We scrape daily bicycle counts from 736 bicycle counters in 106 European cities. We combine these with data on announced and completed pop-up bike lane road work projects. Within 4 mo, an average of 11.5 km of provisional pop-up bike lanes have been built per city and the policy has increased cycling between 11 and 48% on average. We calculate that the new infrastructure will generate between $1 and $7 billion in health benefits per year if cycling habits are sticky.ZeitschriftenaufsatzFahrradverkehrFahrradwegStadtverkehrStraßenverkehrVerkehrsinfrastrukturPop-up-RadwegCorona-Krise