{Reference Type}: Comparative Study
{Title}: The Cost-Effectiveness of Bike Share Expansion to Low-Income Communities in New York City.
{Author}: Yu W;Chen C;Jiao B;Zafari Z;Muennig P;
{Journal}: J Urban Health
{Volume}: 95
{Issue}: 6
{Year}: 12 2018
{Factor}: 5.801
{DOI}: 10.1007/s11524-018-0323-x
{Abstract}: The "Citi Bike" bike share program in New York City is the largest bike share program in the USA. We ask whether expanding this program to lower-income communities is cost-effective means of encouraging exercise and reducing pollution in New York City. We built a stochastic Markov model to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the Citi Bike expansion program, an effort to extend bike share to areas with higher costs and risks over a 10-year time horizon. We used one-way sensitivity analyses and Monte Carlo simulation to test the model uncertainty. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of the Citi Bike expansion program relative to the current program (status quo) was $7869/quality-adjusted life year gained. The Citi Bike expansion program in New York City offers good value relative to most health interventions.