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Can urban rail transit reduce haze pollution? A spatial difference-in-differences approach

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
卷 29, 期 54, 页码 81430-81440

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SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-21490-6

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Urban rail transit; Haze pollution; PM2; 5; Spatial difference-in-differences; Substitution effect

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  1. National Social Science Foundation of China [19BJY132]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [71773083]

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This paper explores the influence and mechanism of urban rail transit on haze pollution in mainland China. The results indicate that urban rail transit significantly reduces urban PM2.5 concentration, with a significant regional heterogeneity in the effect. The mechanism through which urban rail transit impacts haze pollution is found to be the substitution effect on motor vehicles.
This paper explores the influence and mechanism of urban rail transit on haze pollution in mainland China. Based on the satellite remote sensing dataset released by the Earth Observing System of Data and Information System (EOSDIS) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and urban rail transit network data of Robert Schwan, the prefecture-year urban rail transit and haze concentration-related dataset from 2001 to 2018 is collected. Considering the significant spatial autocorrelation of urban haze pollution, a spatial difference-in-differences (SDID) approach is applied to empirically investigate the influence of urban rail transit on haze pollution. The results show that the connection of urban rail transit significantly reduces the urban PM2.5 concentration, and the effect has significant regional heterogeneity. Furthermore, it is found that the substitution effect on motor vehicles is the mechanism in which urban rail transit impacts haze pollution. Based on our findings, accelerating urban rail transit network support, appropriately relaxing the subway application in some large cities, and taking comprehensive measures to attract more residents to choose subway travel is proposed.

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