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DESCRIPTION:Do people value bicycle sharing? A multilevel longitudinal anal
 ysis capturing the impact of bicycle sharing on residential sales in Montr
 eal\, Canada\nRania Wasfi\n	PhD candidate\, Department of Geography\, McGil
 l University\nAbstract:\nMany studies have aimed to assess the impacts of 
 major transportation investments\, such as freeways expansions and light r
 ail presence on property value. Yet\, few studies have attempted to unders
 tand the impact of active transportation investments on housing prices. Th
 is study attempts to understand the relationship between a new bicycle sha
 ring system and home sale prices in Montreal\, Canada. Using multiple sale
 s for units in multifamily housing that are reported in the Multiple Listi
 ngs Service (MLS) of Montreal between 1996 and 2012 we develop step wise m
 ultilevel longitudinal hedonic regression models analyzing this relationsh
 ip while controlling for various spatial and temporal factors that are kno
 wn to impact home sales. Our results show that the presence of a bicycle s
 haring system in a neighborhood with 12 stations serving an 800 meter buff
 er is expected to increase the property value for units in multifamily hou
 sing by approximately 2.7 percent. Policy makers wishing to improve the lo
 cal urban environment while benefiting from economic gains can work on inc
 reasing the availability of bicycle sharing systems as this will likely re
 sult in increasing property values\, improved neighbourhood health\, and a
  more vibrant urban environment.\nBio:\nRania Wasfi is a PhD candidate at 
 the Department of Geography at McGill University. Her research interest is
  in health geography\, specifically looking at the social determinants of 
 health and the role of active transportation in the production of health. 
 Her research focuses on the role of environmental factors— such as a neigh
 bourhood’s physical characteristics (built environment)\, socio-economic c
 haracteristics and transportation systems— in shaping travel behaviour\, p
 hysical activity and body weight of urban Canadians\, using longitudinal a
 nd cross sectional datasets. Rania is starting her Post-doctoral training 
 at the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine\, Universite de Montre
 al in October 2015. She received her Bachelors in Architectural Engineerin
 g from Alexandria University\, Egypt and a Master’s in Urban and Regional 
 Planning from Portland State University\, Oregon\, USA. She is a former re
 search fellow at the Institute of Health and Social Policy at McGill Unive
 rsity. She has nine publications in peer reviewed journals. Prior to joini
 ng McGill\, Rania was a research fellow at Oregon Health and Science Unive
 rsity and University of Minnesota respectively. Her work during that perio
 d concentrated on conducting community environmental assessments for peopl
 e with physical disabilities and measuring the transportation needs for se
 niors and people with developmental disabilities.\n
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LOCATION:Room 24\, Purvis Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1A2\, 1020 avenue
  des Pins Ouest
SUMMARY:Biostatistics Seminar
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/epi-biostat-occh/channels/event/biostatistics-sem
 inar-254825
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