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Appendix C: Literature Researching Bicycle Benefits
Pages 73-77

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... REVIEW OF PREVIOUS RESEARCH Reviewing past research on this subject in a systematic manner is challenging because geographic scale, research depth, overall quality, and focus of past study varies considerably, and few studies build on previous efforts. To the extent that some of the measured benefits overlap (see Table 14)
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... use contingent valuation to understand how much residents are willing to spend for a greenway facility. A different approach applied unit day values to estimate the benefits of proposed greenway projects (193)
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... The Economic Benefits of Mountain Biking at One of Its Meccas Mountain bike trails, Moab, Utah Compares non-market valuation techniques by applying a data travel cost method and contingent valuation method to mountain biking. Yes Fix, Loomis (1998)
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... Analysis of Economic Impacts of the North Central Rail Trail (Maryland) State Investigated seven categories including tourism, property values, local resident expenditures and public sector expenditures to determine an economic value.
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... Outdoor Recreation Net Benefits of Rail-Trails Trails in multiple states Estimates net economic values with the individual travel cost method for three rail trails in different U.S. Regions.
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