Analysis of carpooling in Missouri and an evaluation of Missouri's carpool services
The evaluation of Missouri's carpool services was conducted as a post hoc evaluation and relied on both primary and secondary data. The period from 1978 through 1983 was analyzed in order to evaluate carpool activities of the Missouri Division of Energy as they related to geographic trends associated with carpooling during that time period. Data on carpooling in metropolitan Missouri indicated that while carpooling was increasing in Kansas city and St. Louis, it was not increasing at a rate equal to the growth rate of the Civilian Labor Forces of the two areas. This factor tended to portray a declining carpool community as measured through vehicle occupancy counts. While the retail of gasoline rose and then started slow decline during the 1978-1983 years, data appeared not to have much correlation between carpool numbers and gasoline prices. Finally, although carpooling program services had been initiated in 1980 in both Kansas City and St. Louis, only 2.63% of all carpooling in Kansas City in 1981, and 1.06% in St. Louis in 1983, could be attributed to the Division of Energy's carpool programs. Not enough primary data was ever collected in these years in the Mid-Missouri Carpool Area. Although carpooling data was found to be abundant, it was also viewed as somewhat sporadic - not constant or regular.
- Research Organization:
- Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources, Jefferson City (USA). Div. of Energy
- OSTI ID:
- 5108624
- Report Number(s):
- NP-6900131; ON: TI86900131
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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