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Car pools. 1970-December 1980 (citations from the NTIS data base). Report for 1970-December 1980

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6163791

Studies are presented of the feasibility, methodology, and benefits of coordinated and shared automobile usage, or carpooling, in urban areas. The most important transportation-related problems to be dealt with in cities today are traffic congestion, air pollution and fuel shortage. Reports show that these are alleviated by carpooling. Carpooling and also vanpooling, or ridesharing in general, not only increase the efficiency of the public transportation system but contribute as well towards fuel conservation, i.e. energy conservation. Preferential lane treatments in many cities (priority lanes) for buses and carpools or high-occupancy vehicles is presented, ridesharing commuter services coupled with brokeage service is also discussed. Other facets of carpooling such as employer-preferential treatment of carpoolers, carpool-matching services, incentives to gain motorists' support, and the like is presented. (This updated bibliography contains 182 citations, 29 of which are new entries to the previous edition.)

Research Organization:
National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA (USA)
OSTI ID:
6163791
Report Number(s):
PB-81-801334
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English