One-day a week driving ban on private automobiles

Technical Report · Tue Feb 04 04:00:00 EST 1975

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6202822· OSTI ID:6202822

One possible method for reducing auto travel is to prohibit use of every private automobile one day each week. Each automobile owner would be allowed to select six days of the week during which his vehicle could be legally operated. Each motorist would be given a sticker to affix to the windshield of his car. The color or shape of the sticker would indicate what day of the week the car could not be driven. Government, commercial, and emergency vehicles would not be covered under such a program. The maximum possible savings due to implementation of this proposal would be one-seventh of all private automobile fuel use, and in 1975 this amounted to 650,000 bbl/day (1.3 quads per year). The reasons that this cannot be achieved are discussed.

• Research Organization: Federal Energy Administration, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6202822
• Report Number(s): DOE/TIC-10381
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320203* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Transportation-- Land & Roadway
AUTOMOBILES
AUTOMOTIVE FUELS
COMPLIANCE
CONSUMPTION RATES
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENFORCEMENT
FUEL CONSUMPTION
FUEL ECONOMY
FUELS
IMPLEMENTATION
INCOME
MATHEMATICS
OWNERSHIP
STATISTICS
USES
VEHICLES