Transportation during the next energy crisis: the special problems of small urban areas. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6882498

Crowell, W; Shapiro, A; McShane, W

The purpose of this study was to provide local government officials and other interested parties in small urban areas (less than 50,000 pop.) with special assistance in the planning and implementation of transportation energy contingency plans. The nature of such contingencies and their impact on the transportation sector are reviewed, along with the special transportation characteristics of small urban areas (modal split, trip purpose distribution, transit structure, etc.). After establishing the nature of Federal and State contingency responsibilities, the basic local contingency plan needs are assessed, and a wide array of potential strategies are analyzed according to a consistent set of criteria (financing, timeframe, institutional problems, targeted mobility needs, special strategy-specific problems). The final chapter reviews the results of these assessments and makes a number of conclusions and recommendations. A special 13-page guidebook on contingency planning, following a question- and answer format, was also developed and is included in the appendix.

• Research Organization: Polytechnic Inst. of New York, Brooklyn (USA). Transportation Training and Research Center
• OSTI ID: 6882498
• Report Number(s): DOT-I-82-37; ON: DE84901218
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MANUALS
TRANSPORT
URBAN AREAS
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