Transportation Contingency Plans for Future Gas Shortages will not Meet Commuter Needs.

Abstract

The disruption caused by gasoline shortages of the 1970s and the resulting problems commuters experienced pointed out the need to prepare for future shortages. The Department of Transportation has encouraged the development of transportation contingency plans at the local level to maintain commuter mobility during petroleum shortages. Few urban areas, however, have prepared plans which would be very helpful. Further, progress in developing contingency plans has slowed down in many areas. New efforts are needed to spur areas to complete contingency plans and improve plans already developed so that all areas will be better prepared to respond to commuters' transportation needs, should they arise. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA106826

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • California
  • Congress
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Energy Conservation
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Governments
  • Labor Unions
  • Local Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Mass Transportation
  • National Governments
  • Petroleum
  • State Governments
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Systems Analysis and Design