ENERGY CONSERVATION IN TRANSPORTATION

This document is intended to acquaint the non-technical reader with some of the terminology, policy issues, problems, and solutions that have been proposed to reduce the inefficient use of energy and promote conservation in transportation. The acute energy crisis of 1973-74 resulted in the generation of a significant amount of research and literature on the topic. Twelve selections from this literature have been included here, not only for their specific content, but also to convey to the reader the range of responses to the emerging energy issue. The first eleven chapters are based on a study or document sponsored by a U.S. Government agency and chosen to illustrate a particular approach to energy conservation in transportation as seen at the time. Some of the results or recommendations were subsequently incorporated into federal policy; others were not. The twelfth selection is a document that assembles critical data that has developed since the energy crisis. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transportation

  Office of Technology Sharing, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1979-1

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 121 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Development; Economic efficiency; Energy conservation; Energy resources; Fuel consumption; Fuels; Recommendations; Research; Supply; Transportation policy
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Energy crisis; Research and development
• Old TRIS Terms: Fuel shortage
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Environment; Highways; Policy; Research; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00385475
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 28 1984 12:00AM