TRANSPORTATION ENERGY CONTINGENCY PLANNING: FINANCING EMERGENCY TRANSIT SERVICES WITH TEMPORARY FARE SURCHARGES

This report in UMTA's energy contingency planning series is designed to address the issue of providing the funds needed to pay for the increase in the cost of fuel in an emergency. This report examines the feasibility of using a temporary fare surcharge as a source of additional operating revenue for transit agencies during an energy crisis. The characteristics of a temporary surcharge proposal, including the general advantages and disadvantages of the surcharge, are discussed. Scenarios covering both the large increases in fuel price likely in an emergency in the absence of price controls and the need for additional fuel to support expanded service are described.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB84-152644.
• Corporate Authors:

  Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle-METRO

  821 2nd Avenue
  Seattle, WA  United States  98104
• Publication Date: 1982-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 46 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Costs; Disaster preparedness; Disasters and emergency operations; Energy resources; Equipment; Fares; Fuels; Hazards and emergency operations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency planning; Energy crisis; Fuel costs; Surcharge
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00386266
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-I-83-09
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 30 1984 12:00AM