CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR ENERGY EMERGENCIES. SEPTA

The weathering of 2 energy crises in the 1970s taught SEPTA that good planning is a must. Fuel shortages pose opportunities as well as problems for transit systems by offering the chance to permanently increase ridership. By minimizing ridership discomforts and inconveniences during the fuel shortage, SEPTA hopes to increase its ridership on a more permanent basis. The objective of this study is to develop an Energy Contingency Plan that would reflect SEPTA's best effort and speed its response to a major fuel shortage. The Plan is part of a regional, multi-modal planning effort--the transit section of a regional Energy Contingency Plan being prepared by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC). The Plan calls for the coordination and cooperation of all participating agencies for the effective resolution of the problems caused by fuel shortages. SEPTA's Plan examines alternative ways of expanding transit capacity in an emergency. It analyzes how rolling stock, routes and schedules, personnel, facilities, public information, rates, ridership and finances will be affected by specific contingency measures. For each contingency measure, the cost, time, and the required preliminary procedures for implementation are determined. In general, the Plan suggests that the DVRPC and the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce have a network that could be utilized to coordinate responses to an energy emergency. Both bodies could help publicize the imminent shortages and encourage their members to start talking conservation measures, as well as promote staggered work hour programs to major Center City businesses and public agencies.

• Corporate Authors:

  Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

  130 South 9th Street
  Philadelphia, PA  United States  19107

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1984-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 102 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Energy resources; Fuels; Multimodal transportation; Ridership; Supply; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority; Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis
• Old TRIS Terms: Fuel shortage; Umta section 9
• Subject Areas: Energy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00471463
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-PA-09-0067-86-1
• Contract Numbers: UMTA-PA-09-0067
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1988 12:00AM