ENERGY CONSERVATION POTENTIAL OF URBAN MASS TRANSIT

The report examines the period 1950-1973 with respect to urban travel and its energy use, discusses the relative energy intensiveness of different automobile and transit services, evaluates several recent experiments with improved transit service, and estimates possible future energy impacts of expanded and improved transit.

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Energy Administration

  Office of Energy Conservation and Environment
  Washington, DC  United States  20461
• Authors:
  • Stuntz, MSJ
  • HIRST, E
• Publication Date: 1975-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 33 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Buses; City planning; Energy; Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Fuel consumption; Heat; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Rapid transit; Transportation planning; Trucks; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Energy intensiveness; Heat consumption
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00094697
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FEA/D-75/621, Conservation Paper-34
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 14 1981 12:00AM