ENERGY, EMPLOYMENT AND DOLLAR IMPACTS OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS

Intercity transport modes considered are the railroad, the airplane, and the automobile. The bus and the automobile are the urban transport modes considered. Each travel mode is treated as an entire system of passenger transportation. The costs are evaluated in units of dollars. British thermal units (Btu) and man-years of labor, which are required, both directly and indirectly, to provide each unit of transportation service. Data are tabulated.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Energy Conserv Pap.
• Corporate Authors:

  Ballinger Publishing Company

  17 Dunster Street, Harvard Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02138
• Authors:
  • Hannon, B
  • Herendeen, R
  • PULEO, F
  • Sebald, A
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 105-130

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Competition; Economic analysis; Energy consumption; Financial capital; Intercity travel; Operating costs; Passenger transportation; Transportation modes
• Old TRIS Terms: Energy intensiveness
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Energy; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00139506
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1981 12:00AM