HIGHER FUEL PRICES AND CAR TRAFFIC LEVELS-RECENT EXPERIENCE

The rapid rise in real petrol prices since the Autumn of 1973 is expected to reduce traffic to a level 10-15 percent below what it would otherwise have been. However, historically, traffic levels have been rising at an annual rate of 5 percent largely as a result of rising incomes. Thus, if prices do not continue to rise, a loss of some 2-3 years traffic growth followed thereafter by a resumption of growth at its old rate may be expected. Different trip purposes may be affected differently.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appears in "Urban Traffic Models", which is a publication containing the Proceedings of Seminar N of the Summer Annual Meeting at University of Warwick, England during July, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Planning and Transport Res and Computation Co Ltd

  167 Oxford Street
  London W1R 1AH,   England 
• Authors:
  • Parish, D J
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 180-184
• Serial:
  • Publication of: IRCOBI SECRETARIAT
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Fuels; Income; Prices; Traffic volume; Travel
• Uncontrolled Terms: Trip
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148095
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: P122
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 23 1977 12:00AM