THROUGH THEIR EYES, PART II: THE PEOPLE SPEAK

The report provides a summary of American attitudes toward transportation and various transportation policies, and is based on a survey conducted in December 1977. The survey found Americans expected major changes in their life style and that transportation was supposed to be a major contributor to those changes. The report finds a strong distaste for mandatory solutions to transportation problems, particularly gas taxes or fuel rationing. The public would also seem to support additional investment in public transportation relative to highways, in highway maintenance, and in rail systems. The report contains backup tables, and excerpts from the survey instrument used to develop the data.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also part 4, PB-298 952.
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Paulhus Jr, N G
• Publication Date: 1978-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 31 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Financing; Fuels; Gasoline; Government funding; Highway maintenance; Highways; Policy; Public opinion; Railroads; Socioeconomic factors; Surveys; Taxation; Taxes; Transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: National transportation policies
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314364
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-I-78-2 Final Rpt.
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 27 1981 12:00AM