EVANSTON, ILLINOIS-GASOLINE SHORTAGE IMPACT STUDY, 1974

The immediate impact of gasoline shortages on urban travel behavior. The study examined whether price was an important consideration in automobile use during the constrained supply period. Questionnaire designed around a four dimensional matrix concerned primarily with the trade-off between price and availability, time frame, trip type and attributes of the transportation system. 159 respond. Small-scale home survey technique.

• Corporate Authors:

  Northwestern University, Evanston

  Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
  Transportation Center, 1936 Sheridan Road
  Evanston, IL  United States  60208-4040
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Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Costs; Data collection; Fuels; Impact studies; Questionnaires; Socioeconomic factors; Supply; Surveys; Travel patterns; Urban areas; Urban transit
• Uncontrolled Terms: Availability
• Old TRIS Terms: Fuel shortage; Social-economic studies; Urban/mass
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00320380
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Statistical Reference File, TSC
• Report/Paper Numbers: One-Time
• Files: TSR, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 28 1981 12:00AM