SELECTED ISSUES RELATED TO GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSES TO ENERGY SHORTFALLS IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR

In discussing governmental responses to energy shortfalls in the transportation sector, this paper points out that an important overall factor of the whole contingency-responses question is that the ability of the nation's economy to react effectively to true petroleum shortages is mainly dependent on local reactions and adjustments that follow federal (e.g., allocations) and state (e.g., odd-even plans and minimum sale regulations) actions. The problems and goals are seen as being defined and mandated at the federal level, with the states bearing the legal responsibility of attaining these goals, but the actual programs and strategies (and their positive and negative socioeconomic impacts) being mainly local concerns.

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• Authors:
  • Crowell, William H
• Conference:
  • National Energy Users' Conference for Transportation
  • Location: San Antonio Texas, United States
  • Date: 1980-4-13 to 1980-4-16
• Publication Date: 1980

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• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 111-115
• Monograph Title: CONSIDERATIONS IN TRANSPORTATION ENERGY CONTINGENCY PLANNING
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 191
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Energy conservation; Energy resources; Federal government; Fuels; Gasoline; Local government; Socioeconomic factors; State government; Supply; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Fuel shortage; Response
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00330107
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 28 1981 12:00AM