PASSENGER CAR FUEL CONSUMPTION SURVEY

The purpose of this survey was to establish a data base concerning personal use of the passenger car in Canada, which would contain total distance travelled, total amount of fuel consumed, average distance obtained per unit of fuel, total expenditures on fuel, seasonal fluctuations in fuel consumption and in distance travelled. Among the needs served by this data base are the monitoring of passenger car fuel economy standards and the estimation of passenger car fuel requirements in conditions involving fuel shortages. To meet these objectives, a monthly survey has been developed and the results are tabulated on a quarterly basis. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Statistics Canada

  PH Coats Building, Holland and Scott Streets
  Ottawa, ONo,   Canada 
• Publication Date: 1981-5

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 18 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile travel; Automobiles; Costs; Data banks; Data collection; Databases; Demand; Fuel consumption; Fuels; Intercity transportation; Length; Seasons; Supply; Surveys; Travel; Trip length
• Uncontrolled Terms: Seasonal variations; Use
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Old TRIS Terms: Fuel shortage
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 1243: Car; 224: Cost; 8614: Database; 285: Demand (econ); 3850: Fuel; 232: Fuel consumption; 388: Inter urban; 698: Journey; 6488: Length; 2525: Season; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Energy; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00345787
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1982 12:00AM