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As of October 1981, approximately 93 percent of all urban areas had begun transportation energy contingency plans and 37 percent of all urban areas had completed them. An exploratory study of a sample of completed plans was undertaken in order to understand their ability to be implemented and to suggest improvements that would increase the efficacy of those plans not yet completed. The study relied on the Federal Highway Administration's field resources to collect completed plans. A total of 20 completed plans were studied by the headquarter's staff of the Federal Highway Administration and the Urban Mass Transportation Administration. The sample was chosen randomly, and the population of the corresponding cities ranged from 25000 to 1,180,000, covering all regions of the country. The summer 1979 energy shortage showed that some plans were implemented well and others were not. Based on these experiences, four elements of completed plans were examined: scope, organization, timing, and efficacy of measures. As a result of the study, it was possible to identify those aspects of a plan that could make it more implementable and effective. The plan would (a) cover an entire urbanized area and all modes, (b) include intergovernmental and interagency agreements concerning responsibility for implementation, (c) identify preimplementation tasks and a mechanism to phase in tasks, and (d) contain provisions to evaluate the potential and appropriateness of a measure and its attendant barriers. It is hoped that these observations will help local areas to improve the quality of transportation energy contingency plans. (Author)

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1982

Transportation Research Record

61st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

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Administration; Contingency planning; Economic efficiency; Energy resources; Implementation; Interagency relations; Measures of effectiveness; Urban transportation

Efficiency; Energy crisis; Energy policy; Responsibilities

Administration and Management; Economics; Energy; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research; Society; I10: Economics and Administration

HSL, TRIS, TRB

Mar 31 1983 12:00AM

• ASSESSMENT OF STATE EMERGENCY ENERGY CONSERVATION PLANNING
• ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF PETROLEUM SHORTAGES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY
• ENERGY CONSERVATION POTENTIAL OF STAGGERED WORK HOURS
• ENERGY IMPACTS OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS
• FORECASTS OF INTERCITY PASSENGER DEMAND AND ENERGY USE THROUGH 2000
• INDIRECT ENERGY CONSIDERATIONS OF PARK-AND-RIDE LOTS
• LIMITED TRUCKTRAIN: A CONCEPT FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION AND TRUCK PRODUCTIVITY
• MOTOR-VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY: ESTIMATED COST AND BENEFITS FROM 1980 TO 2020
• NATIONAL METHANOL FUEL SYSTEMS: A TRANSPORTATION FUEL PATHWAY
• POTENTIAL FUEL SAVINGS OF GENERAL-FREIGHT CARRIERS OPERATING UNDER BRIDGE FORMULA B GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITS
• SIMULATION FOR ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF SUPPLY RESTRICTION POLICIES ON GASOLINE CONSUMPTION
• SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL MARITIME FUEL CONSERVATION MEASURES
• TRANSIT USE AND ENERGY CRISES: EXPERIENCE AND POSSIBILITIES
• TRENDS IN ENERGY USE AND FUEL EFFICIENCY IN THE U.S. COMMERCIAL AIRLINE INDUSTRY