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BEHAVIOR OF CAR OWNERS DURING THE GASOLINE SHORTAGE

Traffic quarterlyPublished 1 July 1976
B. Becker, Devin Brown, Philip B. Schary
Citations8

Abstract

This article is concerned with how the energy crisis of the early 1970's affected the transportation market. The analysis reported suggests that some transportation consumers ignored the problem as much as they could. Other might make only short-run changes in driving and transit patronage, returning to pre-shortage patterns as soon as they could. Finally, the article shows how many transportation patterns that were disturbed have become changed permanently.

Keywords

Energy