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      <title>Unsealed joints in urban concrete pavements for buses</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 09:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Refurbishing</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This paper discusses the materials and processes used in refurbishing coaches under the headings: partial, major interior, major mechanical, major body and transport requirements.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:32:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:47:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bus maintenance models</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:50:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Evaluation of Employee Exposuresin a Bus Maintenance Shop</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a confidential employee request for an Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) at the Huntington Coach Corporation bus repair and body shops, Huntington Station, New York, in November 2006. Employees were concerned that exposures to cleaning solvents, paint vapors, diesel exhaust, and asbestos-containing brake dust were causing skin rashes and respiratory irritation. The request also mentioned possible safety hazards including ignition sources near flammable liquids and use of unsafe vehicle jack stands. On March 15, 2007, we conducted an evaluation that included an opening meeting with management and union representatives, a walk-through survey of the facility's 4th Avenue body shop and 5th Avenue maintenance shop, observations of work practices and PPE use, employee exposure and health assessments, an assessment of building ventilation and potential solvent exposure, and confidential employee interviews. We also collected bulk samples of brake pad pieces and dust samples from the brake rotor lathe and the brake drums and wheels of buses being serviced. We found fiberglass and cellulose in the bulk samples of dust and brake shoes and pads, but no asbestos. In the 5th Avenue maintenance shop, connections between vehicle exhaust pipes and flexible exhaust hoses were loose, and the flexible hoses often did not extend to the outdoors. In the 4th Avenue body shop, a poorly ventilated flammable liquid storage cabinet was overfilled. Two brake cleaners used by the maintenance shop contained tetrachloroethylene, a potential carcinogen.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:12:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Use of Biodiesel in a Transit Fleet</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This synthesis will be of interest to transit agency managers, maintenance and operation staffs, and other professionals involved in developing a program to actively manage the implementation of biodiesel fuel and its use in a bus transit fleet.  It documents a full range of benefits offered by biodiesel with the thought that once the subject is understood, transit agencies can make informed decisions regarding its use.  Successful implementation of biodiesel requires agencies to improve their understanding of how biodiesel differs from diesel, and the various steps needed to avoid problems resulting from these differences and components of transit agency development guidelines.  Topics covered include engine manufacturer requirements and warranty considerations, maintenance implications, emissions testing results, cold weather operations, fuel specifications and procurement considerations, fuel storage, and delivery.  The synthesis includes findings from an extensive literature review, incorporates survey responses from 43 transit agencies, and closely examines biodiesel implementation at two transit agencies as case studies.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:36:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Problems and Solutions for the City Pollution with Diesel Buses in Hong Kong</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This paper describes how, because of the growing awareness of environmental protection, diesel buses have long been criticized as a major source of air pollution.  As a socially responsible company, the Kowloon Motor Bus Company (KMB) has been continuously studying various means for improving bus exhaust emission quality. In the past few years, KMB has conducted the test and installation of oxidation catalysts in more than 2600 pre-Euro and Euro 1 engine buses, the introduction of ultra low sulfur diesel for all KMB buses and the application of Eminox Continuously Regenerating Trap (CRT) with and without EGR system. Buses with the latest engine emission standard will only be purchased to add to its new fleet. Also, the adoption of the proactive maintenance system gains the performance of KMB buses always at their level.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:39:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Making it Green and Clean: New York City’s First Sustainable Bus Maintenance Facility Takes Shape</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[di Domenico + Partners, LLP is providing architecture and landscape design services for a 560,000 square foot new central maintenance facility and bus depot to be constructed on Grand Avenue in Maspeth, Queens. The MTA/NYCT Grand Avenue Bus Depot and Central Maintenance Facility will be a multi-level structure with space for the fueling, cleaning and indoor storage of 200 buses for the Brooklyn-Queens division of the New York City Transit Authority. The facility centralizes storage, fueling, washing, painting and mechanical operations under one roof. Inside, up to 27 buses at a time can undergo repairs or scheduled maintenance. The project also includes administrative offices and employee amenities, including a roof-top employee parking lot which will ensure minimal impact on the neighborhood. The building will meet the need of expanding and upgrading the Department of Buses' facilities from both environmental and technological standpoints. This design/build project will be the first "green" bus facility of its kind, setting a new benchmark in the sustainable design of bus maintenance facility type buildings. The Grand Avenue Bus Depot and Maintenance Facility will be state-of-the-art in systems, design and materials, and adhere to Environmental Management Systems 1SO14001 specifications. The Grand Avenue Bus Depot and Maintenance Facility is scheduled to be completed during the summer of 2006. This paper will identify a selection of sustainable design goals and objectives which informed the architects’ and engineers’ approach to the design and construction process. The application of these “green” principles to the design of a bus depot/maintenance facility illustrates new, groundbreaking possibilities both in the design of buildings of this type and in the overall practice of the sustainable design field.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:28:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Giving New Buses a Lift: Old Leaks and New Vehicles Prompt Maintenance Facility Repairs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This article describes the new vehicle lifts in the Los Angeles County Metropolitan (Metro) Transportation Authority’s 11 bus maintenance facilities.  The new lifts were installed in response to concerns about many of the 120 older, in-ground lifts which were leaking significant amounts of hydraulic fluid, causing lift failures, environmental concerns, and increased maintenance.  In addition, the older lifts were not equipped to handle the newer 60-foot-long articulated buses.  The author describes the new modular in-ground lifts and the parallelogram surface lifts (manufactured by Rotary Lift, Madison, Indiana).  Metro uses the surface lifts to perform regular maintenance and to steam-clean the vehicle’s undersides.  Metro’s bus maintenance facilities operate 24 hours per day, so replacing the lifts required careful scheduling; installation began in 2004 and was completed in summer 2006.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:15:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>VALUE ENGINEERING AND PEER REVIEW. BUILDING BETTER BUS BASES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[To ensure the maximum effectiveness of investments in bus maintenance facilities, the Urban Mass Transportation Administration is evaluating the potential benefits of two proven techniques:  value engineering (VE) and peer review. Value engineering uses an organized, systematic review of facilities design in direct comparison to the function(s) that they are intended to perform inorder to construct the best facilities possible.  Its objective is to ensure that life cycle costs (i.e. capital costs for design and construction plus operating and maintenance costs over the useful service life of the facility) are minimized, subject to performance and safety requirements.  Peer review is an informal program with almost no guidelines or criteria.  Its objective is to assure an efficient design with respect to the subsequent operation of a facility.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2004 04:48:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE--COMMITTED TO BUS NAINTENANCE TRAINING</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Universal Technical Institute and its bus maintenance training programs are presented.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2004 04:48:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>GRAND RAPIDS AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY ENHANCES VEHICLE APPEARANCE WITH NEW VERSATILE, HIGH-PERFORMANCE CLEANER</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The use of a new versatile, high-performance bulk cleaner has enhanced the appearance of the buses used by the Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority (GRATA).  This cost effective and efficient cleaning system is discussed in detail.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2004 04:48:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BULK BUYING SAVES BUCKS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Discussed is how Liberty Lines Transit, Inc., a large privately-owned bus company, has improved warehousing and maintenance efficiencies by switching from a conventional two-way 55-gallon drum cleaning system to a high performance, cost-effective bulk industrial cleaning system.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2004 04:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>LEARNING BETTER MAINTENANCE TECHNIQUES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The American Public Transit Association's (APTA) Bus Maintenance Workshop held September 15-18, 1986, represented the fourth in a series of programs designed to assist maintenance managers to improve the safety, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of transit bus maintenance.  A brief history of the inception of this popular workshop series is given.  Topics covered included engines, transmissions, facility maintenance, air conditioning, fareboxes, brakes, maintenance management and other bus equipment and maintenance topics.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2004 04:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>VITAL TRANSPORT AND ENTERTAINMENT ROLE PLAYED BY WALT DISNEY WORLD BUSES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Highlighted here is the Walt Disney World bus transportation system's driver training program, preventive maintenance and maintenance practices.  The system which covers 86 miles of roadway boasts of employee loyalty and is given high marks by patrons.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2004 04:47:22 GMT</pubDate>
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