Electric full flat floor bus's trial production and research of the spread strategy in a public transportation system

The authors have made an electric full–flat bus as an experiment for the first time in Japan. This is a bus with a combination of eco–design and universal design by the original technology 'integrated platform'. They have revealed what types of electric buses are better for the companies and users through a social survey. They carried out a fact–finding survey intended for bus companies and sent questionnaires to 216 users in eight prefectures including Tokyo metropolitan area. The authors have classified the results of the survey into three types of electric full–flat buses as dissemination bus models in Japan. Three dissemination electric full–flat bus models are Model A: an urban type of electric full–flat large size bus (front door and middle door), Model B: a suburban type of electric full–flat large size bus (front door and rear door) and Model C: a small size electric full–flat bus (front door - middle door).

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCIS.2015.068612
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/54690957
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
• Authors:
  • Nishiyama, Toshiki
• Publication Date: 2015

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 136-147
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Critical Infrastructures
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1475-3219

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Electric vehicles; Human factors engineering; New products; Surveys; Transit buses; Vehicle design; Vehicle frames
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Design; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01560507
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 15 2015 4:50PM