Small Transit Vehicle Industry Study

This study provides information regarding the current state of the small transit vehicle industry. The recommendations will serve as a general procurement aid for bus manufacturers and transit agencies. The ultimate goal of this research is to discover procedures to improve the efficiency of the entire small transit vehicle procurement process. The report is organized into five main chapters. In Chapter Two, the authors discuss recent trends in the small transit vehicle industry. Chapter Three highlights the main issues that presented themselves throughout the research. The authors conduct data analysis in Chapter Four on more than 20,000 small transit vehicles to gain better insight into the current market structure. Chapter Five discusses questionnaire and committee meeting findings applicable to the research problem. Finally, the authors recommend changes to improve the small transit vehicle supply chain, and this is followed by appendices containing the survey instrument.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=568
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  Small Urban and Rural Transit Center, North Dakota State University, P.O. Box 6050
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108-6050
• Authors:
  • Peterson, Del
  • 0000-0002-2010-5542
• Publication Date: 2007-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 57p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Market assessment; Procurement; Public transit; Recommendations; Small buses; State of the practice; Supply chain management; Surveys
• Subject Areas: Economics; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01680115
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DP-181
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 11 2018 11:16AM