OPTIMIZING THE LIGHT RAIL VEHICLE PRE-PROCUREMENT EFFORT

Over the past 18 years, great technological advancements have been made in the development of rail transit systems. In conjunction with these developments, vehicle systems, related equipment, and operating techniques have become more complex and costly. These factors result primarily from the requirements of accommodating overall system configuration, increased sophistication, Buy-America constraints, vehicle improvements and standardization impacts, initial capital cost versus life-cycle cost considerations, critical vehicle options, and many other factors that tend to complicate the procurement process. The objective of optimizing the light rail vehicle pre-procurement effort--to satisfy all functional, operational, safety, and site-specific requirements within predictable and reasonably acceptable cost and time constraints--can only be accomplished through a systematic and practical approach. The approach must have sufficient flexibility to permit tailoring the pre-procurement process to the site-specific requirements and must consider the various financial and technical compromises and constraints that may be imposed on the procurement.

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  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr195/sr195-027.pdf
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  • This paper appeared in Transportation Research Board Special Report No. 195, Light Rail Transit: Planning, Design, and Implementation. Papers presented at the Conference on Light Rail Transit, March 28-30, 1982, San Diego, California, sponsored by Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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• Authors:
  • Andrisan, T
• Conference:
  • Conference on Light-Rail Transit
  • Location: San Francisco California, United States
  • Date: 1982-3-28 to 1982-3-30
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: pp 104-106
• Monograph Title: LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT: PLANNING, DESIGN, AND IMPLEMENTATION
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 195
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Capital costs; Constraints; Light rail transit; Light rail vehicles; Maintenance management; Operating costs; Optimization; Procurement; Purchasing; Standardization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs; Modifications
• Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00371624
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 29 1983 12:00AM