M-PRT System Energy Assessment and Advanced Small Transit Vehicle Study

This project conducted an energy assessment of the Morgantown (West Virginia) Personal Rapid Transit System, performed upgrades to improve the system’s energy efficiency, assessed the current state of the small transit vehicle industry, and provided recommendations to improve the features, durability, and procurement processes of transit vehicles used to provide transit services in rural communities. The Brevi Bus prototype developed at Ride Solution in Palatka, Florida, was specifically designed to address these unique vehicle requirements of rural transit providers. Further vehicle development based on the Brevi Bus design could dramatically improve upon the features of current vehicle offerings.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.21949/1520700
• Record URL:
  • https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/2022-04/FTA-Report-No-0214.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62540
• Corporate Authors:

  West Virginia University, Morgantown

  Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, P.O. Box 6106
  Morgantown, WV  United States  26506-6106

  Federal Transit Administration

  Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Wayne, W Scott
• Publication Date: 2022-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 165p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Personal rapid transit; Procurement; Prototypes; Rural transit; Specifications; Transit buses; Vehicle design
• Geographic Terms: Morgantown (West Virginia)
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01845318
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FTA Report No. 0214
• Contract Numbers: WV-26-70001, WV-26-7009
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: May 16 2022 4:59PM