TRANSIT BUS FUEL ECONOMY RESEARCH

A new method of comparing the fuel economy of transit buses has been demonstrated. The method is based on SAE J1321. The SAE test procedure was combined with the Transit Coach Design Operating Profile Duty Cycle from the "White Book" (2) and the test track configuration to produce MPG data for the commuter, arterial, and central business district phases of the duty cycle and MPG data for the combined or overall test cycle. The resulting test procedure makes possible the determination of MPG on a wide range of revenue duty cycles and could be useful in calculating life-cycle cost of transit buses. The six 40-foot buses used in this series of tests were produced by six different manufacturers and featured different drive configurations, curb weights, and seating capacities.

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Supplemental Notes:
- West Coast International Meeting Vancouver, British Columbia, August 8-11, 1983.
Corporate Authors:
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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Authors:
- Francis, G A
Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
Pagination: 21 p.
Serial:
- SAE Technical Paper
- Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
- ISSN: 0148-7191
- EISSN: 2688-3627
- Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Buses; Diesel engines; Fuel conservation; Fuel consumption; Instrumentation; Life cycle analysis; Life cycle costing; Mathematical models; Testing; Validation; Vehicle design
Uncontrolled Terms: Duty cycles
Old TRIS Terms: Bus design
Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00381888
Record Type: Publication
Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 831185, HS-035 948
Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
Created Date: Mar 30 1984 12:00AM