BUS MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT STUDY

Public transit agencies have begun to examine their maintenance operations with an eye toward increased productivity. Supplementing their bus maintenance staff with newer and more efficient equipment is one way to contain future cost growth. But which equipment and how much will it save? The Urban Mass Transportation Administration (MTA) structured this bus maintenance equipment project to answer these questions, assisting transit agencies in their productivity assessments. This final report draws together essential ingredients from the public and private transportation sectors and constructs cost-benefit analyses of selected bus maintenance items. The result is a glimpse of the overall bus maintenance picture, a list of specific maintenance equipment improvements applicable to most transit agencies, and a detailed examination of the costs and benefits associated with a selected number of high priority maintenance items.

• Corporate Authors:

  AMAF Industries, Incorporated

  9052 Old Annapolis Road
  Columbia, MD  United States  21045

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Weiss, J F
  • Travis, C T
  • Ligon, C M
• Publication Date: 1984-8

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 66 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Buses; Contracting; Diagnostic tests; Maintainability; Maintenance facilities; Maintenance management; Maintenance practices; Management information systems; Planning; Preventive maintenance; Productivity; Quality control; Testing; Tools; Vehicle design; Vehicle maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bus maintenance; Diagnostics
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus design
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00389887
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-MD-06-0101-84-1Final Rpt., 8408-T2300-201
• Contract Numbers: DTUM60-83-C-71218
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM