BUS FLEET MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES GUIDE. FINAL REPORT

The contemporary problems faced by transit maintenance managers are more complex than those faced in the past. The recent escalation of costs is evidence that existing practices cannot efficiently tackle the fleet management problems of today. The purpose of the Bus Fleet Management Techniques Guide is to provide transit maintenance managers with methods that they can use to derive information for maintenance planning and fleet management. The Guide covers three basic areas: 1) statistical analysis of component and part failure mileages for use in maintenance planning, 2) life cycle economic analysis for component and bus replacement and procurement decision-making, and 3) non-technical methodologies for the planning of maintenance management information systems. The Guide contains easy-to-follow examples derived from actual transit system maintenance records. All techniques can be done using inexpensive scientific calculators. A set of 19 work sheets is provided to facilitate the computations. Some chapters have study questions to further explain the methodologies.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/404
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Oklahoma, Norman

  Oklahoma Highway and Transportation Engineering Center
  Norman, OK  United States  73069

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  University Research and Training Program, 400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Maze, T H
  • Cook, A R
  • DUTTA, U
• Publication Date: 1985-8

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 337 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Fleet management; Life cycle analysis; Life cycle costing; Maintainability; Maintenance management; Management; Management information systems; Performance; Planning; Preventive maintenance; Reliability; Statistical analysis; Vehicle maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bus maintenance; Performance analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Fleet planning; Management planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Finance; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00452506
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: OK-11-0004-85-1
• Contract Numbers: OK-11-0004
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 31 1987 12:00AM