THE NEW BUS EQUIPMENT INTRODUCTION PROGRAM TEST AND EVALUATION PLAN. APPENDIX A--EVALUATION PROCEDURES FOR THE NBEI PROGRAM GOALS. APPENDIX B--LITERATURE SURVEY. FINAL REPORT

The Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation has established the New Bus Equipment Introduction (NBEI) Program. The purpose of the NBEI Program is to obtain data from actual operating experience on the performance of production-type transit vehicles that have innovative features not available in present advanced design or new look style buses. Under this program, up to 8 transit systems will test up to 200 buses with various new and innovative features to determine the extent to which they improve fuel efficiency, improve accessibility, lower life-cycle costs, and again acceptance by transit operators and the public. This document contains the two appendices for the NBEI Program Test and Evaluation Plan. Appendix A, Evaluation Procedures for the NBEI Program Goals, describes the statistical methods and techniques that will be used to analyze the design and operational data that will be collected for the test and control buses during the course of the NBEI Program. The set of variables, data sources, descriptive statistics, experimental and statistical hypotheses, and statistical tests of hypotheses for each program goal are outlined in this appendix. Appendix B, Literature Survey, discusses the relevant literature materials that were used as basic inputs in the development of several elements of the test and evaluation plan.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Tasks IV and V.
• Corporate Authors:

  Acumenics Research and Technology, Incorporated

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  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

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• Authors:
  • Chin, D K
  • Hoffman, A E
  • Kropp, F G
• Publication Date: 1981-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 28 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Evaluation; Hypothesis testing; Public transit; Statistics; Testing
• Identifier Terms: Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Uncontrolled Terms: Experimental design; Hypothesis
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 6
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00462025
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-MD-06-0063-81-2, 0320-01
• Contract Numbers: DTUM60-80-C-71008
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 28 2004 4:14AM