IMPROVED MAINTENANCE MANUALS PROJECT. FINAL REPORT. PROJECT C-660

The basic objective of the Improved Maintenance Manuals (IMM) project was to develop guidelines to assist the NYCTA improve its maintenance manuals and strategies. Three technical organizations within the NYCTA participated: Car Maintenance Department, Power Department, and the Maintenance of Way Department. Study methods consisted of observing the 3 departments, surveying the technology external to the NYCTA, reporting the findings and recommending improvements. Topics surveyed included major equipment items maintained, manuals and strategies in use, and personnel support and training used to keep the maintenance technicians at the appropriate skill levels. Documents gathered included lists of equipment, job titles, training programs and maintenance manuals; procurement specifications; and personnel selection criteria. Materials gathered were used to develop the following manuals: Report No. 1: State of the Art in Maintenance; Report No. 2: Evaluation of Maintenance Manuals; and Report No. 3: Standards for Maintenance Manuals. Two model/sample manuals were also developed to illustrate how the NYCTA manuals might look if procedural portions were revised to meet the recommended specifications: Report No. 4: Plan for Upgrading Existing Maintenance Manuals; and Report No. 5: Plan for Acquiring Effective Maintenance Manuals With New Equipment Procurements. In addition to the 5 manuals, 2 final reports were issued--one by the contractor and one by the sponsor. Overall, manuals of all 3 departments showed enough weaknesses to warrant a program of improvement. The study appears to favor manuals prepared in-house as more usable than those furnished by equipment suppliers.

• Corporate Authors:

  New York City Transit Authority

  370 Jay Street
  Brooklyn, NY  United States  11201

  Metropolitan Transportation Authority

  347 Madison Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10017-3739

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1985-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 28 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Maintenance; Maintenance management; Manuals; State of the art studies; Training
• Identifier Terms: New York City Transit Authority; Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 9
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Maintenance and Preservation; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00468023
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-NY-09-0083-86-8
• Contract Numbers: UMTA-NY-09-0083
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM