FINAL REPORT--LIFE-CYCLE COSTING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR TRANSIT COACHES

This report summarizes a transit equipment demonstration project designed to test whether life-cycle costing (LCC) can be used as a rational basis for selection of transit coaches. The project addressed procedures for capturing data and for performing analyses essential to the LCC process. The general finding is that the state of development of transit operating data bases is inadequate to support widespread use of life-cycle costing in the transit industry at this time. However, the LCC procedure does have merit as witnessed by the wide differences in operating cost and productivity of the two articulated coach test fleets. In addition, the LCC procedure was found to be effective when used to design and evaluate bids for domestically-manufactured conventional transit coaches.

• Corporate Authors:

  UTDC (USA) Inc

  344 N Woodward Avenue, Suite 301
  Birmingham, MI  United States  48011

  Santa Clara County Transit District

  1555 Berger Drive
  San Jose, CA  United States  95112

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Winslow, R H
  • Furniss, R
  • Holcombe, G
• Publication Date: 1987-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 147 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Articulated buses; Buses; Demonstration projects; Life cycle analysis; Life cycle costing; Procurement; Public transit; Transit vehicle operations
• Identifier Terms: Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 6
• Subject Areas: Finance; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00475614
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-CA-06-0146-87-1
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1989 12:00AM