EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF DEMAND-RESPONSIVE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. SPEAKER 4

The maintenance and operating costs of 3 fleets of buses is briefly discussed and the efforts towards development of specifications for small buses is outlined. The total maintenance cost is 34.71 cents/mile for the fleet of small vehicles, 7.54 cents/mile for the 1968 fleet of large 40-ft. diesel-powered vehicles, and 4.23 cents/mile for the fleet of full-sized 1972 vehicles. A Small Bus Specification Subcommittee was formed which consulted with manufacturers in the development of specifications. The response from people interested in these specifications has been encouraging. The evaluation of bus bids on the basis of more than low price, will provide the incentive to bus manufacturers to provide competitive, high-quality, reliable, small buses for the market.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Fifth Annual International Conference on Demand-Responsive Transportation Systems conducted by the TRB, Nov. 11-13, 1974, Oakland, Calif.; and co-sponsored by American Public Transit Association, California DOT, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit, MIT, UMTA and Technology Sharing Program of U.S. DOT. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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• Authors:
  • Schnell, John B
• Conference:
  • Fifth Annual Conference on Demand-Responsive Transportation Systems
  • Location: Oakland California, United States
  • Date: 1974-11-11 to 1974-11-13
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: pp 78-79
• Monograph Title: DEMAND-RESPONSIVE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS & SERVICES
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 154
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bids; Buses; Demand responsive transportation; Equipment; Evaluation; Fleet management; Maintenance; Manufacturing; Operating costs; Performance based specifications; Prices; Specifications
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fleets
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00126172
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 3 1982 12:00AM