TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ASSURANCE: TERMINOLOGY, PERFORMANCE INDICES, FAILURE ASSESSMENT AND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

The paper addresses the need for and reports on the development of a methodology for consistent measurement of reliable performance in transportation operations which include intercity rail, urban commuter rail, rapid transit, bus and streetcar, light rail and small people movers. Performance indices and formulae for their computation are developed as a compromise between industry tradition and modern assurance science techniques. Equipment availability, a generic reference to the reliability, maintainability, and availability of the equipment to transport passengers is discussed as it relates to both service dependability and the cost of the maintenance operation. A comprehensive Failure Assessment and Maintenance Management System (FAMMS) which is directly applicable to transportation properties and which evolved from similar systems used on properties over the past five years is described in detail. The system can be completely computerized and data can either be batch or on-line processed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Carnegie Mellon University

  Transportation Research Institute
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15213

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Uher, R A
• Publication Date: 1975-8-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 102 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Bus transportation; Buses; Industrial engineering; Information processing; Information systems; Level of service; Light rail transit; Light rail vehicles; Maintenance management; Maintenance practices; Management; Operations; Passenger cars; Performance; Planning; Quality assurance; Quality of work; Railroad commuter service; Railroad transportation; Rapid transit; Rapid transit cars; Reliability; Statistics; Streetcars; Supply; Systems engineering; Transportation; Urban transportation; Vehicle maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Availability; Maintenance costs; Services; Transportation systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Car maintenance; Computer analysis; Rapid transit railways
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00137346
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CMUTRI-TP-75-22 Res. Rpt., UMTA-PA-11-0013-75-1
• Contract Numbers: PA-11-0013
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 16 1981 12:00AM