THE GENERAL MOTORS TRANSBUS. VOLUME 1

The report is a summary of the final vehicle design (vol. 1) and the program effort (vol. 2) that went into the building of the GM TRANSBUS. A low-floor coach was designed to conform to the requirements of the Department of Transportation. The purpose of this design was to provide a more attractive and useful coach that could be manufactured using existing technology. Three prototypes were built to test and evaluate this design. The GM TRANSBUS, designed and built as part of a program of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, features a number of design departures from present production coaches including a significantly lower floor; an independent front suspension; a special kneeling feature; a U-shaped lounge; improved air-conditioning, heating, and exhaust systems to provide a year-round, fume-free, temperature-controlled internal environment. This GM TRANSBUS is powered by a Detroit Diesel Allison gas turbine.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared by General Motors Corp., Pontiac, Mich. GMC Truck and Coach Div.
• Corporate Authors:

  Booz-Allen Applied Research, Incorporated

  4733 Bethesda Avenue
  Bethesda, MD  United States  20014

  General Motors Corporation

  Warren, MI  United States  48090

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Administration, Washington, D.C.

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• Publication Date: 1975-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 53 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air conditioning systems; Buses; Design; Diesel engines; Emission control systems; Evaluation; Exhaust gases; Heating (Structures); Prototypes; Public transit; Suspension systems; Suspensions; Tests; Urban transportation; Vehicle design
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00150494
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: BAAR9073055582GL1214, UMTA-IT-06-0025-76-2
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-1008
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 15 1977 12:00AM