TRANSBUS OPERATIONAL, PASSENGER, AND COST IMPACTS: TRANSBUS PROGRAM

The report assesses the impact that the introduction of Transbus would have on motor coach operations in the U.S. Information from the Transbus demonstration and engineering test programs which involved the use of nine prototype Transbus coaches is analyzed in this report, along with substantial background information on U.S. transit operations.

• Corporate Authors:

  Booz-Allen Applied Research, Incorporated

  4733 Bethesda Avenue
  Bethesda, MD  United States  20014

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1976-7-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 114 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automotive engineering; Buses; Comfort; Impact studies; Operating costs; Passengers; Public transit; Research; Safety; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Transbus
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159394
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-IT-06-0025-77-3Final Rpt., Transbus-TR-75-002
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-10008
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 20 1981 12:00AM