OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR RAIL RAPID TRANSIT

The prediction of operating and maintenance costs for rail rapid transit systems is treated from two different approaches. A detailed model for estimating those operating and maintenance costs associated with vehicle operation was developed as part of a procedure to optimize rapid transit car design. The model involves the use of many underlying microscopic variables that must be provided as input data. For the early stages of alternative planning and evaluation, a more macrosopic technique, unit cost modeling, is presented and calibrated. While less precise than the first technique, these models can be used to provide quick "order of magnitude" estimates upon which first-cut comparisons may be resonably based. The relationship between labor productivity indices and unit costs is also explored, although data did not permit a complete treatment of this area.

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• Authors:
  • Roess, R P
  • Huss, M F
  • Sokwicklis, C
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 421-439
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 103
  • Issue Number: TE3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost estimating; Economics; Estimates; Forecasting; Maintenance management; Mathematical models; Operating costs; Personnel; Productivity; Railroad cars; Rapid transit; Rapid transit cars; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157950
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Society of Civil Engineers
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proc. Paper 12942
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1982 12:00AM