THE COST OF QUIETER BUSES ON TOWN AND COUNTRY ROUTES

KOSTENBEREKENINGEN MET BETREKKING TOT STILLERE BUSSEN IN STADS- EN STREEKVERVOER

This is a study of the financial effects of using three types of quieter buses for public transport services in urban and rural areas: buses with encapsulated diesel engines, buses with engines converted to liquified gas (lpg) and trolley-buses. Because of the limited experience of lpg buses and uncertainty about some costs associated with trolley-buses the observations are extremely provisional and the figures given should be regarded as approximate. All costs in the report refer to 1976 price levels. Gradual introduction of encapsulation, i.e. buying new buses with encapsulated engines, would increase costs on both urban and rural services by 0.3 - 0.4%. Use of lpg would increase the costs - depending on fuel consumption, which is not yet known precisely - by 1.2 - 2.1% on urban services and 1.9 - 4.0% on rural services. The increase in cost resulting from a switchover to trolley-buses would depend on the frequency of the services in relation to the costs of the network. They would not therefore seem to be a viable financial proposition on rural services. In urban areas, with their frequent services, the result of switching fifty per cent of bus kilometres (the busiest routes) to trolley-bus operation would be to increase the cost of that part of the network by 6%. /Author/TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Ministerie van Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene

  8-12 Dr Reijersstraat
  Leidschendam,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Eygenbrood, W H
  • Hilferink, PBD
  • Vanferink, P B
• Publication Date: 1978-7

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 62 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Costs; Diesel engines; Diffraction; Feasibility analysis; Fuel consumption; Gases; Liquefied gases; Motors; Noise control; Operating costs; Prevention; Public transit; Rural areas; Sound; Sound level; Trolleybuses; Urban areas
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 1314: Diesel engine; 232: Fuel consumption; 6734: Gas; 1334: Motor; 221: Operating costs; 9149: Prevention; 744: Public transport; 328: Rural area; 6748: Sound; 6747: Sound level; 1273: Trolleybus; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Energy; Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Security and Emergencies; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00195437
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1981 12:00AM