IMPLEMENTING COST-EFFECTIVE SERVICE INTERVAL PLANNING METHODS FOR BUS TRANSIT VEHICLES: A CASE STUDY

The report examines new methods for controlling maintenance costs and improving vehicle reliability. It is a published evaluation of systems failure data for selected components of 1975-76 GMC buses. The results indicate that optimal service intervals for major engine and drive train components can be established when accurate failure, replacement, and cost data are available. Analysis of incomplete data from a major transit property generates results that suggest current replacement intervals may not be optimal.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Illinois, Chicago

  P.O. Box 4348
  Chicago, IL  United States  60680

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Foerster, J F
  • Miller, F G
  • Muthukumaran, N
• Publication Date: 1980-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 93 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Components; Computer programming; Cost control; Diesel engines; Evaluation; Failure; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Mathematical models; Planning; Preventive maintenance; Reliability; Systems engineering; Vehicle drive systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs; System failure
• Old TRIS Terms: Drive trains
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00343725
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-IL-11-0028-81-3Final Rpt.
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 28 1982 12:00AM